A 82-year-old man who traveled to the Olympics since the 1960's has been left heartbroken after failing to secure a ticket for next year's Games in London.
Denis Clayton, from Cheshire, 1960 Games in Rome after the world's largest sporting event ever to participate in the dedication he has shown incredible.
But the world's best players after traveling the world to see, he London in 2012 now that he is denied the opportunity to participate.
Dennis has 1.8 million people worldwide entered in the first ballot application for £ 400 a ticket, but left disappointed. In the second ballot to secure tickets were similarly unfruitful.
He told the Sunday Mirror, “I’ve travelled the world to get to other Games".
"In the old days you could turn up a couple of weeks before and get tickets. Now, when the Games are down the road, I can’t get a seat for a single event.
"At my age these Olympics might well be my last.”
Trans-Siberian Express Dennis, a Russian cargo boat trip through the Tokyo Games in 1964. Meanwhile, the 1968 Games in Mexico for a week's trip to see an Inca tribe to live with, acccording to the newspaper.
He added of his failure to secure a ticket for London 2012: “It’s all about money and who you are. It’s so sad.”
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