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Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte (pictured) figure to dominate the headlines in swimming and just may generate the biggest buzz in the entire London Games. (Associated Press)

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Genay Tolbert, 7, reacts to getting a hole-in-one while playing a round of minigolf with her brother Geo-Di, 10, and grandmother Julia. The exhibit at the National Building Museum has attracted 4,500 visitors since opening on the Fourth of July. It runs through Labor Day. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Colorful golf balls wait for players, who will find some of the holes of the National Building Museum’s 12-hole minigolf course deceptively difficult. One challenges golfers to aim for “par 40 instead of a par 4.” (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Bethesda native Julie Zetlin, shown practicing at the Katie Fitzgerald Youth Recreation Center in Darnestown, will be the first U.S. rhythmic gymnast to compete in the Olympics since the 2004 Athens Games. The 22-year-old won gold at the Pan-American Games last year, but her expectations for London are tempered: No U.S. gymnast has medaled in the sport at the Olympics. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Austria (white shirt) and Macedonia squared off in this qualifying match for the 2013 men’s world championship, but the birthplace of team handball is Denmark, which is credited with founding the sport in 1906. The Danes are the two-time defending men’s European champions. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A banner celebrating the 44 bowl games that the Penn State football team has played in hangs outside of Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., on July 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins linebacker London Fletcher (59), left, and other players leave the indoor training dome as the Washington Redskins finish morning walk-throughs on the first day of training camp at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Thursday, July 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) leaves the indoor training dome as the Washington Redskins finish morning walk-throughs on the first day of training camp at Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., Thursday, July 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)