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        "msgid": "stars-stumble-in-slippery-sand-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-10-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Stars stumble in slippery sand",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Stars stumble in slippery sand JAKARTA (JP): To most people sand is just sand. But to beach volleyballers there is much more to the yellow stuff than meets the eye. And yesterday many of the competitors grumbled that the sand being used in the Games, which comes from Bangka island in Riau province, was not up to scratch. Malaysia's Lim Poh Hong said: \"The sand is very dry and we need more energy to play.",
        "content": "<p>Stars stumble in slippery sand<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): To most people sand is just sand. But to beach<br>\nvolleyballers there is much more to the yellow stuff than meets<br>\nthe eye.<\/p>\n<p>And yesterday many of the competitors grumbled that the sand<br>\nbeing used in the Games, which comes from Bangka island in Riau<br>\nprovince, was not up to scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia's Lim Poh Hong said: \"The sand is very dry and we<br>\nneed more energy to play. In Malaysia it is wetter, more compact<br>\nand easier to play on.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"It's very slippy and difficult to move across quickly,\"<br>\nFilippine competitor Rodel Canino said, adding that it would be<br>\nbetter to play on a beach.<\/p>\n<p>\"After all it is called beach volleyball,\" he mused. (09)<\/p>",
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