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Turks question what went wrong in Beijing | Lifestyle | Reuters

"Turks question what went wrong in Beijing
Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:10pm EDT

By Selcuk Gokoluk

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey must improve sports facilities and spend less on soccer if it is to recover from a disappointing Beijing Olympics and achieve its ambition of hosting the 2020 Games, critics say.

The country won a single gold medal in Beijing, after three in Athens, and its most-heralded weightlifters failed to complete a single lift successfully."

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