FOR any athlete, competing in the Olympics represents the zenith of their careers, a goal which only a select few will reach - but I bet there's never been a participant who's funded his dream like this before.

FOR any athlete, competing in the Olympics represents the zenith of their careers, a goal which only a select few will reach - but I bet there's never been a participant who's funded his dream like this before.

- See more, including video of the cross-dressing cage-fighters who decked two drunken yobs, in Mark Heath's Playing the Links blog.