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Chinese hammer thrower loses bronze appeal
Aug 11th, 2012
China lost their appeal seeking to have hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu awarded the bronze medal over an unusual technical glitch during the women's final here on Friday. (Source: AFP) -
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