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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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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ATHENS - The spectacle and drama of the Olympics enthralled billions. Television paid handsomely to show it and sponsors spent fortunes to bathe in its reflected glory.
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Matthew Pinsent won his fourth successive Olympic gold medal amid tears of joy and relief yesterday as the British coxless four beat Canada in one of the closest rowing finals ever.
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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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Reliving its glory days as a gymnastics power, Japan captured the men&#39;s team gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Monday.
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ATHENS -- They did it. The Greeks did it. They gave us a top-drawer Olympics, complete with the best overall venues, the best transportation, and as helpful and cheery a volunteer staff as we've ever seen (with surely the deepest bench; I mean, was there anyone in this country who hadn't raised his or her hand when the call came?).
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As some 200 athletes from North and South marched into the Olympic Stadium under the flag of the Korean peninsula in a mixed group on Sunday night, the 28 th Olympic Games finally ended two
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&quot;I can tell you I&#39;m very happy. Two gold medals in five days! I was relaxed in the race and let my opponents do the work.
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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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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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An extraordinary display of &quot;people power&quot; brought pandemonium to the final evening of Olympic gymnastics. The crowd&#39;s gasps of awe turned into howls of fury on Monday night when the score flashed up on the
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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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Britain's men's 4x100m relay team win a stunning gold medal in Athens.
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Fireworks boomed in the sky to celebrate Sochi's selection as the site of the 2014 Olympics, and Russians' hearts filled with pride, confident their long-beleaguered land has finally overcome its troubles.
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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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(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.