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CHULA VISTA, CA - JULY 22, 2008- Olympic archer Khatuna Lorig is photographed at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, July 22, 2008. Lorig has represented three different countries in the Olympic Games; the Soviet Union in 1992, Georgia…

IRVINE, CA - JULY 15, 2008- Triathlete Julie Swail-Ertel is photographed after a training run in Irvine, July 15, 2008. Swail-Ertel is attending her second Olympics, after helping the women's Water Polo team take home the Silver Medal at the 2000…

ORANGE, CA - JULY 21, 2008- Bob Malaythong, left and Howard Bach, are photographed at the Orange County Badminton Club, July 21, 2008. Malaythong and Bach will compete in the Beijing Olympics this summer.

With sunny weather year-round and a training facility in Chula Vista, Southern California is host to many U.S. Olympic hopefuls set to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The following are a collection of those local competitors. NEWHALL, CA -…

On August 25th, the day after the closing ceremonies, homeless people began to move back into the city. It was rumored that they were detained outside the city for the duration of the Olympics.

A Chinese girl peers through a bus window passing by Olympic venues in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. Public transportation over-flowed during the month of August when officials enacted an odd/even license plate law limiting the amount of…

Secret police arrest a ticket scalper near Worker's Stadium. Dozens of other scalpers watched the arrest and then continued selling tickets.

Sun Yu Bin and his wife Liu Guo Min watch an Olympic ping pong match from their bedroom, which also serves as their kitchen, in a hutong in Beijing. Hutongs are traditional housing that Beijing was built around. Most lower-class families still live…

Restaurant workers pass the time waiting for customers near Olympic venues. The Chinese government strictly limited the number of visas available to tourists resulting in an economic decline among local businesses.

Images of China's Olympic athletes cover the walls of the newly expanded subway system. Within the city itself, Beijing's subway expanded to more than double its capacity and overall size, adding an additional 7 lines and 80 stations to the…