Lynze Wardle Lenio is a freelance journalist from Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Mr Wardle admitted that SFO staff working on the investigation were "disappointed", but he insisted their morale remained high.

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The way Wardle sees it, it's not crucial that the athletes walk away with gold medals, because the emotional connections fans have built with them become more important than their performances.

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This week's ruling overturns an earlier one by the High Court in April, which found that the director of the SFO at the time, Robert Wardle, should not have dropped the case.

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Wardle is thought to have a cut-off date after which he believes it will no longer be in the club's short-term interests to further delay signing new players but it is not thought to be imminent.

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Simon Wardle, senior vice president of insights and strategy at sports marketing firm Octagon Worldwide, argues that fan affinity toward an athlete can and should prove just as important as medal standings, particularly at the Olympic games.

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Mr Wardle said he had taken advice from the "highest levels", including the Attorney General, the Solicitor General and the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, before dropping the investigation into allegations surrounding the Al Yamamah arms deal.

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