Athens Wins a Laurel
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By Zeus, Greece did it! With the Olympic flame now snuffed out after burning brightly for two weeks, the 28th Summer Games should be remembered for those amazing Greeks who pulled together at the last minute
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The 28th Olympic Games came to an end in Athens, Greece with an exuberant closing ceremony. There was drama up to the last gold medal with a spectator running onto the course of men&#39;s marathon with about 15 minutes to go.
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The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new.
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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With a powerful throw, Mirela Manjani propelled her javelin to break a different sort of record yesterday, earning Greece its most Olympic medals in more than a century.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an  unexpected victory in the women's 100 meter final at the Athens  Olympics Saturday.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- American Carly Patterson, runner-up in the 2003 Worlds, took the women&#39;s individual all-around gymnastics gold medal with 38.387 points at the Athens Olympics here Friday evening.
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They were so close to the finish, Athens and Vanderlei de Lima - the city and the athlete, each about to complete a job well done.
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Zeus and the other gods of ancient  Greece smiled on the Athens Olympic Games, whose spectacular  success surprised the world, the head of the organizing  committee said Monday.
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HOST nation Greece grabbed its first gold medal of the Athens Olympics this morning when Nikolaos Siranidis and Thomas Bimis won the men&#39;s three-metre synchronised diving after China&#39;s favourites suffered a no-dive.
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Inspired by the magnificent surroundings of the Panathinaiko stadium and assisted by a gust of wind and a police siren, the British archer Alison Williamson ended her 12-year quest for an Olympic medal at the fourth attempt when she won bronze in the ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Itâs official - the Olympics were a success. The venues were not only finished but they stayed standing, transportation ran on time, streets were clean and security did such a good job that even petty crime went down.
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Greece's Fani Halkia takes gold in the women's 400m hurdles to send the Athens crowd wild.
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They leave the Olympics with gold medals for the third straight time, olive wreaths crowning their heads and a lasting legacy that&#39;s just a shade off perfection.
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Catalina Ponor displayed her growing  maturity when she majestically outclassed her opponents to win  two gold medals in the Athens Olympics Monday.
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Eleusis, ridden by Jose Santos, wins the Grade II, $150,000 Long Island Handicap at Aqueduct Race Track in Ozone Park, NY, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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Greece&#39;s Fani Halkia captured the women&#39;s 400m hurdles gold medal before a boisterous home crowd at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 25.