Olympics: Fame But Questions for Greece's New Heroine
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Fani Halkia hurtled from virtual  obscurity to become Olympic women's 400 meters hurdles champion  on Wednesday, giving Greece a new sports diva to hail but  sparking a barrage of questions over her rise to prominence.
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ATHENS, Greece - Sorry, Svetlana. There's a new Queen of Gymnastics, and her name is Carly Patterson...
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ATHENS, Greece If you followed the Summer Olympics closely, you&#39;ll remember that Greece&#39;s top two sprinters were involved in a doping scandal that embarrassed the host country.
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The doping scandal surrounding the Greek athletes, Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, and their controversial coach Christos Tsekos, intensified yesterday when it was reported that premises
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First success at footballâs Euro 2004, then the centre of planetary attention with the Olympic games, and now Greece is bidding to win a medal for its renascent fashion industry.
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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.
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The 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece, have been attracting a growing worldwide audience since they began August 13. Particularly attentive have been Greek-Americans.
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The man behind the Athens Olympics' opening ceremony is reluctant to call his work a success, despite worldwide acclaim for his evocative tableau of 3,000 years of Greek history and culture.
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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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Lack of education, sexist male officials and traditional views on marriage remain major stumbling blocks for Kenyan girls aspiring to be athletes, says one of the country's first female Olympians.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- A brilliant idea, taking the shot put back to the birthplace of the Olympic Games, proving, if nothing else, that everything old really can become new again.
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Drugs cast another shadow over the  Olympics Thursday with Ukrainian women rowers losing their  bronze medal and another weightlifter being barred. After  showing astonishing improvement over the last year to land the  400 meters hurdling crown, Greece's Fania Halkia complained  about the media's obsession with drugs -- and defended two of  her disgraced compatriots.
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The pessimism among Greeks before the Olympics has been replaced by fierce optimism and pride. So donât even think about criticizing the Games, especially if youâre Greek.
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As Greeks get a boost, it remains unclear if success will mean higher stature in Europe.
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MARK COLVIN: The fastest man and woman in Greek athletics are tonight out of the Olympics. Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have both withdrawn from the Games after an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing on their failure to turn up for ...
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In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country&#39;s new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic
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Fani Halkia's victory in the Olympics  women's 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related  questions about the Greek's performance are unfair, Australian  coach Phil King said Thursday.