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100m showdown is biggest draw
July 22, 2008
Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell all sub-9.8 second performers, seek sprinting's ultimate validation in a 100 metres showdown that will be the highlight of the athletics programme at the Beijing Olympics.
Red-hot rehearsal lights up Beijing
Despite being badly tainted by the doping revelations that felled the men's winner from four years ago and the 2000 women's champion Marion Jones, the sport's blue riband race remains the most magnetic event of the Games.
Photographs: Getty Images | Text: Reuters
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