Members of Norway's softball team wait for their transport at Beijing's international airport ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 1, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato (CHINA) (BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS PREVIEW)
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An acrobat performs during an event where Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez presents the national flag for the softball team going to the Beijing Olympics Games in Caracas July 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) speaks after presenting the national flag to the Olympic softball team going to Beijing in Caracas July 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, hands the country's national flag that will be used at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to Maria Soto, a member of Venezuela's national softball team, during a ceremony in Caracas, Monday, July 28, 2008. Venezuela will be represented by 109 athletes. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office) ** NO SALES **
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) speaks after presenting the national flag to the Olympic softball team going to Beijing in Caracas July 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) speaks with members of the Olympic team on July 28, 2008 in Caracas. Chavez gave the athletes of the women's softball team the national flag for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO/Miguel Gutierrez (Photo credit should read MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) speaks next to members of the Olympic team on July 28, 2008 in Caracas. Chavez gave the athletes of the women's softball team the national flag for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO/Miguel Gutierrez (Photo credit should read MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President George W. Bush toasts alongside US Olympic softball medalist Jennie Finch (R) during a social dinner in honor of United States past and present Olympians in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2008. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - JULY 21: U.S. President George W. Bush (L) is presented with a jersey by softball player Jennie Finch as he hosts the 2008 United States Summer Olympic Team at the Rose Garden of the White House July 21, 2008 in Washington, DC. The 2008 Summer Olympics will begin on August 8 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - JULY 21: U.S. President George W. Bush (L) is presented with a jersey by softball player Jennie Finch as he hosts the 2008 United States Summer Olympic Team at the Rose Garden of the White House July 21, 2008 in Washington, DC. The 2008 Summer Olympics will begin on August 8 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
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