After that, the International Olympic Committee led efforts to create an independent agency to set and enforce common anti-doping rules.

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But Long,who set an Olympic long jump record during qualifying, gave Owens advice on how to improve his take-off.

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May-Treanor and Jennings, who until last week hadn't lost an Olympic set for more than eight years, hung on to win in straight sets, but just barely.

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It was not immediately clear whether any of the nine athletes were part of Olympic teams set to participate in London 2012.

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Hackett, unbeaten in the event for seven years, led all the way to win gold in 14 minutes 43.40 seconds, breaking the Olympic record set by his fellow Australian Kieren Perkins at Barcelona in 1992.

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