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Article: Preview: Chinese swimmers Qi and Wu to be tested at World Championships
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 12, 2007
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Preview: Chinese swimmers Qi and Wu to be tested at World
Championships
By Sportswriter Zhang Wei
BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese swimmers Qi Hui and Wu Peng
are going to find out their outlooks leading to the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games in a dip of the pool at the upcoming Melbourne World
Championships.
Since breaststroke ace Luo Xuejuan retired on January 29 due to
heart problems, Qi Hui has become the flag bearer of Chinese swimming
squad heading to the 12th World Championships
The 22-year-old Qi is slated to participate in the women's 200
meters breaststroke, 200 and 400 meters individual medley events at
the World Championships to kick off on March 25.
Also a breaststroke ...