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	UC's Got Game - 2004 Summer Olympics - University of California News Room
		In fact, if UC were a country, its 2004 medal total would have been exceeded by only 11 other nations.
		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, orthopedic surgery and cycling
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /news/summerolympics2004.html (567 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
		It was the first Olympics since NBC had merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment; the merger, along with the acquisitions of the Bravo and Telemundo networks, made it possible for the network to broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
		The 2004 Summer Paralympics were also held in Athens, from September 17 to 28.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/2/0/0/2004_Summer_Olympics_330c.html (2001 words)

	Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:
		Road cycling, held on the streets of Athens.
		Mountain biking, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (163 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Fragile truce crumbles as 2004 official is dismissed
		Laliotis does not want 2004 organizers to hire advisers who will have direct involvement in building the venues for yachting, rowing and canoeing, the equestrian center, softball and baseball, and badminton and fencing.
		He told Athens' Flash radio that the 2004 advisers should be allowed only to monitor the construction timetable and ensure the venues meet Olympic standards.
		Athens 2004 officials want to hire their own technical advisers, who would have direct oversight of the construction.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1018/825317.html (428 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)

	Olympics
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		Olympic medals are awarded to those individuals or teams placing first, second, and third in each event.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	CSC Cycling Seven Team CSC Riders Racing in Olympics August 15, 2004
		Cycling is a centerpiece of the Summer Olympic Games, with a lengthy schedule of road, track and mountain bike events dominating the Games.
		Of the 10,500 Olympic athletes, 480 are cyclists and there's a cycling event held every day during the Games' 16-day run.
		The Olympics provide a mid-season gap in the international racing schedule, giving the other Team CSC riders a break before reconvening for the World Cup race at the Championships of Zurich on Aug. 22.
	www.csc.com /mms/cycling/en/ne/na/articleDetail.jsp?id=77 (518 words)

	Olympic Preview: Cycling
		Road cycling is the original Olympic cycling competition and the most popular cycling competition worldwide.
		In the first modern Olympics (1896), the cyclists raced 87 kilometers over two laps of the marathon course.
		All the competition is contained in a smooth oval track, called a velodrome, which is banked at an angle of 42 degrees on the ends and 12.4 degrees on the straightaways.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-cycling.html (949 words)

	British Cycling Team
		Before the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the British Cycling Team found a unique way to help save those precious fractions of a second: The team commissioned computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies from the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) at the University of Sheffield to improve the overall aerodynamics of their equipment.
		In June 2004, just weeks before the Summer Olympics, the cycling governing body enacted a rule change stating that only helmets passing a formal safety test in an accredited laboratory could be used in Olympic track competition.
		The British Cycling Team earned four medals in the 2004 Olympics and is working with SERG again in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
	www.geomagic.com /en/solutions/british_cycling.php (1372 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.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		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)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		During the summer, the Aegean Sea is influenced by strong Northern winds, called the Etesians (Meltemia).
		Cycling is one of the few sports that has been on the programme of every Olympic Games.
		The team time trial was dropped from the Olympic programme after the 1992 Olympics, and the individual time trial on the road was returned to the programme after 64 years of absence.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=6816 (1291 words)

	Athens 2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympci Games
		The Athens 2004 Olympics torch relay will be the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave us the Olympics Games.
		The torch for the Athens 2004 Olympics has been inspired from an olive leaf and was chosen to enhance the Flame with its upward dynamic shape.
		An Olympic sport is one that should be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries on 4 continents and by women in at least 40 countries on 3 continents.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/sports.html (1301 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)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Cycling Ireland welcomes new funding
		Cycling Ireland has welcomed the allocation of €239,765 in NGB funding for 2004 by the Irish Sports Council.
		The figure represents a gain of €2,590 over last year's total, a slight increase but an important one in a year when twenty of the governing bodies had their funding reduced.
		Cycling Ireland will also receive funding via the Athens Enhancement Scheme, which is intended to help Irish riders prepare for this summer's Olympic Games.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0122/cycling1.html (141 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Premier tries to restore order to 2004 chaos
		"The government and 2004 are two sides of the same coin, of the same medal, to use Olympic terms," he said.
		The Greek government targeted March 2004 for completion of the work, but the IOC says all venues must be ready a year earlier.
		Greece holds national elections in April 2004, a poll that could lead to a change of government and create further problems for the games.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/1012/814070.html (448 words)

	2004 Athens Olympics - A site dedicated to Athens 2004 and Past Olympics
		Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia to start on the 25th of March 2004
		This web site is not affiliated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), Athens Olympic Committee (ATHOC) or the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of any country.
		The word olympic is a trademark of IOC.
	www.gamesinathens.com (115 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Olympic cycling includes both individual and team competitions over different types of terrain.
		Olympic cycling has three distinct categories: "road racing," "track racing," and "mountain biking." Track events occur on steeply banked tracks called "velodromes." Road racing is racing on paved roadways.
		For fans who want a closer look at individual cycling events, the official Olympic site offers analyses and rules of track cycling, road cycling, and mountain biking.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/cycling.php (594 words)

	Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Definition, explanation
		Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics was split into three categories:
		Mountain, held at the Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue.
		In the World and Olympic Records table shown at the start of each track event's subsection, the records in question were those which existed before the event.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/cy/cycling_at_the_2004_summer_olympics.php (130 words)

	©2004, Gannett News Service
		There are three teams competing for the highest honor of the 2004 Olympics.
		It was Black Friday for U.S. On a day that was Olympic in scope both for its shock value and its intrinsic weirdness, the American delegation had what can only be described as a really lousy 24 hours.
		Andre Ward was the first U.S. boxer to win a gold medal at the Athens Olympics, ending two weeks of frustration for the team that once dominated in the ring.
	montgomeryadvertiser.gannettonline.com /gns/olympics/index.html (417 words)

	Olympics Theme Unit
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		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.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
	www.abcteach.com /Olympics/olympicsTOC.htm (1215 words)

	Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He caught the eye of the Canadian Cycling Association coaching staff, and soon was racing in Europe with the junior national team in preparation for the world championships in Plouay, France.
		After the switch from triathlon to road cycling, Martin changed course again in 2003 by adding track cycling to his repertoire.
		His cycling goals include establishing himself as one of North America's top road sprinters and qualifying for the 2008 Olympics in track cycling.
	www.kgsncycling.com /team_bios/gilbert_martin.html (346 words)

	NBC Shows its Respect for Olympic Cycling By Using Liggett and Sherwin as Commentators \| Operation Gadget
		Kudos to NBC for employing Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin to anchor cycling coverage in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		They had probably arranged for Liggett and Sherwin to call the road cycling races back when Lance Armstrong was still on the U.S. Olympic Team.
		We couldn't tell if it was just our cable company somehow or what but on all the olympic coverage we saw the day of the road race the voices were at a way low volume and the normally background stuff like crowds and music were much louder..
	www.operationgadget.com /2004/08/nbc_shows_its_r.html (501 words)

	ESPN.com: Olympics
		Italy's Paolo Bettini pulled away in the final 100 meters to win the men's cycling road race Saturday, while one of the deepest groups of American riders in an Olympics failed to reach the medals stand.
		The U.S. men's cycling team discovered Lance Armstrong knew what he was doing when he dropped out of the Olympics.
		ESPN.COM'S 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS: From the opening ceremonies to the final gold medal.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/cycling/index (237 words)

	Sports: Greens of summer not hole lot of fun
		Instead, it is an important ritual of summer course maintenance.
		For the greens to be pristine for winter, when play and profits are highest, they must endure a few unsightly days in summer.
		The Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay offered discounts this summer for the first time during the maintenance, and updates on future aerating (the course does it twice; some courses do it as often as three times) are posted on its Web site.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/07/08/Sports/Greens_of_summer_not_.shtml (750 words)

	Special Olympics Delaware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Held each June, Summer Games involves nearly 1,000 athletes competing in five sports over a two-day span.
		It is the largest annual competition for Special Olympics Delaware.
		The 2006 Summer Games were held June 9-10.
	www.sode.org /competitions/summergames/index.html (43 words)

	Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual Pursuit Women - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The women's Individual Pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of matches between two cyclists.
		In the twelve matches of the 2004 event, one cyclist was lapped.
		Ulmer held the world record coming into this event, which she set at the world championships in Melbourne in May 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Individual_Pursuit_Women (561 words)

	Missouri Bicycle News :: Walk KC gets on its feet . . . The Moonlight Ramble MOBikeFed announces legislative platform ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The road cycling will then be split into the endurance Road Race (with the start and finish in Kotzia Square and taking place around historic Athens) and the Individual time trial which will be held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre with separate races being held in both for men and women.
		The track cycling is split into twelve varied men's and women's events that will all be held in the Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
		Cycling is a great way to keep fit while fostering friendships and close family ties.
	mobikefed.org /2004_08_01_newsarchive.php (6202 words)

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