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	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.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Tennis in Olympics quiz -- free game
		The tennis events in the 1908 London Olympics were held twice.
		Tennis went out of the Olympics after the 1924 Games for quite some time but was staged as a demonstration and exhibition event in one of the Games.
		When tennis returned to Olympics in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, it was restricted as a demonstration event to players under the age of 21.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=188769 (322 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004. ABC Sport.
		But while every Olympic city has a fabulous stadium, nowhere else in the world could events be held at Ancient Olympia - the home of the ancient Games - and the magnificent Panathinaiko Stadium, home of the first Games of the modern era back in 1896.
		After a behind-closed-doors tongue-lashing by Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates, the team emerged united, but there were plenty of commentators who saw this as simply papering over some pretty obvious cracks.
		Through the prism of history, the Athens Olympics may come to be seen as the Games at which two major trends emerged - the rise of Asian nations as Olympic powers and the time the war on drugs became serious.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics/default.htm (2755 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)

	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)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Tennis Fan Guide
		Olympic participation by top tennis stars tends to be spotty.
		With a strong American team, this year's tennis could be the best yet since the sport returned to full-medal status in 1988.
		The courts: The Olympic tournaments will be played on a new hardcourt built out of the same type of materials as those used at the Australian Open.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/tennis/s/viewers.html (168 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").
		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.
		The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Olympics: Tennis
		But defending Olympic champion Andre Agassi was likely to withdraw to spend time with his ailing mother and sister, top-ranked Gustavo Kuerten left Brazil's team in a dispute over uniform sponsorship and Russia's seventh-ranked Yevgeny Kafelnikov seemed on the brink of pulling out after a poor U.S. Open performance.
		Not when tennis was on the program from 1896-1924 and not since it returned to the Games in 1988.
		Making the whole thing even more unseemly is that Venus Williams seemed to suggest this summer that she would pull out of the Olympics if her sister was not named to the team.
	www.sptimes.com /News/091000/news_pf/Olympics/Tennis.shtml (507 words)

	History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 8 - 2000
		2000 - The winner of the first Award of Excellence of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Women’s Committee is April Heinrichs, the women’s soccer coach at the University of Virginia.
		2000 - ABC airs a movie about the life of Special Olympics athlete Loretta Claiborne who was born partially blind, ran in 25 marathons, and carried the torch in the International Special Olympics where she has won medals in dozens of events.
		2000 - Dr. Sylvia Earle, who in 1979 became the first person in the world to dive to a depth of 1,250 feet, is honored as one of 19 women to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
	www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timelne9.htm (4408 words)

	NBA.com: Summer Sanders
		Summer Sanders is the co-host of NBA Inside Stuff, a position she has held since December 1997.
		Summer’s favorite part of working for Inside Stuff is sitting down with the players to find out firsthand what it’s like to play the world’s most popular game.
		Summer served as an on-site reporter for NBC at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and is currently host of a syndicated Olympic show, U.S. Olympic Gold.
	www.nba.com /tv_programs/IS_summer_bio.html (446 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games
		A vote on the state's commitment to the proposed $2 billion US stadium in Manhattan to be used by the New York Jets and considered crucial for New York's chances of hosting the 2012 Olympics was postponed Monday.
		Olympic silver medallist Adam Nelson wants a sponsor so badly, he put himself up for auction.
		Jailed IOC vice-president Kim Un-yong, formerly one of the most powerful figures in the Olympic movement, resigned from the organization Friday rather than face expulsion for ethical misconduct.
	2004games.canoe.ca (240 words)

	Summer 2000
		The 2000 competition, which was for material published in or by member publications in 1999, drew a total of 811 entries from 80 members.
		On Friday, May 19, 2000, AHP honored its 2000 Student Award Winner, Michelle Berg, with a reception sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Association and a dinner buffet sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, who was celebrating the first birthday of Pfizer’s horse, Spokesman.
		Summer Ann Best and Laura Denissen, the 1999 winners, were present with Summer attending as field editor for The Quarter Horse Journal and Laura as an Affiliate member, who is an account executive with an interactive marketing firm.
	www.americanhorsepubs.org /communication/newsletter_archive/news_00_03.htm (6358 words)

	Male Tennis Players \| Roger Federer \| Juan Carlos Ferrero \| LLeyton Hewitt \| 2004 Summer Olympics \| 2004 US Open
		He won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2004 and is the number one seeded player at the 2004 Olympic tennis tournament.
		His feats on the tennis court have made Roger Federer a sports hero in Switzerland and he was the country's flag bearer for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The Australian tennis star is one of the most popular athletes in Australia and appeared on one of the country's postage stamps in 2002.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p4755.htm (395 words)

	Anguilla Tennis Academy: Buy a Brick!
		Introducing the joy of tennis to the children (and adults) of Anguilla and promoting regional integration through the sport of tennis.
		The Anguilla Tennis Academy was established in 1996 to offer the island's children an opportunity to strive for achievement both locally and internationally through sports.
		In the 1988 Seoul, Korea Olympics, representing the United States of America, she won a bronze medal in singles and a gold medal in doubles with partner Pam Shriver.
	tennis.ai (2588 words)

	Special Olympians Provide Insight into Lifting Techniques
		While neither sumo nor conventional style dominates in the competitive ranks, Escamilla pointed out that the relative foot positioning and hand spacing are important to successful lifts, adding that the general approach is to try to keep the weight as close to the body as possible.
		He performed similar examinations of elite tennis players during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, as well as an analysis of the pitching mechanics during the baseball competition of the 1996 Summer Olympics.
		The next Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Ireland in 2003, the first time the event will be held outside of the United States.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2001/08/klab810.html (825 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000
		Marion Jones completed what probably was the most one-sided sweep of the sprints in Olympic history with her runaway victory in the 200 meters.
		Marie-Jose Perec, a three-time Olympic champion sprinter so reclusive she's been dubbed the "Greta Garbo of athletics," was ruled out of the Sydney Games after fleeing Australia the eve before she was to compete.
		U.S. sprinter Inger Miller reiterated Wednesday she had canceled her appearance in the Olympic 100-meter sprint in an effort to keep up her Olympic dream in the 200-meter, where she is the reigning world champion.
	www.active.com /special_events/olympics_2000/track_field.cfm (1398 words)

	Olympics News and Coverage
		The 2004 Olympic Games will be held August 13-28 in Athens, Greece, with the tennis competition being staged August 15-22 at the Athens Olympic Tennis Center.
		To be eligible to compete for in the Olympic Tennis Event, players must be no younger than 14 years as at 12/31/2003 (men) or 15 years as at 8/13/2004 (women).
		It was Olympic gold that brought tears to the eyes of 20-year-old tennis superstar Venus Williams.
	www.usta.com /protennis/home.sps?iType=956 (2511 words)

	Olympics: Athens 2004
		The Olympics draws on traditions of war, religion, economy
		The Olympics were held in honor of this Greek god.
		Women competed in these games, which may predate the Olympics.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/04olympics.html (243 words)

	Welcome to Mirnyi to the Max........ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pete Sampras, who knows a bit about tennis, said the other day that you were the future of tennis.
		You must go into the Olympics with a fair bit of confidence, regardless of what happens tomorrow.
		Going into the Olympics, I've won I think -- I made the final of the doubles there, won the singles earlier this year in Sydney.
	www.mirnyitothemax.com /08092000us.htm (1360 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| History
		This was the first official Olympics to see athletes marched into the stadium behind their respective national flags.
		Female athletes competed in the Olympics for the first time in Paris in 1900.
		The first of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/history/default.stm (411 words)

	Tennis Week
		The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States and is a not-for-profit organization with more than 675,000 members.
		Currently, Blackman is Director of Tennis for The Tennis Center at College Park and USTA Director at Large.
		Zina Garrison: Garrison is the Captain of the U.S. Fed Cup team and served as the coach for theU.S.omen's tennis team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
	www.sportsmediainc.net /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=12399&bannerregion= (1258 words)

	Olympics capsules
		Meidl was picked to lead the U.S. Olympic team into the opening ceremony to honor his amazing recovery from a 30,000-volt electrical jolt that blew off several toes, cracked his skull and burned his back.
		Defending Olympic champion Xiong Ni of China led after the semifinals of the men's springboard, trailed closely by Russia's Dmitry Sautin and Mexico's Fernando Platas.
		Venus Williams clinched her second Olympic medal, teaming with sister Serena for a semifinal victory in doubles.
	deseretnews.com /sydney/view/1,3466,195016880,00.html (1127 words)

	Australian Olympics, 2000
		The Sydney Olympics are to go out with a bang - a low-flying fighter bomber is to ignite a massive plume of flame and one million people will be treated to one of the world's most spectacular firework displays.
		Animal Olympics is a Maths project, which encourages students to look at the speeds of animals and decide if humans would win if animals were allowed to compete in the Olympics.
		Students aged from 10 to 16 years, are asked to contact and interview athletes, officials or spectators from their home town who have participated in an Olympics, and complete a report.
	www.gigglepotz.com /ausolympics.htm (702 words)

	PongWorld Table Tennis - 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece
		The Olympic Games finally returned to Greece, the country that gave birth to the event more than 2000 years ago.
		The African Olympic Qualification events were held between October 12 and 16, 2003 in Nigeria.
		The European Singles Olympic Qualification was held November 26-30, 2003 in Luxemburg.
	www.pongworld.com /more/olympics2004.php (283 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Venus Williams caps season with gold medal, tears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Normally, you'd say it's almost finally fun and relaxation time for Williams, who yesterday (San Diego time) added a gold medal from the 2000 Olympic Games to her Wimbledon and U.S. Open and all the other championships she'd won with 32 straight victories.
		The way Williams la-di-da'd through the women's singles in Sydney, you'd swear she already was on vacation, just squeezing in some tennis between trips to the Opera House and Bondi Beach and Ayers Rock and Sleepytown.
		And those had to be tears she was wiping off her face during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," because she barely worked up a sweat in the match.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/other/20000927-9999-lz1x27tennis.html (492 words)

	2000 Olympics
		She was in goal for the 1996 Olympic Final and historic 1999 Women's World Cup Final, and played perhaps one of the finest games of her career against the USA on Sept. 17 in the first round.
		Even though Nigeria is out of the Olympics after losses to both China and Norway, that should not cloud the fact that the Super Falcons became the first African team to advance to the second round of the Women's World Cup.
		The two teams met in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics, and the USA excised some demons with a 2-1 "golden goal" victory as Shannon MacMillan came off the bench to score the winner.
	www.southernsoccerscene.com /olympics.htm (16341 words)

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