Olympics: Halkia New Greek Goddess, Faces Down Questions
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Fani Halkia, hailed by one Greek tabloid  as a "Winged Goddess," stormed to Olympic victory in the 400  meter hurdles, sparking nationwide jubilation and much probing  of her startlingly improved form.
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Though no proper information is available at the moment, word has come out that Kangana RanautÂs
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Three cheers for the Greeks. Their show opening the Olympic Games was the most spectacular presentation I have ever seen, on stage, in the air, on ice or anywhere. What a way to begin sports&#39; grandest parade! ...
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Fani Halkia drove the crowd at the  Olympic stadium into a frenzy Wednesday when she strode  imperiously to Greece's second athletics gold of the Games in  the women's 400 meters hurdles final.
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ATHENS, Greece -- There was room for one error -- maybe two -- in the Olympic women&#39;s gymnastics final, but not three.
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Heraklio, Greece (Sports Network) - The old faces of US women&#39;s soccer bid adieu, while the new faces introduced themselves in a gold-medal winning effort at the Athens Olympics on Thursday night at Karaiskaki Stadium.
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Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore.
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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, 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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Greece, shamed and angered by doping  scandals involving their two top sprinters and a medal-winning  weightlifter, hailed an unexpected new Olympic heroine Monday  in the form of a walker.
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ATHENS, Greece  Their own country has a hard time celebrating a silver medal. If it isn&#39;t gold, it&#39;s symbolic of second place or third place, and that&#39;s just not the American way when it comes to the Olympic Games.
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ATHENS - Homeland favorite Fani Halkia of Greece, cheered on by her compatriots in Olympic Stadium, roared to victory in the women&#39;s 400 meter hurdles Wednesday night, taking the gold medal in a time of 52.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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.   "I hope this stays in the hearts and minds of people...
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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ATHENS  As the delay-plagued build-up to the Olympics illustrated, the Greeks aren&#39;t exactly known for organization and punctuality. But now that stadiums, new metro lines, beautified city squares and a vast ...
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To the roar of an adoring home crowd, Fani Halkia completed her unexpected romp through the Olympics on Wednesday with a victory in the women&#39;s 400-meter hurdles.
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This morning as Britain awakes, Kostas Kenteris and his training partner, Katerina Thanou, will be asked three questions by the disciplinary commission of the International Olympic Committee. These will determine whether they deliberately ...