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Laura and Reeves

**Top Non-USA Female Continders**
There are many women competing in the 2008 Bejing Summer olympics, some of the top athletes are as follows.

Becky Hammon, an American born WNBA all star has recently signed with Russia to compete on their olympic basketball team. The 31-year old point gaurd for the San Antonio Silver All Stars now plays proffesionaly in Russia. Hammon, who averaged 18.8 points and 5.0 assists for the San Antonio Silver Stars last season, became an offical Russian citizen late last year. by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pisces1991/1423273812/

Zhao Jing recently broke the Asian womens 100 meter backstroke with a 59.81 at the seven-day Olympic test event on March 4,2008. She is predicted to become one of the top female swimmers for China in the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics.

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Li Na is an olympic tennis player for Team China in the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics. She recently had a major surgery causing her to drop out of the French Open. Li hopes to return to competition in time for Wimbledon, which takes place June 23-July 6, as part of her preparation for the Olympic Games.


 * Top Non-USA Female Olympic Continders || By: Laura and Reeves ||
 * [[image:Li_Na.jpg width="425" height="308" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tibballs/368813103/in/photostream/"]] || Li Na is an olympic tennis player for Team China in the 2008 Bejing Summer Olympics. She recently had a major surger causing her to dop out of the French Open. Li hopes to return to competition in time for Wimbledon, which takes place June 23 through July 6, as part of her preparation for the Olympic Games this summer. ||
 * [[image:olympics.jpg width="432" height="306"]] || Zhao Jing recently broke the Asian womens 100 meter backstroke with a 59.81 seconds at the seven-day olympic test event on March 4,2008. She is predicted to be one of the top females on China's olympic team this summer at the 2008 Bejing Olympic Games. ||
 * [[image:1423273812_d08bf68aa6.jpg width="343" height="364" caption="Becky Hammon"]] || Becky Hammon, an American born WMBA all star has recently signed with Russia to compete on their Olympic basketball team. The 31-year old point gaurd for the San Antonio Silver All Stars now plays basketball professionaly in Russia. Hammon, who averaged 18.8 and 5.0 assists for the All Stars last season, became an offical Russian citizen last year. ||

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