Beijing school grooms girls to award Olympic medals
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For 16-year-old Li Miaomiao, sore feet from wearing high heels for hours at a time and an achy jaw from constant smiling are worth the chance of hanging a medal around an athlete's neck come the Beijing Olympics.
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An eight-year-old Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after state media said she ran 3,560 km (2,212 miles) to celebrate the 2008 Olympics, a feat which brought her father accusations of child abuse.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Chinese officials on Wednesday praised the country's anti-doping infrastructure as world-class, but conceded wiping out grassroots substance abuse remained a challenge before next year's Beijing Olympics.
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A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. China&#39;s Ministry of Information Technology, the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council, and a Beijing Internet company devised the new college as a joint venture.
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Two of 12 new Beijing Olympic venues have been completed and could be handed over to officials as early as next week.
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British athletics chiefs have appointed sports psychologist David Collins as Performance Director to produce medal winners at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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China is seeking volunteer translators of languages of small countries attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics to ensure nothing gets lost in translation, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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BEIJING: With the end of the Athens Olympics, the focus is now on China&#39;s preparations as host of the 2008 Games. Authorities are promising a cleaner, greener and a culturally vibrant Beijing.
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First-round winners in competition, nicknamed the student software-development Olympics, will face off in Seoul.
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Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.
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In many schools, girls who want to wrestle must practice with, and compete against, boys.
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Britain, whose athletes with the exception of gold medal winners Kelly Holmes and the men's sprint relay, performed so poorly at the Athens Olympics, have turned to China for help in the buildup to the 2008 Beijing Games.
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A new wave of talent will be on display when track and field takes center stage at the Olympic Games.
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Crowds of well wishers greet the Chinese Olympic team, returning home with a record number of medals.
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At the world-noticing 28th Olympic Games, Chinese good athletes, fearing no strong opponents and competing with all might, have achieved unprecedented, excellent results, making new historic breakthroughs at the Athens Olympics in China&#39;s sports and
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s Olympic athletes will train and compete regularly in Beijing over the next three years after an historic co-operation agreement was signed today by the Australian and Chinese Olympic Committees.