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Your support makes all the difference.Saudi Arabia have sent a list of potential candidates for their 2012 Olympic team to the International Olympic Committee and it included women.
No Saudi woman has ever taken part in the great quadrennial global sporting gathering, so it is a groundbreaking prospect. "The IOC is confident Saudi Arabia is working to include women athletes," a statement issued by the IOC said.
"After the assessment of the level of each athlete by the IOC and the international federations concerned, a formal proposal will be submitted to the next meeting of the IOC executive board in Quebec in March."
Brunei and Qatar have also yet to enter female athletes for an Olympic Games.
What’s coming up...
Diving The second round in this year's World Series takes place in Beijing today and tomorrow. China won all eight events at the opening meeting. Tom Daley competes for Britain.
Who's up?
Oscar Pistorius
The South African "Blade Runner" clocked an Olympic A-standard 400m qualifying time in Guatent, 45.20secs.
Tom Daley
Responded to recent criticism by taking second place in the 10m platform at the World Series diving event in Dubai.
Who's down?
Ian Thorpe
The Thorpedo's bid for Olympic selection was sunk at the Australian trials in Adelaide. The five-time Olympic champion failed to reach the final of the 100m or 200m freestyle.
Eddie Edwards
"Eddie the Eagle" might have been a Winter Olympic star in Calgary in 1988, finishing a distant last in the ski jump, but the Gloucestershire man has been overlooked for a role as a 2012 torchbearer.
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