OLYMPICS / Preliminaries

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US,Italy lead race for Olympic volleyball seats [2007-11-08] International badminton tourney opens in Beijing [2007-10-10] Int'l women's softball tournament to kick off in Beijing [2007-10-08] France wins third straight team epee title [2007-10-08] Thailand aims for 3 taekwondo berths for Beijing Games [2007-10-06] New coach wants to lead Brazilian women basketball team to Beijing [2007-09-25]

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Russia wins team all-around gold at rhythmic gymnastics worlds [2007-09-23] Australian men, women qualify for Games [2007-09-18] Lithuania, Egypt win pentathlon [2007-09-17] China set up women's skeet world record [2007-09-07] US overtake China to take team gold at gymnastics worlds [2007-09-06] Nearly 700 shooters to compete in worlds [2007-08-31]

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Curtain falls on 2007 Qingdao regatta [2007-08-25] Japan wins gold in Olympic baseball test event [2007-08-24] Japan enters baseball finals in Olympics test [2007-08-23] Denmark pair catch up to top 49er at Qingdao Regatta [2007-08-21] S Korean archers prevail as Austrlia leads individual [2007-08-21] Japan stuns China 7-1 to win in Olympic baseball rehearsal [2007-08-21]

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Olympic education for Chinese youth [2007-08-20] Vieira/Vivian claims champion, Yue/Zhang runner-up [2007-08-20] Slovakia grabs men's C2 gold in canoe/kayak slalom [2007-08-20] Australia's Evans crowns in road cycling race [2007-08-20] Asian sailors turn the tide on European counterparts [2007-08-20] Aussie hockeyroos hit a double in test event [2007-08-14]