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One Final Olympics Retrospective, If We May (With NSFW Jumpness) - Deadspin

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

One Final Olympics Retrospective, If We May (With NSFW Jumpness)
Deadspin, NY - 54 minutes ago
Here's something you may have missed from the Beijing Olympics; NBC's complete coverage of Spanish diver Jenifer Benitez. Yes, the not-safe-for-workness

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Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics - The Associated Press

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics
The Associated Press - 11 minutes ago
Beijing was expecting 500000 foreign guests for the Aug. 8-24 Olympics, but scaled back that estimate in the days leading up to the games.

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Priess bypasses Beijing for Bama - al.com

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments


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Priess bypasses Beijing for Bama
al.com, AL - 9 hours ago
She could have been in Beijing last summer. She could have competed in the Olympics for the United States alongside Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson.
Former US team member Ashley Priess ready to tumble for Tide al.com
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Olympic medalist Tunnicliffe named top yachtswoman - Sun-Sentinel.com

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Olympic medalist Tunnicliffe named top yachtswoman
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 56 minutes ago
By Steve Waters | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Anna Tunnicliffe of Plantation won the gold medal in the Laser Radial class at the Beijing Olympics this past

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Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics - The Associated Press

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments


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Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
Beijing was expecting 500000 foreign guests for the Aug. 8-24 Olympics, but scaled back that estimate in the days leading up to the games.
China blames global slowdown for tourism woes Times of India
China Olympic tourist boom fizzles Aljazeera.net
Slowdown forecast for tourism China Daily
The Standard
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Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics - The Associated Press

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Fewer visitors to China last year despite Olympics
The Associated Press - 9 minutes ago
Beijing was expecting 500000 foreign guests for the Aug. 8-24 Olympics, but scaled back that estimate in the days leading up to the games.

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China official urges education to stem terrorism - The Associated Press

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

China official urges education to stem terrorism
The Associated Press - 39 minutes ago
against Chinese rule, although 2008 saw the worst outbreak of violence in recent years, intended — authorities say — to sabotage the Beijing Olympics.

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Test targets sport drugs cheats - BBC News

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments


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Test targets sport drugs cheats
BBC News, UK - 8 minutes ago
Although only a handful of athletes at the Beijing Olympics themselves tested positive for banned substances, many anti-doping specialists are suspicious

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A man of the world boosts Chicago's bid - Chicago Tribune

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

A man of the world boosts Chicago's bid
Chicago Tribune, United States - 52 minutes ago
His eight-year term ended at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Over those eight years, he has become an increasingly important player on the Olympic scene.
USOC sponsor talks go into overtime Sports Business Journal (subscription)
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Boxing change we can believe in - Inquirer.net

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Boxing change we can believe in
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 1 hour ago
For the record, the winner in the Beijing Olympics light flyweight division, a sharp, talented Chinese spitfire, did not compete in the recent event Tañamor

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