Olympics: Canoe & Kayak Pictures

Phone Myint Tayzar, 31, who will participate in coming China's Beijing Olympic games in August, practises at the Myanmar rowing and canoeing federation near Inya Lake in Yangon on July 23, 2008. Myanmar will send a team of just six to the Olympic Games but the athletes said on July 25, 2008 they were ready to take on the competition in Beijing. The reclusive nation has never previously won an Olympic medal, according to a team official, but it will compete next month in track and field, swimming, archery, rowing and canoeing he said. AFP PHOTO / HLA HLA HTAY (Photo credit should read HLA HLA HTAY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Phone Myint Tayzar, 31, who will participate in coming China's Beijing Olympic games in August, practises at the Myanmar rowing and canoeing federation near Inya Lake in Yangon on July 23, 2008. Myanmar will send a team of just six to the Olympic Games but the athletes said on July 25, 2008 they were ready to take on the competition in Beijing. The reclusive nation has never previously won an Olympic medal, according to a team official, but it will compete next month in track and field, swimming, archery, rowing and canoeing he said. AFP PHOTO / HLA HLA HTAY (Photo credit should read HLA HLA HTAY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Athletes are seen warming up at the Myanmar rowing and canoeing federation, near Inya Lake in Yangon on July 23, 2008. Myanmar will send a team of just six to the Olympic Games but the athletes said on July 25, 2008 they were ready to take on the competition in Beijing. The reclusive nation has never previously won an Olympic medal, according to a team official, but it will compete next month in track and field, swimming, archery, rowing and canoeing he said. AFP PHOTO / HLA HLA HTAY (Photo credit should read HLA HLA HTAY/AFP/Getty Images)

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An athlete practises at the canoeing training base of the Hubei Provincial Aquatic Centre in Wuhan, Hubei province, July 8, 2008. About 70 athletes, aged from 15 to 20, receive training at the base, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

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Athletes practise at the canoeing training base of the Hubei Provincial Aquatic Centre in Wuhan, Hubei province, July 8, 2008. About 70 athletes, aged from 15 to 20, receive training at the base, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

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An athlete practises at the canoeing training base of the Hubei Provincial Aquatic Centre in Wuhan, Hubei province, July 8, 2008. About 70 athletes, aged from 15 to 20, receive training at the base, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.

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Olympic canoeing champion and flagholder Antonio Rossi raises the flag during a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome July 7, 2008. Napolitano met with the athletes whom were taking part in the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY)

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) touches the Italian flag as Olympic canoeing champion Antonio Rossi stands next to him in Rome July 7, 2008. Napolitano met with the athletes whom were taking part in the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY)

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Germany's Andreas Dittmer poses for a photo after training on the Mueritz river in the eastern German town of Waren on June 24, 2008. Dittmer is preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. AFP PHOTO DDP / DANNY GOHLKE GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DANNY GOHLKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Germany's Andreas Dittmer poses for a photo after training on the Mueritz river in the eastern German town of Waren on June 24, 2008. Dittmer is preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. AFP PHOTO DDP / DANNY GOHLKE GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DANNY GOHLKE/AFP/Getty Images)

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