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• Quake Victims in China Rally From Painful Losses

  Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center. Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Handicapped, Children and Youth, Medicine and Health, Earthquakes, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Chengdu (China)

• Doctors Diagnose Hole in Defeated U.S. Boxer’s Lung

  Two days after a boxer collapsed trying to make weight, a teammate lost his opening match and said he felt weak. Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 11:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Medicine and Health, Boxing, Doctors, Lungs, Molina, Javier

• U.S. Swimmer Makes Tough Choice to Compete

  Eric Shanteau is going to the Beijing Games with a devastating diagnosis: He has testicular cancer. Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 11:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Medicine and Health, Testicles, Shanteau, Eric

• China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold

  China’s athletes are feeling the pressure of the country’s unofficial but undeniable ambition to cap the hosting of the Olympic Games by finishing atop the medal board. Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:43 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Awards, Decorations and Honors, China, Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Medicine and Health