Wrapping Up the Athens Games
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The last heart-pounding race of the Summer Games ended today in a white marble arena in the heart of Athens, bringing the modern Olympics full circle, back to the precise spot where they were revived 108 years ago.
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Greece staged an exuberant closing  ceremony on Sunday to bring the curtain down on the Athens  Games, which took the Olympics back to their roots and provided  drama right down to the last gold medal.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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.    Fireworks and spectacular lighting kicked off the closing ceremony Sunday night, a two-hour extravaganza of folk dancing and music in the Olympic tradition that summed up the glee and relief the games brought to Greece...
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(Athens, Greece-AP) August 29, 2004 - With the Games winding down, the International Olympic Committee&#39;s chief says he&#39;s an &quot;extremely happy president.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The 2004 Summer Games ended with a vibrant two-hour extravaganza at Athens&#39; Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Greece bid farewell to guests from 201 countries in a ceremony that started with fireworks and a dazzling light show.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The last battle of the Athens Summer Olympics is over. The dispute over who won the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Gold Medal has been resolved, at least officially.
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The fireworks shot out from the top of the Olympic Stadium, the grand finale of the Opening Ceremonies lighting up the Athens sky.
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The world sighed with relief when Greeks kept their promise to deliver some of the world&#39;s finest sports venues in time for the Athens Olympics.
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The sailing and canoe-kayak events have closed at the Athens Olympics while athletics, wrestling, and basketball will give fans plenty to cheer at the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    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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BEIJING: With the end of the Athens Olympics, the focus is now on China&#39;s preparations as host of the 2008 Games. Authorities are promising a cleaner, greener and a culturally vibrant Beijing.
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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ATHENS : The 2004 Olympic Games came to a close with the men&#39;s marathon celebrating ancient Greece but with the modern curses of security and drugs casting final, depressing clouds over the showpiece.
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ATHENS -- No Greek has pushed harder, or stands to win more, from these Olympic Games than the woman who organized them. And when the Olympic flame goes out in the Olympic Stadium tonight, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki will turn her formidable energy and organizational might to closing the books on the $9 billion-plus Games -- and perhaps, to the goal many ...
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ATHENS -- The Games ended here last night with the last runner of the marathon making his way into Panathinaikos Stadium and the Olympic flame being doused a few hours later.
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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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ATHENS, 22 August - Shooters from China and Italy have won the last gold medals in shooting events at the 2004 Olympic Games. The Men&#39;s 50m Rifle 3 Positions final finished in high drama as China&#39;s JIA Zhanbo