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OLYMPIANS ARE TOURISTS, TOO

By Alyssa Roenigk

Thursday, August 21, 2008

U.S. weightlifter and three-time Olympian Cheryl Haworth finished competing Saturday afternoon. The Sydney bronze medalist took sixth place in the 75kg-and-over division but says injuries kept her off the medal stand. And while the 25-year-old ponders coming back for the London Games, she and her family made the most of their time in Beijing. By Wednesday, they'd already visited the Great Wall, had dinner in a hutong, bartered in the silk and pearl markets and braved the crowds of Tiananmen Sq ...

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