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| | AN ICON OUSTED - August 16, 2004 - The New York Sun |
 | | Martin, the no.7 seed, had been upset at several major tournaments earlier in the year, but the shocker was that she lost to a fellow European, Tracey Hallam of Great Britain, 11-2, 5-11, 13-10. |
 | | For the past decade, Martin had been the most dominant non-Asian woman among the badminton elite, and had said before the Olympics that it would be another decade before she foresaw a successor. |
 | | Martin, the 2000 Olympic silver medalist and reigning badminton sex symbol, was the sentimental favorite competing in her fourth and final Olympic tournament at age 30. |
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