MSNBC Year in Pictures - Sports

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MSNBC Year in Pictures - Sports


37Austrian pilot Hannes Arch flies during the Red Bull Air Race World Series, with the Hungarian Parliament Building in the background, in Budapest, Hungary on August 20, 2008. (REUTERS/Karoly Arvai)

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Thousands of sportsmen and women are seen on their way from Maloja to S-Chanf near St Moritz in south eastern Switzerland
　　
　　on March 9, 2008 as they participate in the annual Engadin skiing marathon. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)




Ski race in Switzerland
Thousands of cross country skiers make their way from Maloja to S-Chanf near St. Moritz, Switzerland, in the annual Engadin skiing marathon March 9.

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Samuel Peter from Nigeria receives a punch from Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine during their WBC heavyweight boxing world championship fight in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 11, 2008. Klitschko won the fight after round nine due to technical knock out. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)




Klitschko pounds Peter
Samuel Peter absorbs a punch from Vitali Klitschko during their WBC heavyweight boxing fight Oct. 11 in Berlin. Klitschko won in nine rounds due to technical knockout.

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Left-to-right: Netherlands Antilles’ Churandy Martina, Zimbabwe’s Brian Dzingai, Jamaica’s Usain B




Jamaica's Bolt sets 3 world records

Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the men's 200m final Aug. 20 at the Olympic Games. Bolt won three gold medals and set three world records in Beijing.

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A woman on a horse runs alongside the peloton during stage five of the 2008 Tour de France from Cholet to Chateauroux on July 9, 2008 in Chateauroux, France. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

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A diver practices in the new National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China on Aug. 16, 2008. (AP Phot

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In this March 11, 2008 photo, a boy plays soccer at La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Mateja Robnik of Slovenia negotiates a track of the women’s giant slalom FIS World Cup event in Maribor, Slovenia January 12, 2008. (REUTERS/Petr Josek)

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A competitor dives from the 14 meter-high bridge over Drina river during annual high diving compet

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Casey Stoner of Australia and the Ducati Team in action on a wet track, during a practice run for