The pair announced they would not take part in the games on Wednesday, nearly a week after the they both missed a drug test and were hospitalised after a mysterious motorcycle crash.

肯特利斯和塔努是在周三宣布退出本届奥运会。一周前他们错过药检，后因一起离奇车祸而住进了医院。

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But it appears they both either missed their connecting flight or changed their travel plans and took United Airlines flight 908 from Chicago O'Hare to Amsterdam instead.

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They will both be sorely missed by friends and family alike.

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The paper calls them "the luckiest men in Britain", saying they were both thanking "divine intervention" that they missed death by minutes.

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