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	Athletics : Sports of the modern Olympic Games
		The marathon was originally conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, commemorating the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died.
		The unusual distance is a result of the 1908 Olympic Games in London where the marathon distance was changed to 26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City Stadium, with 385 yards added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's viewing box.
		The Olympic torchbearer for the 1956 Olympics was a virtually unknown 19 year old at the time he carried the torch into the stadium at Melbourne.
	www.topendsports.com /events/summer/sports/athletics.htm (1190 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		In the stadium, the Americans continue their dominance in athletics, winning the long jump (through Ellery Clark), the shot put (Garrett, winning his second title) and the 400 m (Tom Burke).
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		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.
		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.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics (464 words)

	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.
		Russia was third (27, 27, 38, 92) and Australia hung on to fourth place - the same as Sydney in 2000 - with 17 gold medals, 16 silver and 16 bronze for a total of 49 - nine shy of the record 58, won four years ago.
		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.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics (2755 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Olympics-Sydney, the almost-but-not-quite Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There were no world records in athletics, too many great champions flopped and too much distress was generated by the removal of a gold medal from waif-like 16-year-old Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan for a trifling doping offence.
		The Dutchman with the shy smile proved to be one of the stars of the pool with two golds and two world records and his compatriot Inge de Bruijn stole the show in the women's races with three individual golds and, naturally, three world records.
		She was the first gymnast to fail a dope test at an Olympics but her case attracted huge sympathy and triggered street protests in Romania when it was learned she had innocently taken an over-the-counter cold remedy given her by the team doctor.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20001001-746-sport-olympi.html (963 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| The Summer Olympics: Notebook \| 10/9/2000
		But some folks were not convinced: even though Silva finished only seventh in the women's 70-78 kg division, sour grapes among those she had booted out of the competition suggested that many thought they had been beaten by one of the boys from Brazil.
		Some athletes are putting their Olympic memories on the block for a children's charity.
		The buzz around Sydney during the closing days of the Olympics was that the Games had been such good fun—to saying nothing of being an overwhelming organizational and financial success—that Sydney ought to stage them again in 2004.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/2000/1009/olympic_notebook.html (1064 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee yet, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag.
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Olympics-International sport still saddled with drug cheats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Olympic leaders said weightlifting's future in the Games was secure, however.
		U.S. chiefs were accused of covering up five positive tests before the 1988 Seoul Olympics and failing to inform international chiefs of 15 suspicious cases in the last two years.
		Before the Games, the IOC was pleased to announce that it had introduced a new test for EPO (erythropoietin), a drug used by distance runners and swimmers to enhance the blood's capacity to carry oxygen.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20001001-850-sport-olympi.html (660 words)

	Apple Learning Interchange
		From Athens 1896 to Sydney 2000, the modern Summer Olympics have brought together countries from all over the globe to participate in the spirit of competition.
		You'll be able to send postcards from some of the Olympic cities while you and your students learn about the geography, history and culture of the host metropolitan areas.
		Using these resources, together with the publicity surrounding the Olympic Games, you'll be ready for wonderful geography lessons related to not only to the Olympic cities, but also to the countries of the world that send teams or individual athletes to the competitions.
	ali.apple.com /features/s_olympics.shtml (1852 words)

	Open Directory - Sports: Events: Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York - Highlights of olympic history with stories about Olympic medal winners and their accomplishments.
		Olympic Museum - A virtual visit of the permanent exhibits, a virtual gallery with Nagano ceremonies, a philatelic and numismatic exhibition, concerts and conferences, a research centre.
		Science and the Olympics - Science and technology played a small role in the original Olympics, which prompted a brief truce in any wars the Greeks happened to be fighting.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Events/Olympics (827 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1215 words)

	University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
		Herman Frazier Herman Ronald Frazier, who is the 17th director of athletics at the University of Hawai‘i, hit the island in full stride in 2002 and has never looked back.
		From there, Frazier launched his collegiate athletic career at Division III Denison University, and later at Arizona State, where he was an eight-time All-American and team captain of the 1977 national championship track team.
		Frazier made a name for himself in the Olympic arena running the leadoff leg of the gold medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team, while capturing a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash at the 1976 XXI Olympiad in Montreal.
	uhathletics.hawaii.edu /Admin/frazier.html (705 words)

	Trojan 2000 Summer Olympics ::
		U.S. swimmer Erik Vendt competes in a heat of the men's 1500m freestyle Friday, Sept. 22, 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Center during the Summer Olympics in Sydney.
		Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States, watches his teammates swim in the preliminary heats of the women's 200m backstroke of the at the Summer Olympics Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 at the International Aquatic Center in Sydney.
		Untied States' Erik Vendt swims in a preliminary heat of the 400m individual medley at the Summer Olympics Sunday, Sept. 17, 2000 at the International Aquatic Centre in Sydney.
	usctrojans.cstv.com /genrel/092200aaa.html (391 words)

	Meet 1997
		It was on that day that Qatar conducted its first true International athletic meet in the Khalifa Olympic Stadium.
		The event was held to commemorate 20 years of athletics in Qatar.
		This event held at the Khalifa Stadium was of the same calibre as the Summer Grand Prix Circuit 1 held in Europe.
	www.qaaf2000.com /htm/meet97.htm (261 words)

	Summer 2000: v7n124: Special Olympics comes to CSULB
		Special Olympics Southern California will hold the 2000 Summer Games at CSULB beginning on Friday night, June 16 through Sunday, June 18.
		It is the purpose of Special Olympics Southern California, a non-profit organization, to help children and adults with mental and physical disabilities develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy through sports training and competition.
		Sports Expo Park at the Athletic Field is open to the public for fun, food and entertainment throughout the weekend.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/summer00/news/v7n124-olympic.html (384 words)

	UC's Got Game - 2004 Summer Olympics - University of California News Room
		Historically, participants with UC connections have performed well in these international competitions: in Athens, 35 medallists had UC ties – exceeding the number of UC medallists (34) from the 2000 summer games in Sydney.
		This summer, UC Berkeley will send a strong contingent of athletes and coaches to participate in the 2004 Olympic Games.
		Olympic experts at UC Davis, on topics including nutrition, biomechanics, injury prevention, sports psychology, orthopaedic surgery and cycling
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /news/summerolympics2004.html (547 words)

	USATF - Events - 2001 Junior Olympics
		In addition to being the culmination of a summer of youth track and field programming, the 2001 Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships, part of the Verizon Youth Series, could also prove to be an important preview of things to come for the World's #1 Track and Field Team.
		Many of the athletes competing this summer in Sacto could also be part of the contingent vying for spots for the 2004 Olympic Games.
		In fact, Monique's summer of 2000 included stops at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento and the JO Championships in Buffalo a week later - all prior to her selection as a relay alternate for Sydney.
	www.usatf.org /events/2001/JuniorOlympics (452 words)

	Summer 2000: v7n125: Unique games inspire athletes' special skills
		The Special Olympics Southern California 2000 Summer Games held at Cal State Long Beach from June 16 -- 18 provided a distinctive experience for athletes, coaches, volunteers and spectators.
		The games marked the 31st anniversary of the Special Olympics Southern California event and Cal State Long Beach's second consecutive year as host to this athletic competition.
		Southern California Special Olympics participant Rosilind Cole, 38, one of approximately 1,400 athletes competing, approaches the finish line during the final women's 100 -meter race at the Cal State Long Beach track and fields.
	www.csulb.edu /~d49er/summer00/news/v7n125-olympic.html (389 words)

	Former NSU Athletes Brown, Sturrup to Run in 2004 Summer Olympics
		Brown was an All-American in the 400 at NSU.
		Brown, the 2001 silver medalist at the 2001 Outdoor World Championships, was on the fourth-place 1,600 relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
		She ran a leg on the gold medal-winning 400 relay team in Sydney in 2000.
	www.nsu.edu /athletics/story.php?id=367 (292 words)

	Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women.
		See also: List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men) and List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
		This page was last modified 16:18, 2 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics (156 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The Sydney 2000 Games were the largest yet, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events.
		Despite their size, they were well organised, renewing faith in the Olympic Movement.
		She symbolized the desire to reconcile the white and Aboriginal populations of Australia and was the aborigine medal hopeful.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000 (248 words)

	CNN.com - Technology - Analysis: Internet media banned from the Olympics - August 15, 2000
		The Olympics return to Australia this year and Olympics organizers again are casting a suspicious eye on a new broadcast medium: the Internet.
		The Olympics may still be called the "People's Games," but over the years the IOC, one of the oldest and most powerful bureaucracies in all of sports, has turned the amateur sporting event into a multibillion-dollar business.
		Suddenly, the "Olympic Movement," a term coined in 1894 to describe the need for promoting the unifying nature of a global sports, became synonymous with the big business of staging the most commercialized event in the world.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/08/15/olympic.ban.idg/index.html (2758 words)

	CNNSI.com - Athletics - Schedule to be set for Kenya's top runners - Thursday February 17, 2000 12:06 PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Posted: Thursday February 17, 2000 12:06 PM Joseph Keter won the gold for Kenya in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 1996 Olympics.
		Kenya Amateur Athletic Association Secretary General David Okeyo said all 17 licensed representatives of the Kenyan athletes were expected at the meeting Friday as well as Sandro Giovannelli, competitions director of the International Amateur Athletics Federation, which manages the lucrative Golden League meets in Europe.
		Before the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at which Keino was the chief of the Kenyan athletics team, he dropped KAAA's Okeyo as team manager as well as his assistant, accusing them of cooperating with agents to spirit runners out of Kenya without his knowledge to participate in the European IAAF circuit.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2000/02/17/kenyan_runners_ap (586 words)

	Summer Olympics Tip Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This year’s Olympics celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s participation in the events.
		NIU Professor Yoshiaki Takei is at the 2000 Summer Olympics to film part of the men’s gymnastics competition.
		Physical Education Professor Jan Rintala is interested in the history and sociology of the Olympics and can talk about gender issues in athletics, such as the history of women’s participation and society’s attitudes toward women in athletics.
	www.niu.edu /pubaffairs/RELEASES/2000/sept/olympics.htm (553 words)

	Feminist Majority Foundation
		This builds on remarkable gains from the summer 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
		Title IX is the historic federal law of 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs, including athletics.
		Women's educational and athletic opportunities are at stake.
	www.feminist.org /sports/olympics.asp (510 words)

	2000 Olympics
		This online project is designed for teachers and students doing research on the Olympics and includes materials that will guide students through six research steps.
		Learn about the history of the Olympics from the1886 Athens games representing 14 nations and 245 athletes to the 1996 Atlanta games where 197 countries and 10,310 athletes participated in.
		From the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Olympic Hall of Fame honors outstanding American Olympians.
	www.powertolearn.com /themes_olympics2000/links.html (553 words)

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