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Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan (R) and India's Table Tennis player Neha Aggarwal pose for a picture during a function to honour the Indian contingent, participating in the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, in New Delhi July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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A girl returns a shot during a table tennis training session at the Beijing Shi Cha Hai Sports School in Beijing July 31, 2008. The school is famous for training students for competitive sports from national tournaments to the Olympic games. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) (BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS PREVIEW)

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A boy returns a shot during a training session for table tennis at the Beijing Shi Cha Hai Sports School in Beijing July 31, 2008. The school is famous for training students for competitive sports from national tournaments to the Olympic games. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA) (BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS PREVIEW)

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TOKYO - JULY 28: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) stands next to Keiji Suzuki, Men's Judo half-heavyweight wrestler, and Ai Fukuhara, Women's table tennis player, during the Japan Olympic Team Send-Off Party at The Prince Park Tower on July 28, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Olympic Committee will send 339 athletes to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in August. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)

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Japan's crown prince Naruhito smiles as table tennis player Ai Fukuhara holds a Japanese flag during a send-off ceremony for Japan National Team members to take part in the Beijing Olympic in Tokyo, Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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Tomiaki Fukuhara Head of Delegation for Japan national team, left, Judo player Keiji Suzuki, center, and table tennis player Ai Fukuhara bow before attendants during a send off ceremony for Japan National team members for the Beijing Olympic in Tokyo, Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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Japanese Judo player Keiji Suzuki, left, and table tennis player Ai Fukuhara stand at attention during a send off ceremony for Japan National Team members for the Beijing Olympic in Tokyo, Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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China's two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Chen Zhong (R) stretches next to a table-tennis table before participating in a simulated Olympic competition exercise, in an almost identical replica of the Olympic venue, at their training facility in Huairou Stadium on the outskirts of Beijing July 24, 2008. From bussing in school-children to simulate screaming fans, to pushing their athletes in front of journalists after practice matches, the Chinese taekwondo team's Olympic training has taken virtual reality to a new level. In the re-fitted gymnasium, that is an almost identical copy of the venue for the Beijing Olympic taekwondo competition, the team participated in the mock bouts in order to expose their athletes to the mental pressure of fans, media and sometimes dubious decision-making by match referees. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Athletes practise during a table tennis training session in the Xiannongtan Sports School in Beijing July 17, 2008. About 300 athletes currently undergo regular training in the school, which was founded in 1953. Zhang Yining, who won gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles table tennis events at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and will attend China's 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was a student of the school, according to the school. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Athletes practise during a table tennis training session in the Xiannongtan Sports School in Beijing July 17, 2008. About 300 athletes currently undergo regular training in the school, which was founded in 1953. Zhang Yining, who won gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles table tennis events during Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and will attend China's 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was a student of the school, according to the school. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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