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FINA, the international governing body of swimming, is attempting to put the genie back in the bottle. The genie would be the high-tech swimsuits, starting with the well-known Speedo LZR Racer, that dominated the run-up to the Beijing Olympics last year, and the next generation of controversial successors.
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In July 2008, a month before China grabbed the sporting headlines for the Beijing Olympics, Zheng Jie made her own bit of sporting history for China.
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Canadian archer John David Burnes, participant at last summer's Beijing Olympics, was charged with child pornography offences on Thursday. Barnes, 20, was arrested as part of an Ontario-wide child pornography sweep last week that resulted in 93 charges against 31 people.
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In the water, Michael Phelps is without peer. On land, he's made splashes for the wrong reasons. Given the stratospheric heights to which he climbed during the Beijing Olympics last summer (8 gold medals, 8 races) Phelps' stock had nowhere to go but down.
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THIS is the astonishing picture which could destroy the career of the greatest competitor in Olympic history. In our exclusive photo Michael Phelps, who won a record EIGHT gold medals for swimming at the Beijing games last summer, draws from a bong.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps, who made history when he won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, will not attempt to repeat the feat when he competes at London 2012.
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Beijing is showing all the symptoms of suffering from the same 'Olympic curse' as Athens and Sydney.
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From the great high of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony to the extreme low of the Sichuan earthquake - 2008 was a turbulent year for China. And 2009 looks poised for more extremes from the economic crisis.
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BEIJING—Long after the closing ceremonies of last August's XXIX Olympiad, participants and spectators from around the world were still talking about the incredibly lifelike, almost realistic atmosphere the nation of China was able to bring to the Games.
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The Year's Tidbits and Trends - From Fuel Prices to Frustrating Fees.At best, it was a year in which travelers excitedly cooked up trips to the Olympics in Beijing and the inauguration in Washington, D.C. At worst, it was a year when tourists were confronted with devastating terror attacks in Mumbai's most lavish hotspots and hotels.
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