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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Beijing 2008

Event Coverage and analysis:

Track and Field

General
Swimming
Cycling
Beijing Build-up

In the buildup to the Beijing Games, we covered the following high profile stories:
  • Doping and the Olympics
  • Beijing Pollution
  • Preview of Beijing events - 9 months out

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