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Chaunte Howard of the United States celebrates a successful attempt in the high jump on Saturday, August 23, 2008, in the Games of the the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/MCT) (Jeff Siner / MCT)

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