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(Beijing Olympics) United States preview: U.S. prefers clean team to medal supremacy

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States will try to field a clean team to defend its medal supremacy for the fourth consecutive time in the coming Beijing Summer Olympics while facing severe challenges from hosts China and Russia.

The Americans regained the lead in the gold medal table in Atlanta in 1996 when they outnumbered arch-rival Russia 44-26 in golds, and they continued dominating the table in the following Olympics held in Sydney and Athens.

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