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Greece hands China Olympic torch


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Mar.30
  The torch has been handed over to Chinese officials at a ceremony in Athens, amid scuffles between police and pro-Tibet demonstrators

Mar.24
  Greece: A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended


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Feb.18 Kostelic claims 4th career gold   Northern Italy: 24-year-old Croatian Janica Kostelic won the women's combined at the Torino Olympics

year 2004 Top ^

Aug.29 Olympics: Games Close
  Greece: Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games
  Argentina claims soccer gold
  Greece: The team beat Paraguay 1-0
Aug.28 China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track
  Greece: Liu Xiang, 21, took the men's 110 meters hurdles in a world record-equaling time Aug.27 Fischer on course for medal record  Greece: Birgit Fischer has won the 8th canoeing gold medal of her Olympic career, and she could claim a record-equaling 9th Aug.26 Grael claims fifth medal  Greece: Six-time Olympian Grael, 44, and team mate Ferreira, 38, captured gold in the Star class Aug.25   First ever gold medal for Israel  Greece: The windsurfer Gal Fridman is taking a plunge in Saronic Gulf to celebrate Austrian Allen wins triathlon gold  Greece: Kate Allen produced a barnstorming finish to snatch women's triathlon gold from Australia's Harrop in the final 100 metres Aug.23 Rumpus hits gymnastic final  Greece: The horizontal bar final had to be halted after protests by spectators following the scoring for Alexei Nemov Aug.22 Gatlin guns to 100m glory
  Greece: Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time   Athletics hat-trick for Sweden  Greece: Stefan Holm took the gold in the high jump, Christian Olsson in the triple jump and Christina Kluft in the heptathlon   Dope tests 'catch medallists'  Greece: A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal, and a Russian gold medallist has also failed a test Pinsent claims fourth rowing gold  Greece: The British men's coxless 4 edged world champions Canada in one of the closest rowing finals in the history of the Olympics Aug.20   Phelps wins gold medal number 5  Greece: Michael claims a place alongside Mark Spitz as one of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history Greek team member fails drugs test  Greece: Local media widely reported that Leonidas Sampanis faced being stripped of his weightlifting bronze medal Aug.19 Patterson made gold in all-around  Greece: The 16-year-old dynamo beat Russian superstar Khorkina. She is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around since 1984 Aug.18 Gymnast Hamm win all-around title  Greece: After ugly fall, Paul Hamm becomes first U.S. man to win all-around title Aug.15   'Dream team' beaten by Puerto Rico  Greece: The USA basketball team was humiliated 92-73 in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history Aug.14 Phelps strikes gold. Greece Du Li wins first gold of Games  Greece: China claimed the first gold medal of the 28th Olympics, with a victory in the women's 10-meter air rifle event Aug.13 Glittering opening for Olympics
  Greece: The Games returned to their birthplace after 108 years with a glittering ceremony that featured more than 4,000 performers
 The ceremony set to put to memory construction delays and doping scandals. President Stephanopoulos opened the Games. 75,000 spectators inside the Olympic Stadium were joined by an estimated global TV audience of 4 billion. 10,500 athletes were competing under 202 flags
May.12 IOC: No doubts over Athens Games  Greece: The International Olympic Committee no longer doubts whether Greece will be ready to host the Summer Games May.9 Olympics work anxiety grows. Greece

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