Kragthorpe: Greece played host to a truly memorable Olympics
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ATHENS, Greece - Walking down the 18th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club in April, I looked wistfully across the course as the sun was fading into the pines, creating a surreal mixture of light and shadows.
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International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has been giving his verdict on the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, saying that overall Greece had done an &quot;outstanding job&quot;.
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Olympics chief Jacques Rogge heaped praise on Greek organisers and declared the Athens Games an all-round success. Television ratings are 15% up from the 2000 Games in Sydney, while ticket sales have topped figures from the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics.
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In the same way that once-belittled Greece has shocked the world by putting on an efficient and successful Olympics, so did Fani Halkia emerge from the shadows Wednesday with a stunning triumph for the host nation.
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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.    Efharisto, Athens, for architectural masterpieces of stadiums and arenas that showcased record performances...
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For the last two weeks, the world&#39;s focus was on Athens and sport and everyone was invited to a Big Fat Greek Closing Ceremony.
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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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With world attention focussed upon Athens this month, Greece is certainly basking in the spotlight.
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ATHENS - We owe them an apology, oh yes we do. The Greeks pulled off the Olympic Games after we said they did not have a prayer, and now there&#39;s but one way to make it right: The Summer Games belong here
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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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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece It will all stick with me. How could it not? It had been more than 1,600 years since the Olympics were staged here, among the hills, pines and cypresses of the Peloponnese, and then shortly after sunrise on Wednesday, the gates to ...
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The Olympic games engages virtually everyone on the planet. The past two weeks have shown they are thrilling, intoxicating and enriching - and, of course, unpredictable.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympia, home of the Olympics for more than 12 centuries, will host competition for the first time in 1,611 years when the shot put competition of the Athens Games is contested at Greece&#39;s most sacred sporting site.
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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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The last heart-pounding race of the Summer Games ended Sunday 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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ATHENS: Among the many honours showered on Olympic champion Kostas Kenteris were lucrative sponsorship deals and streets named after him, as well as a high-speed ferry carrying his name.
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Encouraged by worldwide praises for its successful hosting of the Olympic Games, self-confident Greeks are expecting a big boom in foreign investment in the post-Olympic era.