Photos: 2012 London Olympics preview capsules for all events

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<b>Key dates: </b>Team medals on July 29. Individual championship on Aug. 2.<br>
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<b>Venue: </b>Lords Cricket Ground<br>
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<b>Big story: </b>Look for Korea, India, China and Chinese Taipei to fight it out for the team gold. Second-ranked archer Ki Bo Bae leads the defending champion South Koreans.<br>
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<b>Top U.S. prospects: </b>Miranda Leek (above), ranked No. 7 in the world, looked impressive at the trials. She will be joined by three-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols and Khatuna Lorig, another multiple-Olympian who coached actress Jennifer Lawrence for the film The Hunger Games.<br>
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<b>Others to watch: </b>Deepika Kumari of India arrives in London as the worlds top-ranked archer. Ki should present a threat. Great Britain will pin its hopes on No. 14 Naomi Folkard.<br>
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<b>Little-known fact: </b>Archery joined the Olympic roster in 1900, remaining for the next eight years. After a brief reappearance in 1920, it was gone for more than five decades before making a return at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Women's archery

( Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Getty Images / October 5, 2011 )

Key dates: Team medals on July 29. Individual championship on Aug. 2.

Venue: Lords Cricket Ground

Big story: Look for Korea, India, China and Chinese Taipei to fight it out for the team gold. Second-ranked archer Ki Bo Bae leads the defending champion South Koreans.

Top U.S. prospects: Miranda Leek (above), ranked No. 7 in the world, looked impressive at the trials. She will be joined by three-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols and Khatuna Lorig, another multiple-Olympian who coached actress Jennifer Lawrence for the film The Hunger Games.

Others to watch: Deepika Kumari of India arrives in London as the worlds top-ranked archer. Ki should present a threat. Great Britain will pin its hopes on No. 14 Naomi Folkard.

Little-known fact: Archery joined the Olympic roster in 1900, remaining for the next eight years. After a brief reappearance in 1920, it was gone for more than five decades before making a return at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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