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Japan's weightlifter Hiromi Miyake and her father and coach Yoshiyuki Miyake arrive at Beijing's international airport ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 1, 2008. Yoshiyuki was a bronze medallist in weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA) (BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS PREVIEW)

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Cheerleaders practise their routine at the weightlifting venue ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, talks to U.S. Olympic women's weightlifting team athletes, from left, Natalie Woolfolk of Arnold, Md., Melanie Roach of Bonney Lake, Wash., and Carissa Gump of Essex, Vt., at the U.S. Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. U.S. Olympic athletes are processed at the facility before they depart to China for the Beijing Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)

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Natalie Woofolk (L), a member of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, speaks with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Olympics processing center at San Jose State University in San Jose, California, July 25, 2008. Over 600 athletes of the United States Olympic team have been at the university to register, pick up their visas and other materials before heading to the summer games in China. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES)

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In this photo released by the Beijing Tourism Administration, the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium is seen in Beijing, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium will host weightlifting competition for the Beijing Olympic Games, which open Aug 8. (AP Photo/Beijing Tourism Administration, HO)

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Melanie Roach of the U.S. competes in the women's 53kg weightlifting event at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in this July 15, 2007 file photo. To match feature OLYMPICS/WEIGHTLIFTING-ROACH REUTERS/Caetano Barreira (BRAZIL) REUTERS

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Iran's basketball team returns the applause to fans after their Rocky Mountain Review NBA basketball summer league game Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Taylorsville, Utah. Normally an afterthought given the popularity of soccer, weightlifting and wrestling, basketball is suddenly all the rage as Iran's national team prepares for the country's first Olympic berth in 60 years. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

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Reyhanch Bavi Jamali, of Iran, cheers for her country's basketball team, the first Iranian Olympic team in 60 years, during the first half of the Rocky Mountain Review NBA basketball summer league game Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Taylorsville, Utah. Normally an afterthought given the popularity of soccer, weightlifting and wrestling, basketball is suddenly all the rage as Iran's national team prepares for the country's first Olympic berth in 60 years. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

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Sam Behjani, of Iran, waves his country's flag in support of the Iranian team during the first half of the Rocky Mountain Review NBA basketball summer league game Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Taylorsville, Utah. Normally an afterthought given the popularity of soccer, weightlifting and wrestling, basketball is suddenly all the rage as Iran's national team prepares for the country's first Olympic berth in 60 years. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

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Iran center Hamed Ehadadi signs an autograph for a fan after the Rocky Mountain Review NBA basketball summer league game Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Taylorsville, Utah. Normally an afterthought given the popularity of soccer, weightlifting and wrestling, basketball is suddenly all the rage as Iran's national team prepares for the country's first Olympic berth in 60 years. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

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