Olympics: Rowing Pictures

Iraqi double sculls rowing athletes Haidar Nozad (R) and Hamzah Hussein (L) start their daily training session on the Tigris River in Baghdad on July 31, 2008. Iraqi officials announced yesterday that the International Olympic Committee will allow up to five Iraqi athlete to take the field in Beijing after a ban on the country was lifted at the eleventh hour. The official named rowers Haidar Nozad and Hamza Hussein amongst the five. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Haidar Nozad member of the Iraqi double sculls rowing athletes with Hamzah Hussein (unseen) take their craft to the water for a daily training session on the Tigris River in Baghdad on July 31, 2008. Iraqi officials announced yesterday that the International Olympic Committee will allow up to five Iraqi athletes to take the field in Beijing after a ban on the country was lifted at the eleventh hour. The official named rowers Haidar Nozad and Hamza Hussein amongst the five. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Iraqi double sculls rowing athletes Haidar Nozad (R) and Hamzah Hussein (L) start their daily training session on the Tigris River in Baghdad on July 31, 2008. Iraqi officials announced yesterday that the International Olympic Committee will allow up to five Iraqi athlete to take the field in Beijing after a ban on the country was lifted at the eleventh hour. The official named rowers Haidar Nozad and Hamza Hussein amongst the five. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Britain's Olympic rowing team pose for photographs with British Airways staff at Heathrow airport in west London before flying to Beijing for the Olympic Games July 30, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Britain's Olympic rowing team pose for photographs with British Airways staff at Heathrow airport in west London before flying to Beijing for the Olympic Games July 30, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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Britain's Olympic rowing team pose for photographs with British Airways staff at Heathrow airport in west London before flying to Beijing for the Olympic Games July 30, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

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U.S. Olympic women's rowing team's Margot Shumway, left, of Westlake, Ohio, gathers her official U.S. Olympic apparel at the U.S. Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the facility greeting some of the 600 Olympic athletes and coaches expected to pass through the city on their way to the games in Beijing. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)

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U.S. Olympic women's rowing team's Eleanor Logan, right, of Booth Bay Harbor, Me., chooses official U.S. Olympic headgear from volunteer Catherine Furtado, left, at the U.S. Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the facility greeting some of the 600 Olympic athletes and coaches expected to pass through the city on their way to the games in Beijing. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)

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U.S. Olympic women's rowing team's Caryn Davies, of Ithaca, N.Y., tries on hats as she receives official U.S. Olympic apparel at the U.S. Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the facility greeting some of the 600 Olympic athletes and coaches expected to pass through the city on their way to the games in Beijing. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)

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U.S. Olympic women's rowing team's Eleanor Logan, right, of Booth Bay Harbor, Me., chooses official U.S. Olympic headgear from volunteer Catherine Furtado, left, at the U.S. Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the facility greeting some of the 600 Olympic athletes and coaches expected to pass through the city on their way to the games in Beijing. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)

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