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Softball at the Olympic games is competed in by only women. Men compete in the similar sport, baseball . This is the last Olympic games softball will appear in, the International Olympic Committee has voted to remove softball from the program for the 2012 and all following Olympics. In can only be reinstated by the IOC, it will vote on this subject again in 2009.Eight teams qualify for the Olympics through a series of tournaments, the host nation is guaranteed one automatic entry. The top four finishers at the 2007 Softball World Championships will qualify for the Olympics. There are also other qualifying tournaments for Europe/Africe, Pan-America and Asia/Oceania, the winners of each tournament earn a spot in the Olympic games.
The Olympic competition consists of two rounds. The preliminary round follows a round robin format, where each team plays every other team. After this, the top four teams advance to a playoff round consisting of two semifinal games and ending with the bronze and gold medal games.
A couple of years following the Olympic debut of softball at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, I had the opportunity to go to a week-long softball camp at a local college. I was just making the jump from slow-pitch to fast-pitch softball as a young teen, and my ...
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One of the all-time great women's fastpitch softball players is coming to West Lafayette on Saturday. Crystl Bustos, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the USA, will put on a hitting clinic for girls 8 to 18 at Family Sports Center, 3242 W.
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Baseball may be the American (both Northern and Latin) past-time, but it won't be played in the London arena of the 2012 Olympics. Back in 2005, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to oust baseball and softball from the games starting in 2012.
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The International Olympic Committee announced the removal of women's softball from the Olympic ... may use several different types of arm motions while pitching. Balls, bats and gloves Although the two sports are similar, the bats, gloves ...
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The softball competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will take place from August 12 to August 21. All games will be played at the Fengtai Softball Field. This is the last Olympic games softball will appear in, it has been voted to be removed from the program for the 2012 Olympic games in London.
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