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Thailand's Uthen Kukheaw delivers a shot against Indonesia during their men's team Sepak Takraw match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China. (AFP Photo)
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Indonesia's Hendra Pago tries to block a shot from Thailand's Uthen Kukheaw during their men's team Sepak Takraw match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China. As London prepares to welcome the world's top athletes at the Olympics, a little-known Chinese seaside town is hosting the champions of some rather more obscure sports at the Asian Beach Games. (AFP Photo)
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Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Mo delivers a shot against China during their women's Sepak Takraw match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China. Vietnam won 2-1. (AFP Photo)
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A team of cheerleaders pose on the beach during the Sepak Takraw competition at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province. (AFP Photo)
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A cheerleader entertains the crowd during the Sepak Takraw competition at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province. (AFP Photo)
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Cheerleaders support the Chinese men's beach handball team in their match against Thailand during the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, Shandong Province. (AFP Photo)
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Cheerleaders pose with the Chinese men's and women's beach handball teams after they won their matches during the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, Shandong Province. (AFP Photo)
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A team of cheerleaders pose on the beach during the Sepak Takraw competition at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province. As London prepares to welcome the world's top athletes at the Olympics, a little-known Chinese seaside town is hosting the champions of some rather more obscure sports at the Asian Beach Games, with more than 2,000 athletes competing in sports such as beach sepaktakraw, a cross between volleyball and soccer, and beach kabaddi. (AFP Photo)
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China's Wang Jianshuang tries to block a shot from Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Mo during their women's Sepak Takraw match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province. (AFP Photo)
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Ngoc Hieu Vo of Vietnam prepares to throw for goal as Erina Kutsukake of Japan attempts to block in their women's beach handball match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, Shandong Province. Vietnam won 2-1. (AFP Photo)
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