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Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
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Manzura Uldjabaeva is a Tajikistani artist and cinematographer. From 1976 to 1993 she was the costume designer for the Tajikfilm studios. She worked on over 25 films and in 1987 became a member of the Cinematographer and Artists' Union of the USSR. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Designers’ Union of the Republic of Tajikistan. She joined the faculty of the prestigious Olimov State Art College in Dushanbe in 1993.
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