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	Bell Bound for Glory After a disappointing result at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Bell is keen to make amends and has dedicated the past four years of his life to training and hard work in order to achieve his dream of an Olympic gold medal.
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	Wildwater World Cup and World Championship Results Members of the 2004 Australian Wildwater Kayak Team are all home safely follwing their recent tour of Europe. Results (including world champs, world cups, final world cup rankings and the swiss champs) can be found at the locations below
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	Eildon Professional Development Program Begins tomorrow The professional development program is on at the OEG site at Eildon this Thursday and Friday. Feel free to drop in for any or all of the sessions - Anyone may attend.
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	Bellofiore Misses The Boat! Australia's Olympic Canoe Slalom athletes arrived in Athens on Monday for a two week training camp at the Helliniko Olympic Complex.
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	World Cup Crestuma Marathon Results The Australian Marathon team managed a top ten finish in both the Men's Junior and Senior K1 World Cup in Portugal over the weekend.
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	Aussies Pick Up 3 More Medals at the Flatwater World Cup Marinov, Baggaley, Collins and Rhodes all featured in the medal ceremony yesterday after picking up a Silver and 2 more Bronze medals in the Czech Republic.
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	Aussie Team Win Swiss Wildwater Kayak Nationals The Australian trio put together a blistering run to win the international class in front of strong German opposition, as well as recording the fastest teams run of the day over all classes.
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	2 Medals to Australia at Canoe/Kayak World Cup Nathan Baggaley has won silver and Dan Collins and David Rhodes Bronze in the first World Cup of the 2004 Season in the Czech Republic.
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	Australian Marathon Team to Race in Portugal The Australian Marathon Team will this weekend participate in the 2nd Marathon World Cup of the season, the Crestuma Marathon, in Portugal.
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	Junior Aussies Hit Bochum The Australian Junior Kayak Team arrived in Bochum , Germany on Wednesday in final preparation for the Bochum International Junior Regatta this weekend.
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	Junior Slalom Team Round-up The Junior Slalom Team are picking up the pieces after several boats were damaged or destroyed on the course. Will´s boat is back on the water and after her boat was completely lost to the course, Emmie will pick up a new boat tommorrow.
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	Junior Slalom Results Day Two - Lofer Competition on Day two again had it's share of dramas and excitement with Will losing his boat to the strong German course on the second run.
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	Junior Slalom Results Day One - Lofer The race in Lofer had very mixed results. The ladies began the day on a very long course 25 gates - and approx 130 seconds in time. The start was delayed considerably as Team leaders insisted on moving the finish beam a little upstream to shorten the course.
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	Australia Allocated C-Boat for Athens Olympics The International Canoe Federation has today announced that Australia has been allocated a c-boat position for the Athens Olympic Games.
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