Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won a bronze medal in the 100-metre hurdles final late Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics, a race won by Dawn Harper of the United States. ...full story at cbcnews
from cbcnews on Tue, Aug 19 2008
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