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Sporting rivalry
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The Australian team has had a disappointing time at the Games sofar, achieving far fewer gold medals than expected. Their team officials have conceded that they won't reach their aim of finishingamong the top 5 countries, a blow exacerbated by the fact that their sporting rivals(对手), Great Britain, are way ahead in the medalcount.
The Australian sports minister, Kate Lundy, says her country isunlikely to catch up and that she will honour a bet made with theBritish sports minister to row a length of the Olympic rowingvenue</