History history. Results of the Day Image Gallery. The game of softball was invented softball was first included in the olympic Games competition schedule in http://www.athens2004.com/en/SoftballHistory
Extractions: Home Sports Softball History Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts. The International Softball Federation (ISF) is the world governing body of the sport. ISF was established in 1952 and it presently consists of 122 member countries. The ISF headquarters are in Plant City, Florida in the United States and it oversees all the world functions of the sport. Also see: International Softball Federation (ISF) European Softball Federation (ESF) Hellenic Amateur Softball Federation
Where Eagles (and Eels) Dare - Olympic Info : Olympic History - Yet his slowest time in olympic history won him the best accolade of all theheart of the crowd (plus Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, softball, Sync. Swim. http://smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/06/18/1089484304848.html
Extractions: @import url("/olympics/css/athens_smh.css"); Welcome to 2004 Olympics. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content May 29, 2004 The Olympic Games were inspired by ideals as wide-ranging as they were lofty. The father of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, believed sport might foster nothing short of world peace and brotherhood. And by "sport" de Coubertin meant much more than being the fastest, highest or strongest. It involved, he said, "moral and intellectual development". Such broad aims should preserve a place for those with the courage and determination to try their best, even if it is without any hope of winning. But that's not how Jacques Rogge sees it. The president of the International Olympic Committee thinks the no-hopers should stay home. He wants "to avoid what happened in swimming in Sydney". What happened was Eric the Eel. Swimmer Eric Moussambani, from Equatorial Guinea, was not merely slow, he was barely afloat. There was no doubt he would come last in the men's 100 metres, the only question was whether he would drown before he could touch the wall. Yet his slowest time in Olympic history won him the best accolade of all: the heart of the crowd (plus sponsorships, coaching and international celebrity). Back home the president of Equatorial Guinea promised to build an Olympic pool so Eric wouldn't have to train in a river infested with crocodiles (which were, presumably, either very slow or vegetarian).
Extractions: Summer Team Sites Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Karate Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Squash Swimming Synchro. Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Winter Team Sites Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Short Track Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating U.S. Olympic Sites U.S. Olympic Fan Club Free eNewsletter U.S. Olympic Shop U.S. Paralympics Olympians on TV Photo Galleries Sports Jobs Ask an Olympian USOC Pressbox Athletes Events Sports Features ... tips Coughlin, Phelps and softball team honored By Rebecca Kruse // September 16, 2004 Visit USA Softball COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) today named swimmers Natalie Coughlin and Michael Phelps as its August Athletes of the Month. The USOC Team of the Month honor was awarded to the USA Softball Womens Olympic Team Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) won five medals at the 2004 Olympic Games, becoming only the third American woman to win five at one meet. Her two gold, two silver and one bronze is the best performance by an American woman in Olympic history. Coughlin earned her first Olympic gold medal by winning the 100m backstroke in Olympic record-time. She then won bronze in the 100m freestyle in a field that had the fastest three medalists in history. On the relay side, she led off the 800m free relay in a time that would have won the 200m free individually. Her time set Team USA up for a world record in the relay, wiping the oldest existing mark off the books. In the 400m free and medley relays, Coughlin turned in fast splits to help her teammates to silver medals.
United States Olympic Committee - Olympic History olympic Overview history, facts and figures; AllTime Team USA Medals Summer Winter softball And The Rest Of Your Favorite Sports! Sports Pins! http://www.usoc.org/12690.htm
Extractions: Summer Team Sites Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Karate Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Squash Swimming Synchro. Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Winter Team Sites Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Short Track Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating U.S. Olympic Sites U.S. Olympic Fan Club Free eNewsletter U.S. Olympic Shop U.S. Paralympics Olympians on TV Photo Galleries Sports Jobs Ask an Olympian USOC Pressbox Athletes Events Sports Features ... usada Olympic History Archaeologists believe the ancient Olympic Games began more than 4,000 years ago in Olympia, a valley in Greece. Recorded history of the Games dates back to 776 B.C., when the five days of sporting events were primarily religious ceremonies. For the first known 13 Games, the competition consisted of single foot race of 200 yards, which was the approximate length of the Olympic stadium. The Games expanded to include additional contests and reached their height by fifth century BC. Men competed, in the nude, in running, wrestling, pentathlon, horse riding and chariot races. Why in the nude well, to keep the ladies out of the action. Women were barred from watching or competing, and were even put to death if they were caught at the early Games. Today, not only are women allowed to watch and compete, they are encouraged to do so. Check out a few of our historical Olympic pages here at usolympicteam.com.
Olympic Preview: Softball This Day in history Today s Birthday Word of the Day olympic softball isplayed in fastpitch style, as opposed to the high-arcing slow-pitch game http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ol-softball.html
USA WEEKEND Magazine Although USA softball s olympic roster won t be set until a few weeks before the I need to be there, the birthplace of the olympics. So much history http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/030824/030824olympics.html
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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS softball softball history softball for women was admitted to the olympicprogramme during the 1996 olympic Games in Atlanta. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=SO&sportCode=
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS There is little soft about olympic softball. olympic DISCIPLINE Discover thissport through its competition format, equipment, glossary and history. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=SO
FOXSports.com - U.S. Will Play Australia For Softball Gold The Americans, winners of the only two olympic gold medals ever, Ueno (22),just two days after tossing the first perfect game in olympic history http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/2684352
Extractions: HOME NFL MLB NBA ... SHOP U.S. will play Australia for softball gold Story Tools: Print Email Sports Network Posted: 399 days ago Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia bounced back from a Sunday afternoon loss to the United States by upending Japan in the bronze medal game, advancing to play the Americans in Monday's gold medal match. Kerry Wyborn stroked a three-run double in the fifth inning for the game's only runs, and ace Tanya Harding tossed a three-hit shutout in the 3-0 victory. Two- time bronze medalist Australia is now guaranteed its best showing ever in the Olympics. Japan beat China 1-0 in extra innings earlier on Sunday to reach the third semifinal game. But it used staff ace Yukiko Ueno in that game, and the Aussies reached Juri Takayama for four hits and three runs in this one. Japan earns the bronze after a silver medal performance at the 2000 Sydney Games. Australia moved on to face a U.S. squad that has yet to allow a run in any of its eight games. The Americans, winners of the only two Olympic gold medals ever, advanced to the title game with a 5-0 victory over the Aussies this afternoon behind a three-hit shutout by Lisa Fernandez. Fernandez (3-0) also knocked in her team's first run with an RBI double off the center field wall in the fourth inning for the Americans, who have outscored their opponents 46-0 thus far.
Extractions: Search ASAMA 28 December 2004 The United States Sports Academy announced today that the United States Olympic Softball team has been awarded the Outstanding Women's Team of the Year Award for their performance during the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, which will go down as one of the most impressive in Olympic history. Possibly the most dominant Olympic team of any sport in the 2004 Athens Games, the U.S. softball team is undoubtedly one of the greatest softball teams ever assembled. Led by head coach Mike Candrea, the Americans posted a perfect 9-0 record and eight consecutive shutouts, while giving up only one run during the entire Olympic competition. The lone run came in the gold medal game against rival Australia, but despite scoring on Team USA, the Australians proved to be no match for the overpowering Americans, falling 5-1. On its way to claiming the United States' third consecutive gold medal in softball, Team USA set 18 Olympic records, including most doubles, triples, RBIs, runs, stolen bases, shutouts, hits, home runs, highest team batting average, lowest earned run average and fewest runs allowed. Additionally, this club is one of only two U.S. women's teams to win three consecutive medals since the 1996 Atlanta Games. The U.S. women have also won seven World Championship titles, including the last five in a row. The Academy presents awards each year to pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to sports, in categories as diverse as the artist and the athlete in several different arenas. The awards have expanded over the years to honor exemplary achievement in coaching, all-around athletic performance, courage, humanitarian activity, fitness and media, as well as the top professional athletes of the year.
USATODAY.com - Almost Flawless, U.S. Wins Third Softball Gold One of the most overpowering performances in olympic history ended in the The USA went 90 to become the first unbeaten olympic softball champion. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/team/2004-08-23-softball_x.htm
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Www.TexasSports.com Texas Cat Osterman officially named to 2004 US olympic softball Team player in the team s eightyear history to be named to the US olympic Team. http://www.texassports.com/mainpages/sb_pages/2003_04/007/010904_30.html
Stanford At The 2004 Olympics Stanford Links, olympic Medalists, Recent olympic history Jessica MendozaAnd Team USA Women s softball Win olympic Gold (8/23) http://gostanford.collegesports.com/ot/2004-olympics.html
Extractions: Welcome to "Stanford at the 2004 Olympics". This site provides extensive information on all current, former or future Stanford affiliates that competed at the 2004 Olympic Games from August 13-29, 2004, in Athens, Greece. General Links CNNSI.com Olympics ESPN Olympics NBC Olympics Official Olympic Games Olympics Tickets Stanford Olympic Site US Olympic Team
Extractions: Choose Sport Baseball Basketball - M Basketball - W Crew Cross Country Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf - M Golf - W Gymnastics - M Gymnastics - W Lacrosse - W Sailing Soccer - M Soccer - W Softball Swim/Diving - M Swim/Diving - W Sync Swimming Tennis - M Tennis - W Volleyball - M Volleyball - W Water Polo - M Water Polo - W Wrestling News Releases Former Stanford swimmer wins 12th Olympic medal as member of Team USA's second-place 4x100 medley relay squad. Aug. 21, 2004 Athens, Greece - Jenny Thompson (1991-95 at Stanford) became the most decorated Olympian in American history when she picked up her 12th career Olympic medal as a member of the United States' second-place 4x100 medley relay women's swimming team on Saturday. Thompson, who is competing in her fourth Olympic Games, and her American teammates finished the race in a time of 3:59.12, while an Australian team set a new world record to win the event in 3:57.32. Thompson swam her 100 meter butterfly leg in 58.41. "That was my last Olympic swim race," said Thompson, who was denied her ninth Olympic gold medal and remained tied for the most Olympic gold medals by an American swimmer with eight. "I am so proud of the women on my team."
Extractions: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Softball Stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to It was one of the three sports at the Athens Olympics that was for women only along with Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics Eight teams competed for the gold medal in only the third appearance of the sport at the Summer Olympics edit See Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads) for details. edit Gold: Silver: Bronze: United States Noriko Yamaji In one of the most dominating runs in Softball History, the team of the United States led by head coach Mike Candrea won the olympic gold medal by defeating Australia 5-1 in the championship game on August 23 . It was the first time in 9 games that an opponent scored a run against Team USA. Throughout the tournament the team outscored its opponents 51-1. Crystl Bustos hit two homeruns to provide all the run-support pitcher Lisa Fernandez required. Fernandez pitched all six innings, picking up her second win in two days against Australia. She also won the semi-final game.
Historical Facts About Softball. Fastpitch History. The history and origins of the great game of softball. career in order tofulfill her olympic dream. Therefore, softball must be a high priority to her. http://athleticscholarships.net/history-of-softball-1.htm
Extractions: Home About Us What We Do Questions ... Contact Us SOFTBALL HISTORY The popularity of women's fastpitch softball has grown steadily since the professional league's end in 1980. In fact, once again, there is another professional fastpitch league. The Amateur Softball Association reports that it "annually registers over 260,000 teams combining to form a membership of more than 4.5 million". These numbers do not all apply to fastpitch, yet it is consistently growing along with slowpitch. Vicki Schneider has seen a major growth in popularity and intensity for the sport since she has been involved. She says it is also very obvious that girls are consistently getting more involved and more competitive at an earlier age. Increased media coverage and the Olympics have greatly contributed to this development (Schneider). There is obviously some special appeal of fastpitch softball that has allowed it to steadily grow in popularity through the years. Through the technology of the internet, those who are currently involved in the sport were asked for their personal opinions on the mass appeal of women's fastpitch softball. Once a person chooses to become involved in fastpitch softball, the sport must have some priority to him or her. Does fastpitch play an important role in a person's life? Dot Richardson put aside her medical career in order to fulfill her Olympic dream. Therefore, softball must be a high priority to her. Robin Scott obviously agrees with Richardson, to a more extreme degree. She says, "NOTHING comes before softball. I don't care what it is. My first priority is softball, then everything else comes next" (Scott). Dave Davis, 35, has the same attitude. On his first anniversary, his wife insisted that he miss a softball game in order to take her out to dinner. Looking back, he replies, "Some nerve!" (Davis).
Cloverdale Softball softball A history olympic softball After a couple of false starts in 1988and 1992, when softball was supposed to be a demonstration sport, http://www.cloverdalesoftball.com/players/history.html
Extractions: The game that's played on thousands of fields in every part of the country by more than 3 million Canadians got its start in Chicago. During a boisterous post-game football celebration at Chicago's Farragut Boating Club, a Yale graduate tossed a boxing glove at a Harvard fan who knocked it away with a broom handle. Soon after, the glove was replaced with a ball, the broom handle became a bat and the sport of softball was born. Canadian amateur players began to play a game outdoors, this became popular in Canada and got a foothold in the US. From those modest beginnings, softball, in all its forms including slow pitch, three-pitch, lob-ball, etc., has become one of the most widely played team sports in the world. It is a 'lifetime' sport, played by people of all ages and abilities and both sexes often together in co-ed leagues. At last count, there were more than 110 countries affiliated with the
NFCA.ORG11 One of the most dominating performances in olympic history, he led the Red, 2005 Mike Candrea, 2004 olympic Womens softball Coach Gold Medal http://nfca.org/news/?id=2086
