Beard makes the team

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Rebecca Soni won the 200-meter breaststroke a few minutes ago at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, but Lisa Dillman reports that gold medalist Amanda Beard is going to Beijing too. It will be Beard’s fourth Summer Games.

Soni won with a time of 2 minutes 22.60 seconds — just off Beard’s U.S. record of 2:22.44, which was set in 2004. Beard finished second in 2:25.13, holding off Caitlin Leverenz by less than a second.

-- Debbie Goffa