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High rate of return The path that Brenda Villa and Patty Cardenas have taken to the Beijing Olympics starts much further away than the Commerce, California, swimming pool that now binds them.
Water polo incorporates elements of many diverse sports: swimming, team handball, basketball and wrestling, among others.
These five Olympians tested the U.S. collegiate ranks to improve their water polo games and reap the benefits of an American education. Now, they'll target the U.S. in Beijing.
Nathaniel Miller of the Beijing-bound Canadian men's team re-tells the miraculous way that his team reached its first Olympic Games.
As team captain, Terry Schroeder helped the U.S. men to consecutive medals in the 1980's. As head coach, he attempts to revive that winning mentality.
Center John Mann and two-meter defender Rick Merlo go head-to-head in describing what really goes on in the water polo trenches.
Merrill Moses, the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. men's water polo team, looks poised to make his first Olympic appearance in Beijing in 2008.
Natalie Golda plays water polo for the U.S. Women's Olympic team. No topic is out of bounds for this expressive resident of Long Beach, California.
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