Athens throws Paralympic party for largest games ever
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More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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ATHENS: Fani Halkia drove the crowd at the Olympic stadium into a frenzy on Wednesday when she strode imperiously to Greeceâs second athletics gold of the Games in the womenâs 400 metres hurdles final.
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A spectacular opening ceremony for the XII Paralympics took place in front of a sellout 60,000 crowd at the Athens Olympic Stadium on Friday.
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Greece's Fani Halkia takes gold in the women's 400m hurdles to send the Athens crowd wild.
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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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With an outpouring of joy, pride and some relief, Athens marked the completion of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games with a closing ceremony full of spectacle, fireworks and music.
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Greece hosts its second major sporting spectacle of the summer when the the 12th Paralympics start on Friday.
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Four gold medals and three world records in the swimming pool featured a weekend of China while three golds from track and field events brought the country to an insurmountable lead at the 12th Paralympic Games Saturday in Athens.
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If the welcome home party was grand, the send-off was equally spectacular as Athens bid a fabulous farewell to the world&#39;s 10,500-odd sportspersons from a record 202 countries that assembled in Athens for the Olympic Games which concluded on Sunday night.
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ATHENS : Some 70,000 spectators filled the Athens Olympic stadium to watch the densely choreographed and emotionally-charged opening ceremony of the 12th Paralympics, the world&#39;s premier competition for disabled athletes.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - World records, personal-best times and other athletic achievements were secondary at the Athens Paralympics on Monday.
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ATHENS: Fireworks lit up the sky in Athens Friday as the 12th Paralympic Games officially got under way to a chorus of drums and a sea of dancers.
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The 2004 Athens Olympics concluded Sunday (29 August) night with a spectacular ceremony under moonlit skies. More than 10,000 athletes from a record 202 countries participating in the 28th Olympiad joined
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In 2000, Greece brought home 13 medals. The Greek Olympic Committee hopes to double that number.
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In the midst of the heaving throng of more than 100,000 who turned out in Athens to welcome home the victorious Greek soccer team last month, someone asked how Athens would deal with the crowds during the Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The closing ceremony of the Athens Games is underway in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the Olympic Stadium. The arena, which has been the main venue for the sporting carnival for the past
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Paralympic athletes are &quot;the real heroes of the evening&quot; and &quot;a beacon of inspiration for millions of people around the world,&quot; Phil Craven, President of the International Paralympic