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200,000 Olympic seats checked, fans complain of collapse
Jul 30th, 2012
Olympics organisers said Monday they were forced to check the welding on 200,000 temporary seats across venues after fans complained that seats at the rowing and archery collapsed under them. (Source: AFP) -
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