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Sports › 4 added to Japan's athletics team for Olympics

Long jumper Kumiko Ikeda and high jumper Naoyuki Daigo were added Sunday to Japan's roster for athletics events of the Beijing Olympics along with two… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Jul 07 2008

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