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Gymnasts add to China's medal count

Victories in men's gymnastics yesterday helped China add to its gold tally. The host country, as of noon on Wednesday, has 43 gold medals. Here are two gymnasts who had huge performances yesterday: Li Xiaopeng enters Chinese gymnastics pantheon Li... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Aug 20 2008

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