The Sports Council for Wales has recognised the need for an Olympic standard range for air gun, air rifle, and small bore rifle shooting.

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Toy maker Hornby is hoping 2012 Olympic merchandise and a range of Moshi Monsters pin badges will help it to offset a slump in its UK profits.

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The land is heavily covered with mature Douglas firs and maple trees, and rolls across the base of a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula, with a total onsite elevation change of nearly 600 feet, again huge by golf course standards.

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Athletics officials from many countries, including perennial long-distance power Kenya, forgo trials and select their Olympic marathoners based on criteria that range from personal bests to overall bodies of work.

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The next section is a hall of torches from every modern Olympic Games since 1936 -- a range of designs that include some that look like broom sticks (Atlanta, 1996), machetes (Sydney, 2000) and lightsabers (Tokyo, 1964).

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His long-range goal, he said, is to contend for an Olympic berth in 2016, so he's looking forward to learning from and competing against the likes of Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall.

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An academic study linking Olympic performance to gross domestic product per head reckons that the UK should be in the 42 to 47 medal range.

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