Academic Prawat Nagvajara was a cross-country skier for Thailand at both the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Turin Games.

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It then took a SWAT team 20 more minutes to arrive at the lake and another 20 minutes to find a boat to cross the island.

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