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Showing posts with label Gainesville Georgia kayaker olympic. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Wildfires set back Olympic hopefuls

Four Olympic hopefuls from Gainesville in northeast Georgia are among those coping as wildfires rage in Southern California. The four kayakers have been training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego. They say they were evacuated but have been allowed to return, but smoke and ash are preventing them from training outdoors. Wildfires, burning in seven counties in California, have destroyed about 1,500 homes and caused more than a half-million people to flee since the first blaze began late Saturday.

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