Robles' record puts extra pressure on Liu, the reigning world and Olympic champion who is China's biggest hope for gold on the track at the Beijing Games.

罗伯斯创造的纪录给刘翔带来了额外的压力，刘翔现在是世界冠军和奥运会冠军，是北京奥运会田径项目上中国最大的希望所在。

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Defending Olympic badminton champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia has been hospitalized with dengue fever and it is uncertain whether he will defend his title at the Beijing Games.

奥运会羽毛球男单卫冕冠军陶菲克已确诊患上了登革热，目前正在住院治疗，并极有可能缺席奥运会。

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Ilias Iliades, Greek Olympic judo champion, will carry the Greek flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games.

伊利·亚迪斯，希腊奥运会柔道冠军，将担任北京奥运会开幕式希腊代表团的旗手。

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Most recently she displayed her sprinting prowess when pipping fellow Briton and 400m Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu in the 150m at the Manchester Great City Games on 19 May.

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World champion Cavendish had been strongly tipped to finally claim the Olympic medal that had eluded him at the 2008 Games in Beijing, where he was the only member of Britain's track cycling team to return from the games without a medal.

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