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(Beijing Olympics) Spain preview: Spain targets Olympic glory after top sporting success

By sportswriter Zheng Daojin

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Spain is pursuing more glories at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after glamorous wins at Euro 2008 and the Wimbledon Open, which may enhance their world sporting status in a fruitful year.

The Iberians achieved huge success in a week's time from June 29 to July 6. "La Furia Roja" lifted all the curses and beat tough German mannschaft on June 29 to win the Henry Delaunay cup after a 44-year drought, then Rafael Nadal terminated Swiss tennis giant Roger Federer's five-year reign at the Wimbledon final.

And if the Spaniards could extend their ...

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