Article: Cycling sprinters face tough test in Beijing Olympics

Article: China's baseball team looks for consistency ahead of ...
AP Worldstream;  November 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ...With less than a year to go before the Beijing Olympics, China's baseball team is still trying to cover all ... Series champion Chunichi Dragons in what is sure to be a tough test for his players. We've got the Olympics coming up and ...

Article: Basketball preview: No easy quarter-finals win to anyone at ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 19, 2008 ;     364 words ... ... Basketball preview: No easy quarter-finals win to anyone at Beijing Olympics BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- None of the matchup of ... 76 in a warmup earlier this month. Argentina will have a tough test from Greece, and if they make it through, the U.S. are ...

Article: Tough test looms for Ohuruogu; FOCUSED: Richards ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  June 15, 2009 ;     626 words ... ... third behind Ohuruogu and Jamaica's Shericka Williams at the Beijing Olympics. Yesterday in Berlin she easily romped to victory in the first ... with Kadi-Ann Thomas fourth in 11.59.. CAPTION(S): Tough test: Chrissy Ohuruogu.

Article: Tough test for Kiwi athlete
The Press;  June 19, 2009 ;     672 words ... ... of the favourites for the world series race in Washington in what will be the first time the top four finishers from the Beijing Olympics go head to head since the Games. Olympic champion Jan Frodeno, of Germany, along with silver medallist Canadian Simon ...

Article: Jeffries faces tough test in bid for EU title.
Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England);  June 16, 2007 ;     535 words ... ... I got drawn against him again so I could see how we've both come on. Jeffries is looking to build form ahead of October's World Championships in Chicago, which will be the first chance to qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics.

Article: Serena survives tough test in 2nd round at Open
AP Online;  January 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Slam tournament since. Her highlight last year was a win over fellow Russian Dinara Safina in the gold medal match at the Beijing Olympics. She was ousted in the semifinals at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2008 and has never advanced beyond the fourth round ...

Article: Canadian women face tough test versus U.S.; 'We ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  May 10, 2008 ;     606 words ... ... RFK Stadium in Washington. But as head coach Even Pellerud points out, win or not, with his team's sights set on the Beijing Olympics, the Canadians can't lose from learning against the best. That's how I approach this game, it's not so much about ...