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August 11th, 2008

THE AUXILIARY PRESS

Local Boxer Stunned By Misfortune Dehydration Blamed For Russell’s Collapse His Olympic dream over before it even began, boxer Gary Russell Jr. sat on mother Lawan’s lap Friday afternoon, shaking his head and staring at the floor. Across town roads were closing, helicopters hovered overhead and Opening Ceremonies, in which he should have walked, were about to begin. And yet as they sat there in the window of an apartment in the city’s Dongzhimen district, mother and son were both on the verge of tears… —Les Carpenter, www.washingtonpost.com

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