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	Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dominican Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens under the IOC country code DOM.
		Forty athletes from the Dominican Republic were competing in nine sports in Greece.
		National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (395 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- San Diegan delivers first gold medal for Dominican Republic
		Dual citizenship enabled Sanchez, whose parents moved from the Dominican Republic to the United States before he was born, to choose which country he would represent in the Olympics.
		The Dominican Republic, a small Caribbean country, had won only one Olympic medal, and that was for boxing in the boycotted 1984 Summer Games of Los Angeles.
		Throughout the post race festivities, the gauntlet of TV cameras and the moment when he was hurriedly whisked off by Dominican revelers – apparently, none of his family members was able to make it to Greece – Sanchez wore or clung to the Dominican Republic's bright red, white and blue flag.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/track/20040826-1708-cnsolysanchez.html (822 words)

	Olympics - BR Bullpen
		Baseball and softball were voted out of the 2012 Olympics in London, however both remain eligible to be re-added for the 2016 Olympics.
		The 2004 Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.
		The 2008 Olympics are to be held in Beijing, China.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Olympics (380 words)

	Czech Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Czech National Olympic Committee nominated 142 athletes for participation in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		Two Czech triathletes in 2004 were veterans, but the nation's defending bronze medallist did not return.
		The Czechs' best result in 2004 was a twenty-sixth place finish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (439 words)

	2004 Summer Olympics
		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.
		By August 2004, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, and the Athens Tram and Light Rail became operational.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/Olympia2004.html (1798 words)

	Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time.
		Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.
		There were a few bright spots, including Rick Say making it to the finals of the 200 m freestlye, considerd by many to be the premier event of the 2004 Olympics, and a number of Canadian records were set.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Canada_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (2674 words)

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		The NORCECA Championship is crucial because it serves as a qualifier to the first Olympic qualifier, the World Cup, which is scheduled for Nov. 1-15 in Japan.
		Setter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu, Hawaii), who gave birth to her first child earlier in the year and has not played since the World Grand Prix in July 2002, is on the final roster and figures to make her 2003 debut in Santo Domingo.
		Dominican Republic vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 8 p.m.
	www.usavolleyball.org /VolleyballNews/news.asp?id=510 (623 words)

	2004 - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Authorities suspect suicide attacks by rebels from Chechnya to be the cause of the crashes.
		September 17 - 2004 Summer Paralympics commences in Athens, Greece.
		November 16 - The People's Republic of China to invest $20 billion dollars in Argentina, a deal signed days before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to be held in the City of Santiago in Chile.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/2004 (6575 words)

	FresnoBee.com: Maria Elena Salinas: No baseball in Olympics? That's foul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Summer is supposed to be a great time of year for baseball.
		Cuban sports officials are so outraged by the Olympic snub that they are appealing the decision, and have gone as far as blaming Major League Baseball for baseball's ouster.
		Whatever it was that led to the elimination of baseball from the Olympic Games, it left fans here and south of the border -- who will no longer be able to cheer for their heroes on their national teams -- crying foul.
	www.fresnobee.com /columnists/salinas/story/11003806p-11765470c.html (580 words)

	The Olympic Games Athens 2004.History and Links.Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Athens 2004 Olympic Games -August ...
		Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable.
		NoteThe Olympic* and Paralympic symbols, trademarks and terms are duly registered internationally and are protected by the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committees.
		In Greece, all Olympic and Paralympic symbols, as well as the trade name, the distinctive title, the emblem and the mascots of both Olympic and Paralympic Games are protected under existing legislation.
	webresources.freeservers.com /athens2004.html (882 words)

	35 Trojans To Compete In 2004 Summer Olympics :: USC'S amazing gold medal streak on the line.
		They have collected 217 medals (104 gold, 59 silver and 54 bronze), including at least one gold medal in every summer Olympics since 1912.
		Leading candidates to keep USC's gold-medal streak alive in 2004 include Americans Lisa Leslie (basketball), Tina Thompson (basketball) and Kaitlin Sandeno (swimming) and the Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez (track and field).
		Of USC's 2004 Olympians, 16 will compete in swimming, 8 in track and field, 3 each in basketball and volleyball, 2 each in diving and water polo, and 1 in tennis.
	usctrojans.cstv.com /genrel/080904aad.html (370 words)

	Dominican Republic: sports and games
		Félix Sánchez' event is the 400m hurdles for which he won the first olympic gold medal ever for the Dominican Republic during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
		Felipe López was the first dominican NBA basketball player, he played for the Washington Wizards.
		Domino, the most popular game in the Dominican Republic.
	home.tiscali.nl /t794614/drdeporteeng.htm (355 words)

	2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
		Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004.
		The People's Republic of China to invest $20 billion dollars in Argentina, a deal signed days before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to be held in the City of Santiago in Chile.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=2004 (4102 words)

	Trojans to Compete in Summer Olympics
		Basketball star Lisa Leslie and swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno are among the 35 USC athletes appearing in Athens.
		USC will be represented by 35 past, present and future Trojans at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
		Of USC’s 2004 Olympians, 16 will compete in swimming, eight in track and field, three each in basketball and volleyball, two each in diving and water polo, and one in tennis.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/story.php?id=10438 (365 words)

	Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The delegation started the Olympics slowly, the silver its divers won on August 14 being the first of only a few opening-week medals.
		The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events.
		2004 marked the first year that digital television and webcasts were used to cover an Olympic Games.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Great_Britain_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics (3465 words)

	SI.com - U.S. tops medal charts again - Sunday August 29, 2004 3:36PM
		ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals -- its best showing ever and the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams.
		U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Jim Scherr, who set his team's medal target, said surpassing it was "an exceptional accomplishment" in light of the stiffening competition from Asia and the former Soviet republics.
		Countries claiming their first-ever gold medals included Taiwan in taekwondo; the Dominican Republic in men's 400-meter hurdles, Chile in tennis and Georgia in judo.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/olympics/2004/08/29/medal.race.ap (757 words)

	USATF - News
		Ronetta Smith: Having already competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2004 World Indoor Championships and 2003 World Outdoor Championships, Smith had the finest moment of her career in running the lead leg of the bronze medal winning 4x400m relay squad at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		Proud of his Dominican heritage, Sanchez said his biggest thrill was in winning the 2003 Pan American Games 400m hurdles gold medal in his home country before an overflow crowd of 40,000 enthusiastic supporters.
		Michael Frater: One of Jamaica's most talented young sprinters, Frater finished sixth in the 100m semifinals at the 2004 Olympics (10.29), and ran the anchor leg for Jamaica in the 4x100m relay.
	www.usatf.org /news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2005_04_28_13_51_14 (1287 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > 2004 Summer Olympics > Track
		Stefano Baldini of Italy took the lead two miles from the finish to win the Olympic marathon gold medal Sunday and American Meb Keflezighi won a surprise silver in a race disrupted by a costumed intruder who grabbed a runner and pushed him into the crowd.
		Sometime during the Olympic decathlon, Tom Pappas ruptured the plantar fascia tendon in his left foot.
		He was leading on the last lap of the Olympic 1,500-meter final again, a Kenyan on his shoulder again, the Kenyan pulling even with him as they rounded the final turn again, the Kenyan passing him again, the gold medal that has so callously eluded him slipping through his fingers again.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/track (1762 words)

	Athens finally on track preparing for 2004 Games
		Three years ago, then-International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch threatened to take the 2004 Summer Olympics from Athens because of serious construction delays and organizational disharmony.
		If the whole unwieldy mess comes off with very few problems, Athens will be remembered for bringing the Olympics full circle, from ancient times to a revival of the Modern Olympics in 1896 to a contemporary spectacle featuring 10,000 athletes from 201 countries.
		Steeplechase specialist Anthony Famiglietti is the most prominent of four distance runners to live and train at the sprawling facility of Team USA Monterey Bay on the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/12/SP56512.DTL&type=printable (753 words)

	Summer Olympics 2004 - DR1 Forums
		I am currently living in Santo Domingo and was wondering if anyone had information on the broadcasting (and/or schedule) of the summer olympic games.
		You ask for the broadcast info about the Olympics so you can watch them and don't have a TV.
		Find the schedule on the internet - I suspect being that it is the Olympics and there may be even a bit of hoopla it will have some shcedule somewhere.
	www.dr1.com /forums/showthread.php?p=222558 (376 words)

	Team TIAA-CREF Coach Colby Pearce to Ride in 2004 Olympics, Awarded Spot on U.S. Track Cycling Team
		After losing his mother to cancer when he was eight and his father to a heart attack five years later, Colby sought an outlet for his anger and grief and found it in cycling.
		The United States Olympic Committee awarded Pearce a spot on Team USA after a May 15th win at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney.
		In 2003, he was awarded a bronze medal at both the U.S. Track National Cycling Championships and in the Pan-Am Games in the Dominican Republic.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2004/0002199995&EDATE= (346 words)

	They're producing in baseball (August 01, 2003)
		Team USA heads for the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic beginning Saturday and the Americans are favored to meet Cuba in the title game, though the host Dominicans are also one of the top teams.
		I'm anxious to get to the Dominican and excited about the opportunity to compete for a gold medal." Tanner helped coach the 2000 Olympic gold medal team which was headed by Tommy Lasorda, and was an assistant for the 1996 bronze medal team in Atlanta.
		Kirk, younger sister of Stanford breaststroker Tara Kirk, was a member of last summer's Pan Pacific team after swimming to a second in the 200 fly and a fifth in the 100 fly at Summer Nationals.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/2003/2003_08_01.panams.html (1195 words)

	Road to Athens Proving to be Bumpy for Canadian Beach Players
		Tonight in front of a patriotic packed house, the host team Dominican Republic defeated Canada in straight sets with scores of 25-23, 25-21, and 25-20.
		The loss officially eliminated the Canadian Women’s Olympic hopes, where the only chance they had to qualify for next years Athens Olympics was by winning the tournament.
		The 2003 NORCECA Olympic Qualifier was the Canadian Women’s only chance at qualifying for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2004/wayto/volleyball_dec20.cfm (355 words)

	Dominican lawmakers seek to deny citizenship to children of foreign born - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dominican lawmakers seek to deny citizenship to children of foreign born
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Lawmakers have introduced a proposal to deny Dominican citizenship to the children of foreign born residents amid increasing tension over immigrants who enter the country from neighbouring Haiti.
		Increasing numbers of Haitians, fleeing the violence and hardship that followed the February 2004 ouster of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, have crossed the porous border separating the countries, which share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20051109T200000-0500_92148_OBS_DOMINICAN_LAWMAKERS_SEEK_TO_DENY_CITIZENSHIP_TO_CHILDREN_OF_FOREIGN_BORN.asp (202 words)

	Democrat & Chronicle: Iverson deserved invite, but no spot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Iverson is playing at a high level and deserved an invitation to this summer's tryouts, but it is time to take guards who are more inclined to distribute the basketball than take over games.
		Reaction: The Dominican Republic vs. the United States was the championship showdown most of us were anticipating, but with Ramirez and Guerrero missing from the Dominican Republic lineup, the competition became far less attractive.
		One of them was invited to participate in the Olympics and backstopped his country to gold.
	www.democratandchronicle.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/SPORTS0101/603050360/1007/SPORTS&template=printart (2131 words)

	Olympics - Olympic Basketball
		This was the 2003 competition between Canada, the United States, Central America and South America to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
		The USA, gold medalists in 12 of the 14 Olympics in which it has played, including the last three when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, 2000), must earn a qualifying spot for the 2004 Olympic Games.
		USA Basketball has had to qualify for the Olympics through a zone qualifying tournament twice before, 1992 in Portland, Oregon, and 1999 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	www.insidehoops.com /olympic-qualifiers-2003.shtml (231 words)

	USC Athletes Win 17 Medals at Olympics
		USC athletes of the past, present and future won 17 medals — eight golds, five silvers and four bronzes — at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The majority of USC’s gold medal haul came in swimming, with five victorious Trojans competing for the United States: Lindsay Benko, Rhi Jeffrey and Kaitlin Sandeno (all in the 800-meter freestyle relay), Klete Keller (800-meter freestyle relay) and Lenny Krayzelburg (400-meter medley relay).
		Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson helped lead the U.S. to gold in women's basketball, while Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won the gold in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/10482.html (279 words)

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