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	Olympic Games information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.
		The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics.
		In 1998, it became known that several IOC members had taken bribes from the organising committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, in exchange for a vote on the city at the election of the host city.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Olympic_Games (6690 words)

	1998 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th Century.
		The main focus for the games and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies was the newly built National Stadium Bukit Jalil, a 100,000 spectator capacity stadium.
		September 21st saw Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation declare the ceremony closed on a night that saw both international star Céline Dion and Rod Stewart entertain the crowd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_Commonwealth_Games (793 words)

	Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Leading into the Games it is acknowledged that consideration was given to what response would be provided should a situation arise where the 2002 Team “under achieved” in comparison with the results in 1994 and 1998.
		The Manchester Games was the culmination of four years in which the ACGA has achieved significant success in a number of areas which have been the result of the Association establishing new programs, and taking a positive approach to opportunities as they have arisen.
		With respect to the Youth Games, in 1999, we were the first Association to embrace the concept and to accept an invitation from Scotland to send a team to the Millennium Games in Edinburgh in 2000.
	www.commonwealthgames.org.au /News/Newsletters/vol02no07.htm (1904 words)

	TashiTagg Blogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Commonwealth Games finished recently, with South Africa ending in fifth place in the medal standings.
		Medals were won for swimming, both track and field events, shooting, and gymnastics.
		If there are fewer medals available to be won, then the fact that a team won fewer medals is certainly not a sign that they did worse.
	blogs.tashitagg.com /stats/article1879.asp (871 words)

	Medal count: raising the ante - theage.com.au
		Yet almost since the moment the 17th Games were awarded to Manchester, Australian officials have been warning that the English will be out to climb to the top limb of the Commonwealth tree.
		It remains to be seen, too, whether the boost of competing in front of parochial crowds will be strong enough to overwhelm a culture where winning a gold medal at the Games is a a bit like beating your younger brothers and sisters.
		Yet when Crosswhite released his medal predictions at a Melbourne sportswriters' lunch recently, he opted for 211.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/20/1026898930671.html (608 words)

	tribuneindia... Sports
		The games are over and the board does not wish to look back or question the performance of the team." He said that nothing could be said of an one-day game and, perhaps the IOA does not understand this.
		IOA debated the issue at Kuala Lumpur during the just-ended 16th Commonwealth Games there and in cases where the government found salaries of such foreign experts too high, IOA was ready to chip in, Kalmadi added while felicitating medal winners at the games in an impressive function today.
		India claimed 25 medals, one better than their effort in the Victoria Games four years ago and their effort of seven gold, 10 silver and eight bronze was excellent as wrestling which normally accounted for a clutch of medals was not part of the Games in Malaysia.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98sep25/sports.htm (6749 words)

	Medal count for the Commonwealth Games - fun and facts from the Games
		Medal counts in the Commonwealth Games tend to be heavily slanted towards the largest, industralized nations such as England, Australia and Canada, making the games somewhat one-sided.
		The limited success of the smaller nations are a source of national pride, and give them a feeling of being part of the greater Commonwealth group.
		Out of the previous 17 Games, Australia has lead the medal count 10 times, with England 6 times and Canada 1 time.
	www.topendsports.com /events/commonwealth-games/medal-count.htm (130 words)

	History of the Canadian Club of Boston
		Subsequently, as a result of a request made jointly to the Canadian Branch by the Donor of the Medal and the GNCC, it was mutually agreed to have the Match alternate between Canada and the United States.
		Records indicate that over the 114 year period, matches were postponed due to smallpox epidemics in 1885, 1886, and 1887; due to lack of ice in 1897, 1898, and 1902; and due to Wars in 1916, 1917, 1918 and again in 1942 and 1945.
		Today, when the medal is played for in the United States, there are 20 Canadian teams and 20 American teams each playing two ten-end games.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/rppurdy/history.htm (867 words)

	Your guide to the Games' sports - theage.com.au
		STAR GAZING: The undisputed queen of the Australian judo team is Maria Pekli, who ended a 36-year Olympic medal drought for the green and gold when she won the bronze in the 57 kilogram class at the Sydney Olympics.
		Apart from her prospects of an individual medal, it is hoped she can lift the women's team to the podium.
		It is on the schedule for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/07/20/1026898930648.html (2176 words)

	CNNSI.com - More Sports - Teen Thorpe lives up to top Commonwealths billing - Monday August 05, 2002 10:10 AM
		The 19-year-old won six gold medals in Manchester to match Susan O'Neill and Graham Smith's record for the most golds at a single Commonwealth Games, as well as equaling O'Neill's career aggregate record of 10.
		Thorpe set the Games alight when he lowered his own world record to win the 400 meters freestyle and also won the 100 and 200 titles, the first swimmer to complete the treble.
		Australia confirmed their position as the Commonwealth's top sporting nation by topping the medal count with a total of 206, including 82 golds, a record haul for any nation at the Games.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2002/08/05/commonwealths_review (819 words)

	2002 Commonwealth Games - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sports featured in the Commonwealth Games typically follow the pattern set by the Summer Olympics: familiar events like athletics, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling pay tribute to the Olympian ideals of speed, strength and endurance.
		Lawn bowling was, in fact, at the centre of the first Games held in Hamilton, Ont. in 1930, which also featured five other sports: athletics, boxing, rowing, aquatics and wrestling.
		For most of their existence, the Commonwealth Games have been largely about the individual; only in 1998 did the Games open up significantly to team sports, and those who watched the action from Kuala Lumpur saw for the first time competitions in rugby, netball and field hockey.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/commonwealth/sports.html (645 words)

	Kuala Lumpur: 1998: Host countries and cities of the Commonwealth Games - fun and facts from the Games
		For the first time in the 68-year history of the Commonwealth Games, the host city was situated in Asia.
		The XVI Games, they were held at Kuala Lumpur in the Malaysian state of Selangor.
		The baton was presented to Prince Edward by Malaysia’s first ever Commonwealth medal winner Koh Eng Tong, a bronze medallist in weightlifting in 1954.
	www.topendsports.com /events/commonwealth-games/hosts/kuala-lumpar.htm (272 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		New IOC president Jacques Rogge and new CEO of the Salt Lake City games Mitt Romney then had to stage the Games and contend with the public opinion backlash due to the scandal.
		The Canadian women's team also defeated their American counterparts 3-2 after losing to them at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at all 8 exhibition games prior to the Salt Lake Games.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	Natalie du Toit creates history - SouthAfrica.info
		At the Commonwealth Games, medals won by able-bodied and disabled athletes both count towards the overall medals table.
		South African shottists added more medals to their impressive haul when Francois van Tonder picked up his third bronze medal of the Games in the 50m pistol and Jaco Henn ended third in the 50m rifle prone.
		At Kuala Lumpur in 1998 all they had to show for their efforts was a bronze medal, won by Phumzile Mathyila.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/cwealth0802.htm (826 words)

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		You do understand that quote/unquote "HM Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of the Commonwealth and is recognised as the 'symbol of their free association' by members of the association.
		Bocci - developed from the roman game of bowls Bowls - developed in the 1500's Petanque - formally established at the turn of last century - in actual fact its less than 100 years old and obviously traces its heritage to the other two.
		In March 1998 a joint Commonwealth-La Francophonie Group observed the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Seychelles at the invitation of the Seychelles Government.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-26674.aspx (1460 words)

	Snowboarding: Americans Look To Dominate - Olympics 2006
		The American men swept the medals at the halfpipe four years ago in Salt Lake City, but gold medalist Ross Powers won't be around to defend his title.
		Other international stars on the watch list include first-time Olympian Doresia Krings of Austria, who could be a medal contender in both the women's PGS and snowboard cross, and Switzerland's Daniela Meuli, who has been at the top of the women's parallel standings the past two seasons.
		In 2002, he did not qualify for the PGS finals, and in the 1998 Nagano Games he was first after the initial slalom run but fell in the second run.
	www.thebostonchannel.com /olympics2006/6394520/detail.html (918 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Down, out
		But the same mistake, repeated in the key game against Australia, meant the difference between a semifinal berth, which was India's for the taking, and an early flight home, which is what the side is booked for now.
		End, then, of the campaign for a medal -- under the interested gaze, incidentally, of no less than IOA president Suresh Kalmadi, who was present in the VIP box throughout the match.
		Interestingly, even as the Aussies were turning the game around in the morning session, board secretary J Y Lele was informing the media that there was no question of Tendulkar, Robin, Jadeja and Kumble flying to Toronto in the event of an Indian defeat.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1998/sep/15c.htm (1853 words)

	Australia and its States, Sports, Food, Animals and Plants
		The outstanding athlete of these games was Decima Norman and Australia topped the medal count.
		These games were a triumph for Australian sport as it was the country's greatest ever performance.
		The Duke of Edinburgh opened these games also and it was aided significantly by the first live to air television coverage.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/Australia/sports.html (1050 words)

	Kenton County - Bluegrass State Games
		The Bluegrass State Games is a non-profit program sponsored privately to promote amateur athletics across the Commonwealth.
		It is designed to provide Kentuckians of all ages and skill levels, a wholesome avenue for positive development through sports and physical activity, to promote and develop amateur athletics, and to provide the amateur athlete an opportunity to showcase their talent and receive statewide recognition.
		Ties for the medals are resolved by sudden-death playoff.
	www.kentoncounty.org /departments/recreation/bluegrass_state_games.html (1136 words)

	Commonwealth Games Information
		The Commonwealth Games are held every four years with competitors coming from the nations of the British Commonwealth.
		In the 2006 Games our medal count had risen to a total of 221, the highest in that competition.
		Support at the games was very strong and a British Empire Games Federation was formed with the decision to hold the games every four years between the Olympic Games.
	alldownunder.com /oz-p/commonwealth-games-0.htm (510 words)

	2006 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Games were opened by Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth.
		The Games' first gold medal was awarded in the Women’s Weightlifting (48 kg class) to Kunjarani Devi Nameirakpam from India.
		These incidents were not without precedence: 27 athletes similarly disappeared from the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England (21 from Sierra Leone, 5 from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan), and over 80 athletes and officials overstayed their visas after the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2006_Commonwealth_Games_medal_count (3097 words)

	US Field Hockey XIII Pan American Games Men's Preview
		In 1998, Argentina failed to earn a berth to the World Cup for the first time in the history of the event, while Canada was the hemisphere’s lone representative in Utrecht.
		A 1-1 draw with Mexico was the only blemish on the Cuban record at the CAC Games in Caracas, as the team outscored its opponents 36-2 in pool play before defeating Mexico (2-0) in the gold medal game.
		Vasquez Marquez won two CAC gold medals in 1998: On the field as a member of the men’s team and on the sideline as coach of the Cuban women’s team.
	www.usfieldhockey.com /games/pa_mpreview99.htm (997 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games: Team Canada - Diving - Boileau
		At both the 1996 and 2000 Canadian team trials she was edged out for a spot in very close competitions, a reflection of Canada's depth in the event.
		She faced another major hurdle when a back injury felled her after the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
		Therefore for her to win a medal she'll need a strong performance and hope some top names cracks under the pressure.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/TeamCanada/Diving/Boileau (227 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents ...
		This interview conducted by Karen Tighe with Stuart was broadcast on July 11, 1998, prior to the change in his life.
		Why are we obsessed with the Olympic medal count, and mostly in lower-rated sports at that.
		This article appeared in the Melbourne Age on Saturday July 19, 1998 under the heading of "Coaching upheaval a tour de farce" and was written by another cycling-oriented Australian journalist Jacquelin Magnay.
	www.cyclingnews.com /results/1998/jul98/jul19.html (4064 words)

	1998 Commonwealth Games medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is the full table of the medal count of the 1998 Commonwealth Games, including nations which participated but which did not win any medals.
		These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
		The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_Commonwealth_Games_medal_count (123 words)

	M2006 > Sports and Venues > EAD Events
		The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games features a fully-integrated competition for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD), with 12 gold medals on offer in Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis and Weightlifting, all of which will count in official medal tallies.
		The competition will be run under the rules of the International Paralympic Committee, and follows the formal decision taken at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly to include EAD events, and a highly successful program at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.
		The Commonwealth Games Athletes' Village in Melbourne will be accessible, incorporating the specific requirements for this population of athletes into the design and thus ensuring a world-class athlete experience.
	www.melbourne2006.com.au /Sports+and+Venues/EAD+Events (344 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents ...
		The Commonwealth Games Committee were not to blame.
		They were looking for ways to keep me at the Games but they said I'd have to give a full retraction and apology.
		I was forced to count on a coach, who had not spoken to me for ages, to be my eyes in the pursuit, to come and read the schedule.
	www.cyclingnews.com /results/1998/sep98/sep24.shtml (2132 words)

	A Winning Advantage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A further $32 million is on offer to the New South Wales Government to offset the provision of Commonwealth services not envisaged in earlier planning, but it is contingent on Games organisers being able to demonstrate that the benefits will flow to all Australians.
		They finished second in the gold medal count at the Atlanta Games and will no doubt exceed that effort in Sydney in 2000.
		The greater focus on Australia as a result of the 2000 Games is going to mean sport, as an industry, will need to be more outward looking and quick to grabbing export opportunities.
	www.liberal.org.au /documents/1998_election/sport/sport.html (2997 words)

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