Sprinklers still keep the grass at Greece's Olympic softball stadium green.

希腊的奥林匹克垒球体育场，工人们仍然坚持洒水，让草皮保持绿色。

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Owing to limited participation worldwide, softball and baseball are expected to make their final Olympic appearance in Beijing after being axed from the London program.

因为全球范围内比较有限的参与度，垒球和棒球比赛将在下一届伦敦奥运会中取消。这两个项目将作为奥运项目最后一次出现在北京奥运会上。

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Currently, the only Olympic sport in which men compete and women don't is in boxing. Baseball is only for men, but it has a female counterpart, softball.

目前唯一一个只有男性没有女性参加的奥运会运动项目就是拳击了。

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That means Tuesday's start of the Olympic softball competition in Beijing will be bittersweet.

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The International Olympic Committee voted softball off the program in 2012.

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Softball, squash, baseball, karate and roller sports all bid to be accepted as Olympic sports but were turned down by the executive board two months ago.

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