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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - 2000 Summer Olympics
The cover for the DVD of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics showing fireworks in the background and the lighting of the Olympic Flame by Cathy Freeman (who subsequently won the 400 m title).
Therefore, former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer, Dawn Fraser, was seated in the chair next to Juan Antonio Samaranch during the Australian cultural display part of the opening ceremony, so that he would not be alone for the ceremony.
During the raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=2000_Summer_Olympics   (1346 words)

  
 2004 Summer Olympics - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004.
Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance.
By July/August 2004, all venues were delivered: in August, the Olympic Stadium was officially completed and opened, joined or preceded by the official completion and openings of other venues within the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA), and the sports complexes in Faliro and Helliniko.
www.medbib.com /2004_Olympic_Games   (2651 words)

  
 1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert, remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
It has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest major city in a country ever to host a Winter Olympics.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1976_Summer_Olympics   (1500 words)

  
 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics held in Germany, after the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
They were banned from the Olympics for life, as were Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-1972_Summer_Olympics   (1296 words)

  
 Athens 2004
With the 2004 Olympic Games gradually tapering toward the end, activities are gradually shifting from the many Olympic venues to airports and other means of leaving the city.
The Olympic spirit will be revived in Greece as from 13 August, and so will a new page in its glorious history lettered in gold by some men of faith and action who gave birth to the greatest, most exciting and invigorating of all human adventures.
In the run-up to the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Ethiopia's long distance champion Kenenisa Bekele had said his concentration was on retaining the 10,000-metre title.
www.panapress.com /athenes2004/actualite.asp?code=eng   (3152 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)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | African | Angola 3-2 Togo
But no goal came and Angola join Togo, who will also be in Germany in the summer, as well as 2004 runners-up Morocco and Libya in going home early.
Togo equalised in the 24th minute when Coubadja scored after eluding a challenge from Kali and scooped the ball over Joao Ricardo and the covering Angolan defenders.
With both sides evenly matched Angola were given an advantage on 29 minutes when Togo were reduced to 10 men after Kassim Gouzayou was given a red card for a second bookable offence.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/africa/4656290.stm   (539 words)

  
 Eurobasket - Latvian Basketball
In 1960 Summer Olympics, four Latvians, Jānis Krūmiņš, Valdis Muižnieks, Cēzars Ozers and Maigonis Valdmanis were a part of the silver-medal winning Soviet team.
He won a European Championship with Soviet team in 1981 and was recognized as the MVP of the tournament, but did not get a chance to play in Olympics, because of the Soviet boycott of 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles which coincided with Valter's best playing years.
Andris Biedrinsh was drafted 2004 in NBA as 11th by Golden State Warriors and is expected to become the second Latvian to play in NBA.
www.eurobasket.com /lat/introd.asp   (518 words)

  
 How do you think the new African nations will do this summer? - Soccer Fans Network Forums
But when I heard that Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Tunisia comprised the quota of representation for African nations at this summer's FIFA World Cup—I was taken aback.
It could be argued that they will be the African team to beat in Germany this summer, but I would not bet on it.
Togo, Angola, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast are going to walk onto the world stage this summer, and hardly anyone knows anything about them.
forums.soccerfansnetwork.com /showthread.php?t=35639   (899 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - U.S. paddlers gain deeper water
The U.S. canoe pairs team of Joe Jacobi and Matt Taylor and kayakers Brett Heyl and Scott Parsons passed the first of their Olympic literacy and strength tests yesterday to advance to today's semifinal competition.
Paddlers get plenty of practice on the course in the weeks and months before the Olympics, but there are no practice runs after the slalom gates are set before competition, so paddlers must read the rapids on the fly.
Although there has been criticism of indifference and low attendance at these Summer Games, that wasn't the case with the whitewater crowd.
www.olympic-usa.org /11789_24783.htm   (765 words)

  
 2005 Outstanding Seniors
She has served as a Ranger Connector and as a mentor, assisted with the Miss Northwestern Pageant, was a Relay for Life team captain and volunteered with the Special Olympics.
She also is a Ranger Connector and assisted with the Kiwanis Little Olympics track meet.
Last summer she served an internship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. Williams Yamkam of Douala, Cameroon, will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
www.nwalva.edu /PUBREL/2004-2005/topsrs05.htm   (912 words)

  
 August 2004 Archives | PVRblog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A couple weeks back I predicted that Bittorrent would be a big way to share coverage of the Olympic games when fans felt their local TV coverage fell short, and I admit I don't see much in the way of bittorrent sites listing olympics videos at this time.
I'm curious if ESPN didn't want to upstage the Olympics or felt the summer schedule was already packed with other large events -- they put a lot of money into the X games so I'm confused why they wouldn't capitalize on it with expanded coverage.
Oh, this will be the first HDTV olympics, but NBC hasn't bothered to put anything on the website they've been advertising for months.
www.pvrblog.com /pvr/2004/08/index.html   (3924 words)

  
 NEP-ALL-2004-08-16
Calderon, Cesar & Loayza, Norman & Serven, Luis, 2004.
Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad & Mody, Ashoka, 2004.
Raffaella Castagnini & Klaus Deininger & Maria A. Gonzalez, 2004.
ideas.repec.org /n/nep-all/2004-08-16.html   (10528 words)

  
 Revolution Industry, Phase 2: Ukraine's Summer of Discontent - by Christopher Deliso
Kostunica, Western darling when it was time to oust Milosevic in Serbia, has ever since been harangued by the West for everything from non-compliance with the Hague to his policy on Kosovo.
In Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili was allegedly told to rein it in when he practically declared war on Russia last summer, proving that even American patronage has its limits.
And the new outburst of public dissent and opposition to his rule — ironically enough, from rivals latching on to the same "freedom and democracy" mantra he successfully used to overthrow Shevardnadze — has both embarrassed "Mishka" and prompted him to new levels of authoritarianism.
www.antiwar.com /deliso/?articleid=6922   (2393 words)

  
 Algiers - news and current events.
ALGIERS, 11 August 2004 — Algerians are flocking to the...
City Press SA Algiers - Algerians are flocking to the beaches this summer in numbers undreamt of only a year or...
News24 SA Algiers - Algerians are flocking to the beaches this summer in numbers undreamt of only a year or...
archive.wn.com /2004/08/13/1400/algiers   (557 words)

  
 The American Way!? -- It's the VALUES, Stupid!
Four years ago at the Sydney Olympics, members of the victorious American 400-meter relay team were widely condemned for strutting with the U.S. flag after their gold medal presentation.
A practice that exemplifies the spirit of the olympic games - representing your nation in an event that is supposed to exceed all conflicts and politics - is now described as offensive jingoism that tarnishes national image.
May 14, 2004 -- SEAN Hannity bucked the rest of the media yesterday and played the horrifying audio from the videotaped beheading of Nick Berg on his radio show.
www.seek-truth.com /Blogger/The-American-Way/2004_05_01_prevpost.html   (6990 words)

  
 Clara Hughes, Medal Winner at both Summer and Winter Olympics
Clara Hughes, born in Manitoba and now leaving during spring and summer in Glen Sutton, Quebec, won two bronze medals in cycling at Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.
She became only the fourth person, and first Canadian, to win a medal in both Summer and Winter Olympics.
, when she won a bronze medal at speed skating at the Olympics and a gold medal in cycling in the Commonwealth Games.
www.geocities.com /clarahughes/e/home.html   (254 words)

  
 Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Abbas said his biggest regret was not winning an Olympic gold medal for Pakistan, having played in the 2000 Games in Sydney and in Athens in August.
The other nominees for the prestigious individual honour are Chelsea’s Ivorian striker Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo and Monaco and South Africa striker Bennedict McCarthy, who stars for European champions FC Porto.
The Cameroon international’s contract is up in the summer and Real chairman Florentino Perez claimed they had agreed a deal to sign him.
www.newagebd.com /2004/dec/13/spt.html   (8327 words)

  
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But the biggest thing about the Olympics is the promos for next season.
After 1,210 total hours of coverage from Athens (that's more than 70 hours per day) on six networks and an HD feed, the 2004 Summer Olympics come to a close at 8 p.m.
The network is proud as a peacock that if you had watched all of that coverage consecutively, it would take you 50 days, 10 hours and one minute.
tv.zap2it.com /custom/oat/oat_article/1,1204,274|90193|1|,00.html   (1426 words)

  
 Games of the XXVIII Olympiad: Athens 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Athens, Greece, had originally hoped to host the centennial games of 1996, but will now be hosting the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004.
The flags and teams parade in alphabetical order according to the language of the host country, except for Greece as the origin of the Olympic Games which always leads the parade, and presumably as the host country will close the parade.
Although we don't know the precise order the teams will enter, here is the list of countries listed according to their names in Greek (based on the Athens 2004 web page) and translated by Jonathan Dixon.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/oly@s28a.html   (394 words)

  
 anything but ordinary: August 2004 Archives
A grown man, dressed in only a tutu and clown shoes, jumping into a pool in front of millions of spectators to prove his love to his wife...
Looks like Google is going to have more than just one logo for the Olympics...
On the upside, Google has a new logo for The Olympics.
www.geekgrrl.com /archives/2004/08   (3622 words)

  
 News for Wednesday, August 18, 2004
• Athens Olympic Mascots Are Big Hit With Kids Their images are everywhere in Athens as the twin mascots of the 2004 Olympic games.
• Controversial Greek Sprinters Withdraw from Olympics Greece's two top track and field stars have pulled out of the Athens Olympics after apologizing to their embarrassed nation for a scandal that arose after they missed drug tests.
Olympics: Paul Hamm of US Wins Men's Gymnastics All-Around Gold Medal The Olympics returned to their ancient home while two Greek sprinters left the Games in disgrace Wednesday on Day five of the competition at the Athens Olympic Games.
quickstart.clari.net /voa/20040818.html   (3778 words)

  
 Mad Brit: Bayern Munich makes history with trip to Israel.
Isn't this reminiscent of the Iranian judo champion Arash Miresmaili, who, at the Olympics, refused to go up against an Israeli opponent because of his sympathy with the oppressed people of Palestine.
FIFA has decided that 12 women's' soccer teams will compete at the Beijing Olympics in 2004, an increase from 10.
The Zambians are tied with Senegal and Togo for first place in Group 1 of the African qualifiers.
www.soccertimes.com /oped/2004/madbrit/sep17.htm   (1925 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Togo are expected to try to persuade Kodjo Afanou, formerly of Bordeaux and now playing for Asian champions Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates, to help their World Cup campaign, while Cameroon are likely to approach Portsmouth's Vincent Pericard.
Her father Damir claimed at the time the draw had been rigged against his daughter after she was drawn to play Davenport.
LONDON, Jan 15: Nine cities, including three former European summer Olympic hosts, have until midnight on Thursday to present details of their bids for the 2012 Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/01/16/sports.htm   (7971 words)

  
 Terrorism Shaped 2004 News Agenda - by Jim Lobe
Where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control.
hile President George W. Bush's November reelection topped the Associated Press' (AP) annual listing of the top 10 news stories for 2004, the other leading choices suggested that the news media might have helped him in his quest.
The list, which reflected the votes of 234 national and local editors, news directors, and similar "gatekeepers," whose media organizations are part of AP's vast U.S. network, played heavily into Bush's main campaign theme: that the world was an extremely dangerous place dominated by terrorists and related evildoers.
www.antiwar.com /lobe/?articleid=4212   (1164 words)

  
 Togo at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Uganda • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Uzbekistan • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • Yemen • Zambia • Zimbabwe
This page was last modified 22:58, 25 August 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Togo_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics   (113 words)

  
 Peace Corps Writers 5/2004 — print version
His essay about retracing the Federal Writers’ Project in Nebraska appears in the Spring 2004 issue of Prairie Schooner; and a documentary that grew from that story is being developed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
It is about an obstetrician who is unable to save the life of a childhood friend in an emergency, and is forced to reexamine the demons of her past and to explore the question of what it means to “save” someone.
George Packer (Togo 1982–83), staff writer for The New Yorker, has been reporting from Baghdad and his article, “Caught in the Crossfire,” appeared in the magazine’s May 17th issue.
www.peacecorpswriters.org /pages/2004/0405/prntvrs405/pv405all.html   (14702 words)

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