Turkmenistan's interest in Afghanistan is predominantly commercial: peace would allow it to pipe its oil southwards to the Indian Ocean and the world market.
INPEX, a Japanese company, plans to pipe gas from the Ichthys field, under the Indian Ocean, and process it in Darwin for export as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2016.
But it wasn't until the 2010 installment of the Games in Vancouver that Williams, who was born and raised by his West Indian mother in Canada, was spurred on to transform his pipe dream into a reality, as another pair of underdogs took on the establishment.