But Mabel's most popular routine was much more intimate than that and never failed to leave the audience slack-jawed with amazement.

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However the king's brother Prince Johan Friso lost his place in the line of succession when he married Mabel Wisse Smit in 2004 without parliament's approval.

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Compatriot Mabel Gay took silver with 14.61m while Russia's Anna Pyatykh claimed bronze with 14.58m.

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"It's like they don't know what a debate is, " said Mabel Ramsay of Mendeltna, Alaska.

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She defeated Indonesia's Raema Lisa Rumbewas, who was second in the 48kg class at the 2000 Sydney Games, while Mabel Mosquera of Colombia took bronze.

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