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Button denies Olympic bid reports

McLaren veteran driver Jenson Button has hit back at reports he contemplated quitting Formula 1 for the Olympics. The Mirror newspaper had quoted the McLaren driver as saying amid McLaren's dithering last year, the 35-year-old thought instead about launching a bid to contest the 2016 Olympic triathlon in Brazil. 'I did think about Rio and then decided ‘no',' Button was quoted as saying. But, including a link to the Mirror article, Button told his more than 2 million Twitter followers: 'Just so you know, not even the tiniest bit of truth in this headline!'
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