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Will US complete softball sweep?

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Softball will cease to be an Olympic sport after the Beijing Games.

The women-only event was introduced in the 1996 Games and the three tournaments played have all been won by the Americans.

Britain have not qualified for Beijing which will see the US, Japan, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Venezuela and the hosts, China competing for gold.

Japan did beat America at a recent tournament suggesting it may not be a straightforward gold medal for the Americans.

Who do you think will take gold?

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comment by Angelsoftballbeccy (U11310809)

posted Jun 12, 2008

Final Challenge For The USA , Of course they will do it , They Have the best players in the world and They're work rate is amazing. Although Austrailia Have the Facilities, The American Girls always Seem To Be Stronger - Proved In The Worlds. European Winners The Netherlands Although a Force to Be Reckoned with Over Here Have a Slim chance.

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comment by FreshRoastedPeanuts (U6538897)

posted Aug 6, 2008

Well, the law is (or was) that Olympic hosts can introduce new sports, and that's what the USA did, introduce 2 Sports that gave them the best chance of more medals.Good riddance to this one-side sport.

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