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Watch her on the practice ice and it’s clear: Kimmie Meissner’s got her groove back. Just six weeks ago, the former world and U.S. champion finished a devastating seventh at nationals, the low point in a dismal season. No sign of that Kimmie at the World Figure Skating Championships. She just spent five weeks training with Richard Callaghan, who coached Tara Lipinski to an Olympic gold medal and came…
Three-time Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband was eliminated from the 200-meter freestyle in heats Wednesday at the European swimming championships, and illness could keep out of the rest of the competition. Van den Hoogenband won the 200 freestyle at the Sydney Games and is a two-time Olympic winner over 100 meters, but he came into these championships saying he was only 80 percent fit as…
Beijing organisers are
refitting the toilets at three main Olympic venues after
complaints from foreign athletes about having to squat, an
official said on Wednesday.
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