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	World Almanac for Kids
		The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
		The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
		The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/sports/olympics.html (1093 words)

	Athens Olympics proved a watershed for IOC
		The Olympic efforts of Athens crippled Greek finances but at the same time put the ancient city on the map as a modern European capital with sports facilities to match anywhere in the world.
		The head of the Bulgarian National Olympic Committee, 64-year-old Ivan Slavkov, was suspended from the IOC in August after being implicated in an undercover BBC investigation into alleged corruption in the bid city process.
		Olympic members will be asked to vote on his expulsion at the same Singapore session at which the 2012 bid city is announced.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/dec/17oly.htm (841 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		India's offer of the "hand of friendship", and Pakistan's cautious but positive response, leave the world waiting to see if the two nuclear adversaries really mean what they say.
		Every time India and Pakistan resume talk with zest, they discuss everything except the perennial issues, especially the disputed territory of Kashmir, for which the meetings are convened, and later both characterize their dialogue as "constructive".
		Though India has improved its position on the survey of the world's most corrupt nations, where it ranked 82nd out of 133 countries, several episodes proved once again that corruption has become a way of life in the country.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EL25Df10.html (2130 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1996_Summer_Olympics (744 words)

	1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, but this time only by four nations: North Korea, Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua.
		Anthony Nesty of Suriname wins his country's first Olympic medal by winning the 100 m butterfly, scoring an upset victory; he is also the first Black to win a swimming title.
		Table tennis is introduced at the Olympics, with China and the host nation both winning two titles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics (430 words)

	1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It was the first time the Olympics were held in a communist country.
		Although approximately a half of the countries, which boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics, participated in these ones, the Games were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States in a protest to the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
		In response to the U.S.-boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, NBC, which was slated to provide coverage of the games, canceled its coverage, but the network did air highlights and recaps of the games on a regular basis.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1980_Summer_Olympics (427 words)

	Modern Olympic History - Olympics - Sports - Webindia123.com
		The Olympic flame was carried into the stadium by a young runner Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on the day the atom bomb was dropped in the city.
		The Olympic movement was shaken when two people died after a bomb explosion in a city centre park and organisational chaos developed into a recurring nightmare for athletes and spectators alike.
		Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic flame, a symbol of the reconciliation between the native aboriginal inhabitants of Australia and the European settlers.
	www.webindia123.com /sports/olymp/olymp1.htm (1550 words)

	Medals remain dominated by a few nations - Boston.com
		Olympic officials beamed with pride as athletes from 80 nations, the most ever at a Winter Games, marched in Turin's opening ceremonies.
		The medals are dominated by about 15 northern countries wealthy enough to afford the high-cost facilities and equipment demanded for almost every event, and efforts to strengthen other regions' teams are not expected to change the equation any time soon.
		Ethiopia fielded a cross-country skier who has lived in the U.S. since childhood; Turkey's first-ever Olympic figure skater moved to Canada when she was 12; Algeria's Christelle Douibi, who finished last in the women's downhill, grew up in France.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2006/02/19/medals_remain_dominated_by_a_few_nations (834 words)

	Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four events were contested in Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
		The format for the individual competition was altered for the first time since the 1972 Summer Olympics.
		In Seoul, instead of all archers using the double FITA round to determine rankings, a sort of elimination plan was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archery_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics (1039 words)

	1996 Summer Olympics
		Also during the games, the Centennial Olympic Park bombing took place on July 27, 1996 killing Alice Hawthorne and wounding 111 others, and causing the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
		Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain winning the inaugural individual time trial event.
		Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations, which are later reinforced as she is banned after failing a test in 1999.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/19/1996_summer_olympics.shtml (430 words)

	Using sport as a political weapon
		While Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Olympic Games to showcase Nazi Germany and his fascist ideology, after the Second World War sporting events were used more and more as a means of political protest, with the boycott the weapon of choice.
		Political boycotts now seemed to be on the verge of crippling the Olympic movement as the US, followed by West Germany and Japan, boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
		The Olympic Council of Asia refused to allow Iraq to compete at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing because of its invasion of Kuwait while in 1994, Denmark became European champions by winning a final tournament they had not even qualified for.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Sports/20070117/566183.html (721 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Yugoslav athletes are not allowed to participate with their own team, but may compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants.
		Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics.
		Badminton and women's judo become part of the Olympic programme, while slalom canoeing returns to the Games after a 20-year absence.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1992_Summer_Olympics (434 words)

	Agassi Wins Gold
		The last American man to win Olympic gold in singles was Vincent Richards in 1924, the year tennis began a 60-year hiatus from the Games; the last American woman to earn gold was Davenport's contemporary, Jennifer Capriati, who was just 16 when she upset top-ranked Steffi Graf at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
		Agassi came into the Olympics shaken from being a victim of the upset syndrome himself in his last three tournaments, two of them Grand Slams, the proving grounds he takes most seriously.
		Before the Olympics, Paes, the bronze medalist, and Fernando Meligeni, his opponent, were household names only in their respective households in Calcutta, India, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/0804/oly-ten-rdp.html (951 words)

	1988 Details, Meaning 1988 Article and Explanation Guide
		Wednesday, July 6, 1988 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires killing 165 oil workers and 2 rescue mariners.
		Tuesday, August 9, 1988 - Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.
		Saturday, January 16, 1988 - Sports commentator Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder is fired by CBS a day after publicly stating that African Americans had been bred to produce stronger offspring during slavery.
	www.e-paranoids.com /1/19/1988.html (2374 words)

	I N D I A D I G E S T - September 2004
		He said India wanted to emerge as a competitive manufacturing power as well as a knowledge-driven economy and, as prime minister, he was committed to a reform of the government and to increased investment in infrastructure, especially power, communications, airports and urban amenities.
		Spelling out India's philosophy regarding greater democratisation of the international order, Manmohan Singh, in his maiden address at the U.N. General Assembly, said the international community must find ways of "contracting the circles of exclusion" so that those on the margins of globalisation are able to participate more in international discourse and development.
		India and the U.S. have decided to intensify a rapidly evolving "strategic partnership" that includes closer defence ties and cooperation in civilian nuclear and space technology, after a 60-minute breakfast meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George W. Bush on September 21.
	www.indianembassy.org /i_digest/2004/sep/1.htm (18356 words)

	The Sports Network - Olympics
		Field hockey was not a part of the Summer Games until 1908 when Great Britain took the first of two straight men's titles.
		The Canadian women have been in three Olympic tournaments, finishing fifth in 1984, sixth in 1988 and seventh in 1992.
		India was known as an Olympic dynasty at the Olympics when it won 30 consecutive games and six gold medals from 1928 to 1956.
	www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3350016.htm (534 words)

	Timeline Olympics
		At the Olympics the game of golf was played for the last time due to lack of general appeal.
		Olympic Committee banned Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett from further competition for talking to each other on the victory stand in Munich during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" after winning the gold and silver medals in the 400-meter run.
		Olympic Committee expelled 6 members in the wake of a bribery scandal, but gave a vote of confidence to IOC pres.
	www.timelines.ws /subjects/Olympics.HTML (4570 words)

	St. Petersburg Times Online: Summer Olympics Athens 2004 viewers guide
		Laura Wilkinson was one of the surprises of the Sydney Olympics, roaring from eighth place to first in the finals of the 10-meter platform and snatching gold from the favored Li Na of China - all while diving with a heavily wrapped broken foot.
		There are 12 Olympic sprint events (nine for men, three for women) and four in slalom (three men, one women).
		To train for Olympic water polo, Azevedo, perhaps the best player in the world, and his American teammates spend as much as six hours a day in the water and another couple in the training room.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/webspecials04/olympicstab/index.shtml (1919 words)

	2012 Summer Olympics
		On May 18th 2004, the International Olympic Committee announced a short list of potential hosts.
		Like Paris, their bid may be hampered by having already held the Games twice before (see 1908 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics), so London could as well become the first city to host them for a third time in 2012.
		Their bid may be hampered by the fact that the 2010 Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver and organisers are believed to be eager to avoid having both Olympics on the same continent.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2012_summer_olympics.html (614 words)

	India Monitor
		India is teaming up with Iran and Afghanistan to develop a new trade route, through Iran’s Chah Bahar port, to open trade between the three nations and Central Asia.
		Its participation in the Asian Games and the Summer Olympics in 1986 and 1988, respectively, both held in Seoul, was seen as an act of a betrayal to North Korea.
		Only a year after having seen the successful conclusion of the Summer Olympics hosted by Seoul, North Korea had to witness another big blow to its belief in the superiority of communism, as the Berlin Wall tumbled down, marking the end of the Cold War.
	www.indiamonitor.com /dn280203.htm (5394 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympics Sports - Official says India ready to bid for Games - Sunday December 22, 2002 02:21 PM
		Posted: Sunday December 22, 2002 2:21 PM HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Sunday said his country was ready to bid for the 2012 Olympics and that the southern city of Hyderabad could be a candidate to host the games.
		The Indian Olympic Association has never bid to host the Olympics but has twice staged the Asian Games, including the first Asiad in 1951 and again in 1982.
		India's last Olympic gold medal came in field hockey during the 1980 Games in Moscow.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/2002/12/22/india_bid_ap (375 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		Swimmers from India, including one of the greatest ever, Sebastian Xavier, have never been able to rise to the occasion in past Olympics and this time it is unlikely to be any different.
		India have never been able to make an impression in the event in past editions of the Olympics despite fielding their best available swimmers.
		She also represented India in two Asian Games in 1998 and 2002 and was the lone swimmer from the country to figure in the 100 m freesytle “A” final in Busan.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040810/sports.htm (5644 words)

	Cheating in the 2004 Summer games.
		The 24-year-old set an Olympic record in the snatch with a lift of 195 kg, although he finished behind gold medallist Dmitri Berestov of Russia in the overall standings.
		Stanozolol became infamous in 1988, when Canadian Ben Johnson tested positive for the steroid at the Seoul Olympics and was stripped of his gold medal in the men's 100 metres.
		The Greek Olympic Committee met today to discuss the fate of Kenteris, the Olympic 200-metre champion and Thanou, the silver medallist in the 100m at Sydney.
	www.geocities.com /jaredperi/olympics/cheating.html (5921 words)

	Inside Scoop - Archive
		Each country works with their own Olympic committee, and also the company that supplies the uniforms to design their uniforms and the gear they wear in warmups and during the Opening and Closing ceremonies.
		The Olympics have gotten so big (several new sports were added to the official program) that exhibition sports were done away with.
		Security at the Olympics is very tight (it has been since the Israeli athletes were killed in '72 and even more so since the Atlanta bombing) so there are a lot of metal detectors and fences and natural bottlenecks that slow you down.
	www.edgate.com /copernedit/html/summergames/inactive/inside_scoop/archive.html (3515 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - NBC's Olympics ratings take a dive - September 19, 2000
		But the ratings also are down compared with the last overseas Summer Games (Barcelona, 1992) or the last Summer Games held this late in the year (Seoul, 1988).
		Summer and winter games used to be in the same year, but now they're staggered.
		"This year there was no Winter Olympics to precede it, so there was a little bit of loss in the hype in the anticipation of the Summer Olympics," said Stacey Lynn Koerner, associate director of broadcast research for TN Media.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/19/olympic.viewership (579 words)

	Welcome to prideofIndia.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		India produced 52,00,000 tonnes of cauliflower in 1999 sharing 37.6% of the global output (138.42 lakh tonnes).China came second with 46,13,959 tonnes.
		India had taken up systematic research on coconut as early as 1916 with the establishment of four research station in the then South Kanara dist.of the combined Madras Presidency.
		India has 1,54,149 post offices of which 89% are in the rural areas serving 6,04,341 villages in the country.
	www.prideofindia.net /world.html (7100 words)

	Summer Olympics
		Sailing first became an Olympic sport in Paris in 1900, where time handicaps were used to referee the race.
		Olympic racing is now conducted with boats categorised into one-design classes based on similar weights and dimensions.
		Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0214546/solympics.html (1844 words)

	Olympics capsules
		India, the eight-time gold medalist, was forced out of the men's competition at the Olympics after it drew 1-1 with Poland.
		American Kay Poe, who made the Olympic team thanks to the kindness of her best friend, lost her first-round flyweight match and then lost out on a chance for even the bronze.
		At the Olympic trials Poe dislocated a kneecap in the semifinals, leaving her unable to compete in the finals against her best friend, Esther Kim.
	deseretnews.com /sydney/view/1,3466,195017102,00.html (1348 words)

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