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[b]It is hard to believe that we are already a week into the Olympics. Today sees the start of the Athletics, with some big British hopes in action. There are some exciting finals elsewhere, too. Richard O'Hagan previews it all.[/b] This time last week we were still looking forward to the opening ceremony and wondering if, well, it was going to be a bit rubbish. The only competitors to have seen any action at all were footballers and archers. So much has happened since then that it is hard to remember that it was only seven days ago. And yet there is the sense that things are only just getting started. For the daddy of all events, the athletics, it all begins today, albeit with a reduced programme. Only two gold medals - the men's hammer and the women's 10,000m, will be decided,...