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  Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping.
Athletics was the original sport at the first Olympics back in 776 BC where the only event held was the stadium-length foot race or "stade".
Athletics was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been part of the program ever since, providing the backbone of the Olympics.
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 Woman
In women, the sex organs are involved in the reproductive system, whereas the secondary sex characteristics are involved in attracting a mate or nurturing children.
This is because males of all ages have a slightly higher death rate (even in the womb) and women live, on average, five years longer than men.
In general, women suffer from the same illnesses as men, however there are some sex-related illnesses that are found more commonly or exclusively in women.
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 Woman - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Because of their intimate knowledge of plant life, most anthropologists argue that it was women who led the Neolithic Revolution and became history's first pioneers of agriculture.
Eventually, restricting women from wage labor came to be a mark of wealth and prestige in a family, while the presence of working women came to mark a household as being lower-class.
The women's movement is in part a struggle for the recognition of equality of opportunity with men, and for equal rights irrespective of sex, even if special relations and conditions are willingly incurred under the form of partnership involved in marriage.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Women   (1612 words)

  
 Paavo Nurmi - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the 1920 Summer Olympics, Nurmi won three gold medals: the 10,000 m, the cross country event and the cross country team event, also finishing second in the 5000 m.
He continued to run after the Olympics at Amsterdam with every intent to compete in the 1932 Summer Olympics but he was branded a professional and barred from running at Los Angeles.
A Finnish national hero, Paavo Nurmi was the lighter of the Olympic Flame at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
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 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome, but were reassigned to London.
Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The Olympic flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?olgt=1&olgy=1908   (372 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events.
Modern athletic events are usually organised around a 400 m running track, on which most of the running events take place.
Athletics was included in the Olympic Games in 1896 and has been part of the program ever since.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Athletics   (755 words)

  
 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS
From Trinidad, he obtained an athletic scholarship to Michigan State University and represented his University with such a degree of success that he was selected to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan.
He later accepted an athletic scholarship at the North Carolina College and was a regular on national teams from 1964 to 1972, winning gold in the 200 metres, and three silver medals in the 100 metres and both relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico in 1966.
At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Skinner placed eighth in the finals for the 400 metres, and was a member of the bronze medal-winning team in the 4x400-metre relay.
www.nalis.gov.tt /Sport/Sports_TTOlympicMedalists.html   (1778 words)

  
 Olympic medalists in athletics (women) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
These are the female Olympic medalists in athletics.
See Olympic medalists in athletics (men) for male medalists, category:athletes for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
Note: After 1980, the women's multi-discpline event became the heptathlon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women)   (88 words)

  
 Athletics - World Record Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This article refers to the British English definition of Athletics that is limited in scope to sporting events that in American English are known as "Track and Field".
Note : Two record distances are given for the men's javelin event ; this is because in the 1980s, the men's event was throwing at distances which caused many "flat landings" and judges at the event were having trouble discerning the exact point at which the javelin had landed and whether the throw was legal.
In 1985, the specs of the javelin were changed by moving the centre of gravity forward by 4 cm.
www.tiptophot.com /records/index.php?title=Athletics   (1209 words)

  
 Alvin Kraenzlein -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kraenzlein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin and later the University of Pennsylvania, studying to become a dentist.
He won his first athletics title in 1897, when he won the 220 yards hurdles race at the Amateur Athletic Union championships.
In 1900, Kraenzlein prepared for the Olympics in England, winning the British title in the 120 yards hurdles and the long jump before entering the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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 Player Bio: Curtis Frye :: Men's Track
In 2002, the men were in the top 10 indoors and outdoors, finishing sixth in both.
The Gamecock men and the Arkansas Razorbacks are the only two teams nationally to finish in the top 10 four straight years at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Mitchell, a captain of the 1996 Olympic team, was a member of the 4x100m relay team that won the silver medal for the USA in 1996.
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 Paul Ereng - TheBestLinks.com - August 22, Metre, Olympic medalists in athletics (men), Olympic Games, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paul Ereng (born August 22, 1967) is a former Kenyan athlete, surprise winner of 800 m at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Born in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia, Kenya, Paul Ereng was a promising 400 m runner until the end of 1987.
In the Olympic final, Ereng was fourth as they entered the straight, but he then surged past the three runners in front of him to win the gold medal.
www.thebestlinks.com /Paul_Ereng.html   (329 words)

  
 Tom Burke - TheBestLinks.com - Athens, February 14, January 15, Olympic medalists in athletics (men), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was the first Olympic champion in the 100 and 400 m.
Burke, a student at Boston University, was a reputed runner in the 400 m or 440 y, having won the AAU title (440 y) in 1895.
In 1897, he was one of the initators of the annually held Boston Marathon, inspired by the success of the marathon event at he 1896 Olympics.
www.thebestlinks.com /Tom_Burke.html   (246 words)

  
 Athletics - QucikSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
See Sport for Athletics in the broader sense.
The Roman Games — a direct imitation of the Greek Olympics, however was a much more popularized spectacle, with most competitors likely to have been professional athletes (the Greek Olympics was more a common-man's fare).
However, at least in Britain, they fell out favour between the 13th and 16th centuries due to government restrictions on sports aiming to reduce the practice of archery.
athletics.quickseek.com   (1374 words)

  
 Otis Davis - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Otis Crandall Davis (born July 12, 1932) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
At the Olympic Games in Rome, he won by a hair over Germany's Carl Kaufmann, setting a world record of 44.9 seconds and becoming the first man to break the heralded 45-second barrier.
A torch-bearer for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Davis, a former innovative teacher, coach, and counselor in the United States and abroad, is also an elected member of the University of Oregon, State of Oregon, and New Jersey Sports Writers' Halls of Fame.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Otis_Davis   (255 words)

  
 Olympic Medalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Women Speed Skaters - Olympic Medalists - Female Ice Skating - Women speed skaters of the Olympics - medal winners and world champions in the sport of skating.
Olympic medalists and competitors from across the globe...
The Canadian olympic medalists dual John Child and Mark Heese are hosting a training camp at the...
www.top-olympics.info /olympic-medalists.html   (564 words)

  
 Player Bio: Vince Panzano :: Men's Swimming
One of the most highly respected diving coaches in the world, three-time Olympic coach Vince Panzano is entering his 27th season as the head diving coach at Ohio State.
The men's team had every diver score, earning 113 points, which was 44 points above the second-best diving squad in the conference.
Men's diver, Mitch Richeson, was named the Big Ten Diver of the Year and won a Big Ten championship in the 3-meter dive.
ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com /sports/m-swim/mtt/panzano_vince00.html   (446 words)

  
 Abebe Bikila - Abebe Bikila   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Abebe Bikila became a national hero after winning the Olympic gold medal in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, setting a world record of 2 h 15 min 16.2 s.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Bikila was in a weakened condition.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Bikila was affected by high altitude, injury, and age and ended up withdrawing from the marathon after 17 kilometers.
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 Ten Stanford Greats Inducted Into Athletic Hall of Fame :: Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class ...
Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class of 2002
Olympic gold medalists, NCAA champions and one of the greatest coaches in school history comprise Stanford University's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2002, announced today by Athletic Director Ted Leland.
The 10-member class won a total of eight NCAA team titles and 31 individual NCAA titles during their careers on The Farm.
gostanford.cstv.com /genrel/081402aaa.html   (747 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Olympic Marathon Medalists Kastor and Takahashi ...
Samuelson, gold medalist 1984, was the first American woman to medal in an Olympic marathon.
Although she was not victorious in Virginia Beach, Takahashi showed the late-race surge that took the 33-year-old to a marathon world record in 2001, simultaneously becoming the first woman to break the 2:20:00 time barrier.
With the fastest half marathon time (60:33) in the men's field, Chistopher Cheboiboch, 27, would like to record one last victory before he returns to his home near the Rift Valley in Kenya to train for the ING New York City Marathon in November.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050912_Elite_PDR.html   (660 words)

  
 Human female Image of Woman on the Pioneer plaque Pioneer plaque...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In women, the sex organ sex organs are involved in the reproductive system, whereas the secondary sex characteristics secondary sex characteristics are involved in attracting a mate or nurturing children.
In general, women suffer from the same illnesses as men; however there are some sex-related illness sex-related illnesses that are found more commonly or exclusively in women.
Olympic medalists in athletics (women) Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
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 Woman
After they mature, they become known as a woman with various colloquial exceptions, for example the word is also commonly used when discussing adult females in relationships, such as in the word girlfriend.
Biological factors are usually not the sole determinants of whether a person is considered, or considers themselves a woman or not, some women can have an abnormal hormonal or chromosomal difference (such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia), or other intersex conditions; and some people born with standard male anatomies self-identify as women.
In the popular culture of the 20th and 21st century, several unofficial slang terms have appeared in the English language to describe women.
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 Cool Running :: 27 Olympic medalists, 16 World Champs medalists lead young Team USA to World Champs
On the Team USA roster for Helsinki are 27 Olympic medalists - including 2004 champions Justin Gatlin, Joanna Hayes, Jeremy Wariner, Dwight Phillips and Shawn Crawford - and 16 previous World Championships medalists, including four-time defending champion Allen Johnson and fellow defending champions Phillips and John Capel.
Other individual Olympic medalists on the roster are Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Terrence Trammell, Toby Stevenson, Meb Keflezighi, Adam Nelson, John Godina, Matt Hemingway, Bryan Clay, Derrick Brew, Allen Johnson, Maurice Greene, Nick Hysong and Stacy Dragila.
Men's world leaders are Wallace Spearmon (200m, 19.89), Jeremy Wariner (400m, 44.20), 2005 Outdoor Visa Champion Kerron Clement (400m hurdles, 47.24), Dwight Phillips (LJ, 8.47m/27-9.5), and 2005 Visa Indoor Champion John Godina (SP, 22.20m/72-10).
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 University of Nevada, Reno - Athletics
In 2006, Nevada was ranked in the "top 10" of NCAA Division 1-A athletic departments in overall diversity excellence.
The Nevada football team won a share of the WAC title and the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in 2005, and the men's basketball team has captured back-to-back conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances, including a spot in the "Sweet 16" in 2004.
The Wolf Pack has also had 11 athletes compete in the Olympics and two Olympic medalists, both in swimming (Limin Liu, silver for China, 2000; and Lise Mackie, bronze for Australia, 1996).
www.unr.edu /content/athletics.asp   (311 words)

  
 IAAF World Athletics Final: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The IAAF World Athletics Final was inaugrated in 2003 to replace the IAAF Grand Prix Final.
The former Grand Prix Final never had consistency of events included whereas the hope of the World Final is to keep to a consistent program of 35 events.
The top seven ranked athletes (athletes: A person trained to compete in sports) from the IAAF (IAAF: the international association of athletics federations (iaaf) is the international governing...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/iaaf_world_athletics_final3   (303 words)

  
 Olympic Medalists
Ask Jeeves - The butler may have a range of good web results for Olympic medalists.
See Olympic medalists in athletics (men) for male medalists and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
It kind of brought back the Olympic feel.'' While no mention was made of the men's hockey team...
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 Elite Field Announced for 2001 Windermere Cup :: Olympic Medalists Highlight 2001 Opening Day Competition
The Washington men's varsity eight has captured 10 consecutive Windermere Cup titles while the women's varsity eight has won two in a row and eight of the last nine.
Men's eight: Great Britain are the new men's eight Olympic champions after an incredible last minute challenge from Australia.
Windermere Real Estate values the University of Washington's contribution to the academic and athletic successes of its students and views rowing as a the perfect expression of these pursuits.
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 Konstantinos Kenteris
Born in Mytilene, Kenteris, a student of physical education, started practising athletics at age 10, and started running seriously about ten years later, when he moved to Thessaloniki.
It was not until 1999 that Kenteris took part in his first major international tournaments; he was eliminated in the heats of both the indoor and outdoor World Championships.
For the 2004 Summer Olympics, Kenteris was one of the hopes of the home crowd for winning a gold medal in athletics, and favourite to light the Olympic flame.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/KonstantinosKenteris.html   (377 words)

  
 The Official Site of the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team
The U.S. men, gold medalists in 12 of the 14 Olympics in which it has participated, own a remarkable 109-2 win-loss record in Olympic play for a striking.982 winning percentage.
USA Olympic teams featuring NBA players are 24-0 since making their first appearance at the 1992 Olympics and the U.S. has won the last three Olympic titles when NBA players have participated (1992, 1996, and 2000).
A record almost as impressive as the USA's success in the Olympics is the one enjoyed by USA Basketball Senior National teams comprised of NBA players.
www.usabasketball.com /seniormen/2004/04_moly_add5.html   (2904 words)

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