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SPORTS OLY-ATHLETICS 25 KC

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Tia Hellebaut of Belgium clears the bar on her way to taking gold in the high jump on Saturday, August 23, 2008, in the Games of the the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)

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