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The Scot, who beat Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer en route
to gold in 2012, is representing Britain in the men's singles in
Rio and will also partner his brother Jamie in the men's
doubles.
"Here it's totally different conditions, different venue,
different country, so I'll try and treat it like any other
tournament and prepare as best I can," he told reporters.
"I remember when I was in Beijing (in 2008), the whole
atmosphere surrounding an Olympics is different because you're
around loads of the best athletes in the world.
"It was just nice being surrounded by the best athletes from
your country, seeing them coming back with medals, it feels a
lot more like a team environment."
Half of the men's top 10 will miss this month's Olympics. World
number four Stan Wawrinka pulled out with an injury on Tuesday,
joining his Switzerland team mate Federer in sitting out the
Games.
Other notable absentees include Canadian Milos Raonic and Czech
Republic's Tomas Berdych, who withdrew citing concerns over the
Zika virus, and Austrian Dominic Thiem, who has decided to focus
on the ATP Tour.
Murray, however, said the competition would still be fierce.
"It's still a pretty strong field, a lot of the top-20 players
are here even if unfortunately there's a few of the top 10
missing," the 29-year-old added.
The tennis competition at the Rio Games takes place from Aug.
6-14.
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar; Editing by Toby Davis)
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