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USOC to honor 2 Oklahoma training sites,
by AP
Posted: 07.28.2009 at 9:27 AM
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two sites in the Oklahoma City area will receive a special designation from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

The USOC's acting CEO, Stephanie Streeter, will visit the Chesapeake Boathouse on Tuesday morning to announce that the Oklahoma River has been named a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site for rowing, canoeing and kayaking. The prime rowing spot was created after dams were installed to transform what had been a dry ditch into a waterway.

Streeter will also announce that the University of Central Oklahoma has received a similar designation for archery, volleyball and Paralympic sports.

The Edmond university is already a U.S. Paralympic training site.

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