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2012 London Olympics Blog: High Jump World Champion Vlasic Hopes to Heal for London Games

Reported by NYTimes.com on Tuesday, 22 May 2012 (on May 22, 2012)
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Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic has been one of the most dominant female high jumpers in the world since 2007. But competing in the London Games is in doubt, due to a bacterial infection in her left ankle.

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