Triumphant Olympics End With Pride, Relief
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Efharisto! A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.
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Israel&#39;s first gold medalist ever, Gal Fridman, Wednesday met an outburst of joy seconds after he won the men&#39;s Mistral sailing race at the Olympics.
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Berlin was celebrating on Sunday after winning its bid to host the 2009 world athletics championships, a decision that capped a week of triumph for Germany&#39;s capital city.
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Britain's men's 4x100m relay team win a stunning gold medal in Athens.
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The U.S. men's basketball team salvaged  some pride Saturday, beating Lithuania 104-96 to take the  Olympic bronze medal.
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Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.
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Great Britain ended its gold medal drought at the Athens Olympics thanks to a superb victory in the Yngling class sailing competition here.
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The Athens Olympics have proved a "great  success" giving Greeks fresh confidence and energy, Athens  mayor Dora Bakoyannis said on Friday.
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International Olympic Committee  President Jacques Rogge declared the Athens Games closed on  Sunday, praising the organizers for a fantastic Olympics.
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All the action from the finale to the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS: While India continued to wallow in the misery of a lone silver medal, it was euphoria for China as it celebrated its best performance at Olympics after sprinting home in Athens in the final few days of competition with an unexpected surge of gold
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China&#39;s Olympic team returned home on Tuesday to a hero&#39;s welcome and dedicated its medals to &#39;the motherland&#39;, as the country swelled with nationalistic pride and vowed to host a &#39;glorious&#39; Games in 2008.
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Ilias Iliadis of Greece thrilled the home crowd Tuesday, beating Roman Gontyuk of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the 81-kilogram class.
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Once more, Paul Hamm held his gold medal aloft Thursday and smiled for the cameras, secure in the knowledge that the medal was his for keeps.
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What doping scandals? What debts? Drunk with pride for successfully pulling off a great homecoming Olympics, most Greeks said they would happily do it all over again.
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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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Great Britain has one of its best ever days at the Olympics, winning five golds.