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Welcome to Athens Atheltics Day 1 - 20th August |
The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week
of April 1896. Since the Greek government had been unable
to fund construction of a stadium, a wealthy Greek architect,
Georgios Averoff, donated one million drachmas (over $100,000)
to restore the Panathenaic Stadium, originally built in 330
BCE, with white marble for the Olympic Games.
This year 2004, sees the return to the Athens for the first
time since 1896.
More information to follow
The
Athens Olympic Games News
The Men's Triathlon: Hamish
Carter of New Zealand wins - images
The Women's Triathlon: Allen of Austria wins - images
The Olympics in images: Men's 800 Heats
The Olympics in images: Men's 5000 semis One
and Two
The Olympics in images: Men's 800 Heats
Athens
Olympics: Live Women's Marathon
The
Women's Marathon in images
The Olympics in images: Men's
1500m Semis
The Olympics in images: Kelly
Holmes wins Women's 800m in 1:56.38
The Olympics in images: Women's 800m heats
and Semis
The Olympics in images: Men's
steeplechase rounds
The Olympics in images: Men's
10000m
Men's 10 000m : Bekele takes Athens 10 000 plus heats and
more
Korir
out of marathon posted 19 Aug
Kenyan Sammy Korir, the second fastest marathon runner ever,
is out of the Olympics with a leg injury. . | more
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Olympics:
Rival Fears Radcliffe posted 17 Aug
American record holder Deena Kastor believes Paula Radcliffe
will be in shape to put on a "spectacular performance"
in next Sunday's Olympic marathon. . | more
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Olympics:
Gebrselassie 'may pull out' posted 16 Aug
Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie could miss the
Olympics because of an Achilles injury. . . | more
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Doping
is a global epidemic, says cheat posted 10 Aug
AN Irish runner claimed yesterday that doping was a global
epidemic, and a further rash of positive tests seem to confirm
his assertion. However, as the World Anti-Doping Agency descended
on Britain's Olympic training camp in Cyprus, the drive against
drug cheats was welcomed.. |
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Jerome
Young tests positive again for drugs ted sprinter posted
09 Aug
Jerome Young reportedly tested positive for the banned drug
EPO at a meet last month, which would be the second flunked
test for a sprinter who might cost the U.S. relay team its
gold medal from the Sydney Olympics. . |
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Turkish
star 'tried to fix doping test' posted 09 Aug
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish world 1500 metres silver medallist
Sureyya Ayhan tried to submit a sample of someone else's urine
in a doping test last month, the country's top sports official
announced. . |
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