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Dancing with the Stars Debuts with Two Olympians

by Sandy Mitchell on September 22nd, 2008

Season seven of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” debuts this evening at 8pm with the first night of the three-night premiere. This season’s contestants include two Olympians: Misty May-Treanor, who won her season beach volleyball Gold Medal in Beijing, and Maurice Greene (pictured above), a sprinter who won two Gold Medals in Sydney in 2000. Treanor is paired with DWTS hearthrob, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Greene will be dancing with two-time DWTS champion, Cheryl Burke.

Olympians have traditionally done very well on the show. Speed skater, Apolo Anton Ohno won the contest in the fourth season and figure skater, Kristi Yamaguchi won the sixth season.

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