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	French Open - MSN Encarta
		The French Open is part of the so-called grand slam of tennis, along with the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the United States Open.
		The French Championships began in 1891 as a competition between French club players, and women began to take part in 1897.
		The French Open’s all-time men’s champion (during international competition) is Sweden’s Bjorn Borg, who won the singles title six times in the 1970s and early 1980s.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701509023/French_Open.html (261 words)

	Olympics: French judge described as 'emotionally fragile'
		After making it as far as the French championships, she instead turned to judging.
		As an athlete, Le Gougne placed third at the 1976 French championships, and eighth in the 1975 international junior competition in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
		The 40-year-old French judge says she was pressured by her own federation to give Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze the gold.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/02/16/Olympics/French_judge_describe.shtml (409 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		The French championships which were held from Tuesday 24 to Saturday 26 July in Narbonne may not remain in memories for long.
		The competition was initially meant to be a review of strengths with one month to go before the World championships, where the French athletes hope to shine in front of their home crowd.
		Other significant results by foreign athletes invited to the championships, were the 18.66m achieved in the shot put by New Zealand's and current world junior champion Valerie Adams, and 51.12 by Senegalese Fatou Bintou Fall in the 400m.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=22114.html (1493 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Special Events \| French Open \| The ghosts of Roland Garros
		But the Roland Garros stadium, in a remarkable period dubbed by the French as their "dark days", was to endure a different fate as hostility broke out throughout Europe for the second time.
		Some tennis historians have called it a "shameful" history, and the French Tennis Federation choose to ignore it in their literature charting the life and times of the home of the French Open.
		They dominated the championships and the Davis Cup scene in the late twenties and early thirties, and their success was the motivation for Roland Garros in the first place.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/french_open/1321959.stm (610 words)

	French Open (tennis) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar.
		As of 2006, the last six French Open men's singles championships were won by men who did not win any other Grand Slam tournament, as was the last 8 of 9, 11 of 13, and 13 of 17.
		On the female side of tennis, the French Open is the title that has prevented players such as Lindsay Davenport from achieving a career Grand Slam and in 1997, it was the only Grand Slam tournament that a 16-year old Martina Hingis failed to win.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Open_(tennis) (395 words)

	French Open History
		It remained a domestic event until 1925, when the French Championships were renamed the French Internationals, and opened up to the best foreign players.
		So it was that in 1928 the French Internationals were played for the first time at Roland Garros stadium.
		In 1968, the French Internationals was the first Grand Slam tournament to join the "Open" era, thus becoming the French Open we know today.
	www.expert-tennis-tips.com /french-open.html (329 words)

	French Open History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		The very first French Championships were held way back in 1891, and the tournament has since grown into one of the four Grand Slams we know today.
		The first competition was a one-day national championship, which strangely enough had an English winner in the men's tournament.
		The French Open will continue to develop as tennis evolves, and as the new century unfolds new legends are certain to be created.
	french.open-tennis.com /history (361 words)

	Yola Ramírez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ochoa was a singles finalist at the French Championships) in 1960 and 1961.
		She also was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1959 and 1961, a quarterfinalist at the 1961 and 1963 U.S. Championships, a semifinalist at the 1962 Australian Championships, a semifinalist at the 1959 Italian Championships, and a finalist in Monte Carlo in 1959.
		Ochoa won the German Championships in 1957 and was a finalist in 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yola_Ramirez (326 words)

	2007 Ballot
		He amassed 14 Grand Slam singles championships: seven Wimbledon singles titles, two Australian Open titles, and five US Open singles titles; his last and final appearance as an ATP pro was at the 2002 US Open, where as the No. 17 seed, he won the tournament.
		She reached the French singles semifinals in 1963 and the quarterfinals in 1958, 1961, 1964. At Wimbledon she was the 1961 finalist, having reached the semifinals in 1957 and 1960 (and again in 1965).
		She was also a singles finalist at the 1959 US Championships as well as reaching the semifinals in 1960 and the quarterfinals in 1958, 1961 and 1963.
	www.tennisfame.com /tennisfame.aspx?pgID=965 (1611 words)

	World-Track Caribbean Sports Wire:: Martinique-born Pognon inform at French Championships
		French sprinter Ronald Pognon racing to the finish line in the men's 100-metres at the 2005 IAAF Golden League track and field meeting in Saint Denis, Paris,
		After the race Pognon said his goal was the run fast at a relaxing speed and despite not breaking the French national record of 20.16, he accomplished his goal of making the qualification marks for Helsinki.
		In quest to win gold at the World Championships in August, Pognon said he must put himself up against American sprinters as much as possible to ensure he is in contention for glory this summer.
	www.world-track.org /NEWS/pognonfrenchchamps=ID8493844.htm (353 words)

	France Plays the Youth Card - New York Times
		The question to the young woman in the blue, white and red uniform of the French team at the bicycling world championships in Madrid seemed to embarrass her.
		Beforehand, Jaunâtre was modest about her ambition in the world championships, where she will also ride Saturday in the women's road race.
		They point out that Longo is still the French champion in pursuit on the track, a race similar to the time trial on the road.
	www.nytimes.com /iht/2005/09/22/sports/IHT-22bike.html (732 words)

	Championship Tennis Tours - French Open
		In 1925, the French Championships became international and were held alternatively at the Racing Club de France and the Stade Français.
		Thus, the French Internationals were born, and staged alternately at Stade Français and Racing Club de France until the Roland-Garros stadium came into being in 1928.
		The 1928 French Internationals were the first event to be held in the new stadium, just before the Musketeers took centre-stage to beat the Americans in their long-awaited rematch.
	www.tennistours.com /event_pages/french/history.asp (865 words)

	Tennis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		French monks had first devised an early indoor variation of the game during the 12th century.
		French star Suzanne Lenglen accepts $75,000 to join the first professional tennis tour, making her ineligible for major tournaments.
		Known as "La Divine," she had won six French singles championships and six Wimbledon titles between 1919 and 1926.
	www.readingeagle.com /krt/sports/tennis/html/print.htm (1292 words)

	Mary Pierce Article Archives by KeepMedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Pierce, a finalist at both the French Open and US Open this year, remained undefeated in the elite season finale, after becoming the only player to reach the semi-finals with a perfect round-robin record.
		Mary Pierce rallied to beat French Fed Cup teammate Amelie Mauresmo in three sets to remain unbeaten in the WTA Tour Championships heading into the semi-finals.
		French tennis legend Francoise Durr has been awarded the 2005 Fed Cup Award of Excellence, the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation announced.
	www.topix.net /tennis/mary-pierce/keepmedia (948 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Lautier and Skripchenko French Champions
		They used to be a marital team, now both have won their gender sections of the French Championships, which were held in Chartres from August 15-26.
		Joel Lautier, one of France's two top GMs, and Almira Skripchenko, former Moldova and now French player, won the men's and women's section of the French Championships, which were held from August 15–26 in Chartres, France.
		Former French women's champion Sophie Milliet, WGM and 21 years old, came second to Almira Skripchenko with 8.5/11 and a 2449 performance.
	chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2603 (300 words)

	Go (Wei-chi, baduk): European tournament results - Southwestern Europe
		Per country the division is: First the overall national championships, then the ladies, youth, pairs, etc. championships, then any European Championship held in the country, then the other tournaments, roughly ordered in chronological order per year (that is, first the January tournaments, then the February tournaments, etcetera).
		French Championship 1999, round 1: Toulouse, Nîmes, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Rennes, Lyon, Montreuil, Sophia Antipolis, Dijon, Strasbourg, Mulhouse
		French Championship 1999, round 2: Sud-ouest, Rhônes-Alpes, Île de France round 1 to 5, Île de France, round 6 to 8, Nord, Ouest, Est, Normandie, Méditerranée, Centre, Est
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/go/results/sw.html (519 words)

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		Approaching 6 months to the 2005 World Championships, the French Organizing Committee was unable to secure a firm commitment from the city of Grenoble for the required two hockey venues, by which we might conduct both men and women’s championships.
		The French Federation searched and found an alternative city to organize these inline hockey championships which is that of city of Colombes, located just outside the capitol city of Paris in a Northwest direction.
		The French Federation reports that it has achieved more success in just 15 days with getting firm commitments from the city of Colombes for the FIRS Inline Hockey Championships, than it did in one year and a half of negotiations with Grenoble.
	www.skatelog.com /worlds/hockey/2005/firs-inline/bulletin-1-english.doc (743 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents the French National Championships 1999
		The French Championships to be held on Sunday are over a difficult parcours in Charade which is near to Clermont-Ferrand.
		His major results - French Championship 1999, a stage in the Giro 1993, a stage in the Dauphiné 1996, two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir 1992, a stage in the Circuit de la Sarthe 1996.
		The standings of the division one teams in the National rankings after race 4 (the French road championship) are.
	www.cyclingnews.com /results/1999/jun99/france99.html (1833 words)

	britishtennis.com - History Of Tennis
		The French Championships are open to women for the first time.
		The International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) is born with an aim of operating the 4 major tennis Championships (Wimbledon, U.S., Australasian, and French).
		As the Australasian Championships were predominantly held in Australia anyway, they became the Australian Championships and would only be hosted in Australia.
	www.britishtennis.com /newtotennis/history (1662 words)

	GymnasticGreats.com: Whatever happened to Laetitia Begue? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		A decade ago, the French gymnastics federation persuaded Lin Xuan and Shi Amo, Chinese coaches (and husband and wife), to move to France and take over their elite national program.
		The pair's first French phenom was Elodie Lussac, the first Western European female to win the Junior European title.
		She contributed to France's shocking and unprecedented silver medal at the 1992 Junior European team championships, emphasized her specialty on bars at the 1992 Trophee Massilia by earning the silver medal at only 12 years of age, and won international praise and attention by placing second at the 1994 European Junior Championships.
	www.gymnpics.com /gymnasticgreats/wag/begue.htm (581 words)

	The International Tennis Hall of Fame: Who is next?
		Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario three French Championships and one US Open title, reached No. 1 in the world in singles and doubles.
		Michael Chang won the French Championships as a 17-year-old in 1989 and reached No. 2 in the world in 1996.
		Reached the semis at the US and French Opens and was on the Croatian team (as a tag-along-for-the-ride team member) which won the Davis Cup in 2005.
	www.usta.com /news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=350169 (1004 words)

	French National Championships - Badminton Central Discussion Forums
		French National Championships - Badminton Central Discussion Forums
		So is she married to French i suppose...
		She is a very nice person as far as I know and she can speak french (though not so fluently...) and quite a few other languages!
	www.badmintoncentral.com /vb/showthread.php?p=237658 (735 words)

	French Chess Championships
		The first stages of the French Chess Championships have almost been completed.
		The championships started Wednesday 18th August in Besancon (near the Swiss border).
		Coverage at: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/besancon and http://www.europechecs.com Group A French Championships Bescanon FRA (FRA), 16-22 viii 1999cat.
	www.chess.gr /tourn/1999/french_chmps (263 words)

	[IHPVA] French HPV Championships 2000
		Best Regards, Jean-Charles Gosselin France-HPV FRENCH HPV CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 September 23rd-24th The French HPV Championships 2000 are organised with the help of Champion= = supermarket and the support of the Seine-et-Marne council.
		HPV championship will be held during the Seine et Marne cycling Tour (top= level = amateur race), in the departure and arrival cities.
		If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender of the wrong delivery and the mail deletion.
	www.ihpva.org /pipermail/ihpva/2000q3/000099.html (970 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Liévin, France - The third and last day of the French Indoor Championships on Sunday (20 Feb) saw many well know names qualify for European Indoor Championships in Madrid (4-6 March), as such Christine Arron, Leslie Djhone and Ladji Doucouré joined Saturday’ stars Salim Sdiri and Ronald Pognon as European medals contenders.
		At training, it goes well, during championships it goes well, but the problem belongs in meetings with a single race, “confirmed the Olympic finalist.
		His presence would make a strong French relay team in Madrid with Panel 47.08, Wallard 47.14, and Marc Raquil who also struggles with injuries.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=28618.html (885 words)

	GymnasticGreats.com: Whatever happened to Elodie Lussac?
		At the World Championships in Brisbane, Australia, Elodie missed one of her feet when dismounting the beam.
		According to the French newspaper, Le Point, Elodie and her parents brought a lawsuit against the French Gymnastics Federation, responsible, according to them, for the injury that forced Lussac to end her gymnastics career.
		Sportsweb, the French Gymnastics Federation was ordered to pay Elodie 10,000 francs (approximately $1,700 U.S.) in damages.
	www.gymnpics.com /gymnasticgreats/wag/lussac.htm (637 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		The French TT championships were held over 42.5km over a largely flat course — amongst the favourites were Didier Rous, the French people’s ‘person’ Christophe Moreau’ and last year’s winner Eddy Seigneur — but many top names were competing too like French hope Sandy Casar: it would turn out to be an interesting day
		There was a worrying performance by Moreau, the Credit Agricole man born and bred in Belfort — he slumped to an awful 11th place, 1 minutes 50 seconds behind the eventual winner.
		In the women's event, the evergreen Jeanie Longo beat women much younger than her once more over 25km to repeat her 2002 French TT victory.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=4096 (557 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: 1998 French Open Championships
		Monica Seles (pictured), who last won the French Open in 1992, dominated No. 1 seed Martina Hingis on Thursday, winning 6-3, 6-2, in semifinal action.
		Venus Williams and Martina Hingis advanced with ease at the French Open on Sunday, and will face each other in a marquee quarterfinal showdown.
		In a battle of teenagers, No. 9 Iva Majoli (pictured) became the first Croatian to win a Grand Slam when she stunned top-seeded Martina Hingis, 6-4, 6-2, in the final of the French Open.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/tennis/longterm/1998/french/french.htm (426 words)

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