Romero, who is on a post-Olympics sabbatical, won the world title in Manchester last year.

BBC: Houvenaghel wins world team gold

As the extensions are built from wood, they can be removed if Eurostar decides to stop there post-Olympics.

BBC: Stratford platforms raised to host Javelin trains

"The U.S. team really needs to play well in Beijing, " says Ketchum's Wool, who suggests that a post-Olympics tour aimed at introducing those players into their yet-to-be-determined home markets could serve as a big promotional boost.

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Whistler has seen its own post-Olympics renaissance.

BBC: Vancouver after the Games

Post-war, for the 1948 London Olympics, organisers embraced the idea of the torch relay.

BBC: London 2012: What is the Olympic torch relay?

Ever since the 1992 Summer Olympics revealed the city in its post-Franco glory, Barcelona has moved from strength to strength, becoming one of the world's most visited cities for its architectural icons and culinary and cultural bona fides.

BBC: Living in: Barcelona

It's been replaced with a more sophisticated shoulder-length style more fitting a busy post-retirement career as a wife, a mother of two, an Olympics booster and a motivational speaker.

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