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	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
		But in Athens he was not to be denied, shedding a tear on the podium after winning first his pet event, then the 5,00m as a bonus.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics/default.htm (2755 words)

	olympics in ancient greece,athens greece
		The origin of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose descendant Ifitos later rejuvenated the games.
		The institution of the Olympic Games lasted for twelve continuous centuries and was abolished in 393 A.D. (the 293rd Olympiad) by order of Theodosios I when the functioning of all idol worshiping sanctuaries was forbidden, and in 426 A.D., during the reign of Theodosios II, the destruction of the Altian monuments followed.
		The Olympic Games combined the deep religious spirit along with the heroic past of the Greeks thus unifying to the highest degree body, mind and soul according to universal and philosophical values, and so projecting the individual as well as the cities, through the highest ideal of freedom.
	www.vacation-athens.net /en/olympics/olympic_games.htm (935 words)

	ABC Coverage. Athens Olympics 2004. Tennis. ABC Sport.
		Olympic tennis comprises singles and doubles events, where matches are either the best of three or five sets.
		From Hicham El Guerrouj ending his Olympic hoodoo to the triumph of Iranian Hercules Hossein Rezazadeh, these were the defining moments of the Athens Games.
		From farce to tragedy, the Olympics are sporting theatre, and Athens 2004 offered the perfect stage for a huge variety of plots and leading characters.
	abc.net.au /olympics/2004/sports/tennis.htm (242 words)

	Athens disqualified from Green Olympics \| Greenpeace International
		Athens, Greece — The Athens Olympics may boast gold, silver and bronze medals this summer - but green medals will be nowhere in sight despite Greece's promises of making the 2004 Olympics the greenest ever.
		With the exception of public transport, which has shown impressive improvements due to the Olympics, the environmental record of the Athens Olympic Games is very poor.
		It was the intention that all electricity used by related premises and users during the Olympics in 2004 should be generated by renewables.
	www.greenpeace.org /international/news/athens-disqualified-from-green (637 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
		Athens was chosen as the host city during the 106th IOC Session held in Lausanne in 05 September 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta nearly seven years before, on 18 September 1990, during the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo.
		The Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni, passed the Olympic Flag to the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics (2651 words)

	Space Imaging :: Image Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; July 24, 2004 and August 18, 2004.
		This one-meter resolution satellite image of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; July 24, 2004 and August 18, 2004.
		The Panathinaiko Olympic Sports Complex (also known as Kallimarmaro) in Athens, Greece was taken by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite on March 15, 2001; June 14, 2003; June 13, 2004; July 24, 2004; and August 18, 2004.
	www.spaceimaging.com /gallery/2004Olympics/default.htm (355 words)

	Athens 2004 Olympics Page
		I was filled with a nostalgia for the days and nights I spent in Athens, the energy of the games, the nightlife and just being on the familiar streets of the city I love, with so many people from so many countries.
		I know that the Olympics won't return in my lifetime so it is a feeling that may never go away because there will never be another time like Athens 2004, and those who were here will know what I mean.
		The streets of Athens were alive with music, art and people of every nationality and the city looked great, not just on TV but here too.
	www.greecetravel.com /2004olympics (1566 words)

	OLYMPICS - CBS SportsLine.com
		ATHENS, Greece -- Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyianni said Monday those planning a trip to the Athens Olympics should not be deterred by fears of a terrorist attack because it would hand extremists an easy victory.
		She said it was her belief that the Athens Olympics had to send a "moral message" to the rest of the world.
		Athens has also sought international help to safeguard the games and has formed a seven-nation advisory group that includes Australia, Britain, Israel and the United States.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/story/7233770 (516 words)

	Athens Greece Hotels – Athens travel Guide, athens city map, vacation & honeymoon packages for Athens and Greek ...
		Athens Greece Hotels – Athens travel Guide, athens city map, vacation and honeymoon packages for Athens and Greek islands, street map of Athens, Athens airport, Athens sightseeing, cheap flights to Athens, travel and tourist information, Athens pictures.
		Inhabited for more than 7000 years, Athens is considered to be the birthplace (cradle) of modern civilization.
		One cannot but marvel at the sight of the sheer volume of the ubiquitous antiquities sprawling the attic landscape.
	www.athens-greece.us (137 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHENS 2004
		During the Games in Athens, more than 45,000 volunteers (15,000 for the paralympic Games) - a record number in the history of the Games - will be present, together with 21,500 media representatives.
		Visit Athens in its Olympic colours and experience the Games as if you were there.
		Discover all the Olympic sports and meet the athletes who have made their mark on the Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/athens2004/index_uk.asp (264 words)

	Athens Olympics close, and NBC cashes in - Aug. 30, 2004
		Olympics coverage was available 24 hours a day on any one of seven NBC Universal networks.
		Athens now ranks as the most widely watched summer games to take place outside the U.S. According to Nielsen Research Media data released through NBC Universal, the Athens telecast averaged a 15 rating on NBC, up 9 percent over Sydney.
		In an effort to measure the "halo effect" of the Olympics on NBC Universal's cable networks, CNN/Money collected Nielsen data showing that overall ratings were up at MSNBC, CNBC and Bravo from the start of the Olympics on Friday, Aug. 13, through last Wednesday, Aug. 25, compared to the same period in July.
	money.cnn.com /2004/08/30/news/fortune500/nbc_olympics (1059 words)

	Athens: Summer Olympics 2004
		So with the Olympic Games returning to the country of their origin in August, Greece has an opportunity to soar like Apollo and drive that Olympic chariot over centuries of low profile.
		This is in addition to countless construction and restoration projects going on all around the city, since Athens decided to use the Games as a springboard to urban renewal; alas, the city fathers started renewing too late.
		It was in this stadium that the modern Olympic movement, the brainchild of French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was born, and where a Greek shepherd named Spiros Loues became the hero of those first Games by winning the marathon.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/Olympics04.asp (1919 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		The Olympics will again be a display of political power in Beijing, with China determined to topple the US from the head of the medals table, writes Paul Sheehan.
		Heat is still coming off the Athens Olympics, but already eyes are turning to Beijing where architects are experimenting with bold new design.
		Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
	theage.com.au /olympics/news/index.html (283 words)

	Athens 2004 Olympics
		The Athens 2004 Olympics will start the eventing competition two days after the opening ceremony (August 13 2004), i.e., from August 15th to 18th, 2004.
		The Olympic Equestrian Centre is located in Markopoulo, in eastern Attica, a facility that includes air-conditioned stables for 300 horses.
		Olympics organizer Lam Woon- kwong said he will invite countries with a good history in equestrian competition, and more than 10 horses will be flown in for the event.
	www.eventers.co.nz /weg_olympics/athens_olympics_index.shtml (3830 words)

	Athens Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During the Athens Olympics, NCAR provided the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) with wind and other boundary-layer data to be used for transport and dispersion calculations in the event that terrorists released hazardous material into the atmosphere during the Athens Olympics.
		During the Athens Olympics, NCAR operated a mesoscale data-assimilation and forecast system that provided analyses and forecasts of winds on a variety of scales, from the area of the eastern Mediterranean down to the urban scale.
		The grid increment of the inner-most grid was 1.1 km, and was capable of representing the thermal and dynamic effects of the Athens urban area.
	www.rap.ucar.edu /projects/athens/index.html (194 words)

	Athens Olympics
		Athens is the first Paralympic Games to hold an “own” horse competition, and this is first time Canadian horses have competed in International competition outside of North America.
		We haven’t been to the Olympics in eight years, but last year we were among the top ten nations in the world to qualify for these Olympics, so we are definitely moving in the right direction.
		Athens’ legendary summer heat has not been much of a factor so far, but tomorrow’s weather forecast predicts a high of 36 degrees, which is hotter than it has been the past few days.
	www.horse.on.ca /news/olympics2004.html (8812 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Athens 2004 Olympics - Gay Olympians, come out, come out wherever you are. Love, Sports Complex
		Belize isn't an island, nor is Athena the "patron saint" of Athens.
		In back-to-back stunners at the Olympic tennis tournament, Roddick was upset by No. 16 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-4, 6-4, and defending gold medalist Venus Williams lost to Mary Pierce of France 6-4, 6-4.
		The men's basketball team is the most reviled group of athletes in Athens, and not only by other basketball players.
	members.tripod.com /homeo/athens.html (3851 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tomorrow is the end of the games and the organizing commitee has created a closing ceremony for the Athens Olympics that is meant to show to the rest of the world the way that Greeks enjoy themselves.
		Not even the latest corruption scandal involving the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in which a Bulgarian member was suspended after being hit by bribery accusations, could darken the mood in the run-up to the opening ceremony on Friday August 13th.
		Even if the huge cost of keeping Athens safe is deemed to be money well spent, the vexed issue of performance-boosting drugs might yet ensure that the games are remembered less for “the joy found in effort”, as Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, put it, than for “doping” scandals.
	www.sporadikos-logos.org.cob-web.org:8888 /athens-olympics (1288 words)

	Olympics Coverage and News - Los Angeles Times
		L.A.'s plan to bring back Olympics focuses on readiness and clusters of sites, some familiar from 1984 Games as well as more recent additions.
		Nastia Liukin is supposed to be the next big thing among U.S. athletes in Olympic sports, no matter that she is just the next little young woman to become a star gymnast.
		Halfway through his routine, America's best gymnast on the still rings was in such bad shape, his coach had to run onto the podium to catch him in case he fell.
	www.latimes.com /sports/olympics (536 words)

	News Index - Athens Enviromental Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plans for the construction of rowing and canoeing facilities for the Athens 2004 Olympics in the sensitive coastal wetland area Schinias in eastern Attica are under way.
		Upon the award of the 2004 to Athens all plans for the conservation were cancelled.
		Furthermore, the Olympic complex will operate throughout the year thus increasing the human-induced pressures disproportionately to the ecological significance and requirements of the site.
	www.athensenvironmental.org /news/news_15041998.asp (967 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the Olympic Marathon leader during the race walked free from a Greek court yesterday.
		As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
		Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
	smh.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 /olympics (464 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Athens Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THE cost of the Athens Olympics, already tagged as the most expensive ever, could rise at least ten per cent to up to €11-12billion, a top Greek government official said yesterday.
		GREEK coach Christos Tzekos took the blame last night for the drugs scandal which engulfed the Olympic Games as his star athletes Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were cleared.
		GREAT Britain's Olympic parade on Monday could be marred by a kit row after Team GB officials...
	sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1137 (418 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		The Olympic hockey gold was there for India’s asking then, and India emerged the champions in the 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1964 Olympic Games.
		The shooting officials have reasons to be confident as in the run-up to the Olympics, the Indian shooters have been hitting the target consistently, at coaching camps and in various international competitions.
		The shooters who have made the Olympic ‘cut’ are: Suma Shirur and Anjali Ved Bhagwat (both in air rifle), Deepali Deshpande (short rifle three-prone position), Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang (both air rifle), Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh (both in trap) and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (double trap).
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040813/athens.htm (6522 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Led by snow explorers with a white horse symbolizing victory, the Olympic closing ceremony began in grand style at Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy, Sunday.
		But while some athletes exited the Olympic stage, others served notice that they'll be ones to watch four years from now in Vancouver.
		Relive the pageantry of the Torino Olympics closing ceremony.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics (264 words)

	Start Here! 2004 Olympics - Athens, Greece (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Athens was elected as the host city for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 on September 5th 1997 during the 106th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland.
		The Board of Directors of "Athens 2004" has decided to introduce Water skiing candidature to the appreciation of the International Olympic Committee.
		The olive wreath, an image connected with the city of Athens, peace, the circle of life, the Greek sky and sea, constitutes the fruit of cooperation between two companies of strategic design: the Greek company Red Design Consultants and the English-based company Wolff Olins.
	www.daddezio.com.cob-web.org:8888 /greece/2004.html (264 words)

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