Going for the Gold with Reiki

As the 2008 Olympics get under way, we're doubling our coverage of the games because we've discovered a second Olympic cyclist who uses Reiki. We've already told you about New Zealand's Hayden Roulston, who will have his own Reiki practitioner with him in Beijing.

But there's also Australian Paralympian Lindy Hou, who won the Bronze in Athens in 2004 with her tandem-cycling teammate:

When she's not cycling, Hou is a massage therapist who also uses Reiki. She suffers from a degenerative eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa and has been legally blind since 1996, so she needs a sighted partner -- a pilot -- on the front seat of the tandem bicycle.

The Paralympics always follow the Olympics and the 2008 games will take place next month, September 6-17, in Beijing.