BEIJING (Kyodo) Teenage swimmer Natsumi Hoshi beat reigning Olympic champion Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland on Friday to win the women's 200-meter butterfly in the China Open, a test event for this summer's Beijing Olympics. Hoshi touched the wall in 2... ...full story at Japan Times
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