Extractions: Web posted at: 10:02 p.m. EST (0302 GMT) SALT LAKE CITY (CNN) An ethics committee investigating an alleged votes-for-cash scandal to bring the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to Utah is due to release its report next week, a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee (SLOC) said Wednesday. "It'll either be Tuesday or Thursday," spokesman Frank Zang said. The report would be presented at a public meeting of the SLOC board of directors. Also Wednesday, the former chairman of Salt Lake City's bid committee broke his silence, saying that he felt like "a man who's being tarred, feathered and hung."
Extractions: WEB SERVICES: (Los Angeles Times) Serious Olympics viewers don't just watch the Olympics, they train for them. I myself have been in training for four years. I'm ready for the thrill of overeating and the agony of the commercials, starting with Friday night's opening ceremonies (7:30 p.m. to midnight). Without meaning to seem boastful, the secret of how I, a professional couch potato, will be able to go the 167.5 hours on NBC (not counting the 172 more on MSNBC and CNBC) is by using the aerobic method of sitting and watching.
Extractions: Olympic Sections Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic Talk Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting The Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta came to a close Sunday night, after two weeks of athletic competition between 197 countries and over 11,000 athletes the most ever in an Olympic Games. The Games closed with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch praising the city of Atlanta, but notably failing to call the game as "the greatest in Olympic history" a phrase that has become routine in his Closing Ceremonies speeches.
Washingtonpost.com: Bobsled Bobsled news from the 1998 Winter olympics in Nagano, Japan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/bobsled.
Extractions: Brian Shimer ( pictured ) was on the verge of having his life ruined after a disputed drug test almost got him kicked off the U.S. Olympic team. His case, put to rest officially just before the Games opened, provides more fuel for a growing controversy over the current means of testing for testosterone. BEFORE THE GAMES: Again, Shimer Aims for Medal
Extractions: International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Story Tools NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) India will bid to host the 2016 Olympics, the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) announced on Monday. With New Delhi having been chosen in November to stage the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the IOA decided at its annual meeting on Sunday that it would apply to hold the Summer Games for the first time. New Delhi has hosted the Asian Games twice, the inaugural edition in 1951 and again in 1982. Despite a population of more than one billion, India managed just one Olympic medal at Sydney in 2000 a bronze by woman weightlifter Karnam Malleswari. The country failed to win any medal in 1992, 1988 and 1984. Their last gold dates back to the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the men's hockey title. Athens and Beijing will host the next Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. The 2012 hosts will be decided next year.
Extractions: Web posted at: 11:09 p.m. EST (0409 GMT) SALT LAKE CITY (CNN) The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics sunk deeper into the quagmire of a bribery scandal Friday, with revelations of cash payments to International Olympic Committee members and the resignations of the SLOC's two top officials. But United States Olympic Committee officials say they have been given a commitment by the IOC that despite the scandal, the Games won't be moved out of Utah. "We have assurances from (IOC) President (Juan Antonio) Samaranch and the International Olympic Committee, and the United States Olympic Committee is 100 percent, totally, unequivocally in support of Salt Lake City putting on the Games in 2002," said USOC President
Extractions: By Julia King (IDG) Thousands of sportscasters, international racing officials and others at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games will tap into a one-of-a-kind, never-before-production-tested computer system that has taken a consortium of 16 technology providers more than three years to develop and deploy. And it had better work, and work right the first time. If it doesn't, New York-based lead integrator SchlumbergerSema and its partners including Sun Microsystems, Gateway, Xerox and Samsung Electronics will be racing hard to beat back a world-class public relations nightmare not unlike the one IBM faced at the 1996 Atlanta Games. That summer in Atlanta, flaws in IBM's much-vaunted Olympic Information Network led to inaccuracies and delays in reporting real-time race results around the globe.
Olympics! Cartoons about olympics, and bribery scandals. http://cagle.slate.msn.com/olympics/
Australian Olympics, 2000 Meet Olympic mascots Millie, Olly, and Syd as they help provide kids with some facts on the history behind the Olympic flag and a kids' guide to sports. http://www.gigglepotz.com/ausolympics.htm
Extractions: See this page in Spanish If you love our Resources, please help us stay online by supporting us below. Thank you The Opening Ceremony - Read more Olympic News and Results Sunday, 17th Monday, 18th Tuesday, 19th Wednesday, 20th ... HERE Learn about the Olympic Mascots Follow the Olympic Torch as it made it's way to Sydney Australia See the Track Field latest info. What's the latest news in the Swimming world? Fun Olympic activities just for Kids See the Countries travelling to Sydney Check out the Gymnastics Get information about the Olympic venues Fun Worksheets for Kids Check out some great Aussie schools Everything Australian provides aussie food, clothing, badges and much more. Download Olympic Screensavers HERE Have your say on our Olympic, 2000 Chat Board NOW The Olympics go out with a BANG!! The Sydney Olympics are to go out with a bang - a low-flying fighter bomber is to ignite a massive plume of flame and one million people will be treated to one of the world's most spectacular firework displays. The F-111 fighter bomber is to "dump and burn" its fuel at 1,000 feet (300 metres) above Stadium Australia, scene of the closing ceremony where the athletes will enjoy a giant "backyard party" and be serenaded by pop star Kylie Minogue.
Remove International Skating Union From The OLympic Movement Petition The International Skating Union has demonstrated in their judging of the pairs competition at the Salt Lake City olympics that they cannot adhere to the ethical standards of Olympic Charter and should be expelled from the Olympic Movement. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/672918216
Extractions: Display in public list as "Anonymous" Number Date Name City Country I am signing this petition because: 2:01 am PDT, Sep 23 Destiny Wilson mace United States 9:06 am PDT, Sep 22 Andrea Dawkins toronto Canada The athletes and the public deserve an organization that unbiased, has their best interests at heart and is above all else, accountable to them and the public. 9:59 pm PDT, Aug 18 Anonymous Boring United States 3:25 pm PDT, Jul 23
The Ancient Olympics Includes a comparison of ancient and modern olympics, essays about the history of the olympics, and stories of ancient Olympic athletes. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Extractions: Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.
Extractions: Web posted at: 9:21 p.m. EST (0221 GMT) SALT LAKE CITY (CNN) The Independent Ethics Committee report due Tuesday on the Salt Lake City Olympic scandal details "a pattern of deception" involving the two top organizing committee officials, CNN has learned. Sources close to the investigation identified the two officials to be singled out as former Salt Lake Organization Committee (SLOC) President Tom Welch and former SLOC Vice President Dave Johnson. An official with the committee told CNN the report, to be made public Tuesday, runs some 250 pages "longer and more detailed than anyone expected." The official called the report a "huge document" that details "a pattern of deception" involving Welch and Johnson. Welch resigned from the committee in 1997 after pleading no contest to a charge of spousal abuse. Johnson was asked to resign early last month after it was alleged that scholarships, cash and lavish gifts had been given to members of the International Olympic Committee and their families before Salt Lake City was named host of the 2002 Winter Games.
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Slideshow, columns, memorabilia, stamps, pins and firstperson stories of 1996 Atlanta olympics. http://www.ronald-dupont.com/oly.htm
Extractions: Check It Out I took this photo during opening ceremonies. If you look closely at the picture on the big screen, you'll see a live picture of the fireworks from the blimp above. 1996 Olympic Games All my life, ever since I was a little boy, I wanted to attend an Olympic Games. This truly was a dream for me. I consider my trip to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics one of the greatest experiences of my life. I went from the jubilation of witnessing history to the horror of realizing I left a half-hour before the bomb went off right where I was standing. I took many photos on my trip, the best of which can be viewed in a 34-picture slideshow at: View Slideshow of 1996 Olympics I went back to Centennial Park recently and took 11 follow-up shots of how the park now looks. View SlideShow of How Centennial Park Now Looks Here are some scans I made of some Olympic material: Olympic Books Amazon has dozens of Olympic books. Here are some of the better ones: 100 Moments Chronicle Pictorial History Wallpaper Click on either of the photos below to be taken to computer wallpaper of either opening ceremonies (with everybody glowing while holding colored flashlights) or the way Centennial Park looks today with the fountain still going.
Extractions: While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake Shimer's nightmare continues The French went nuts, the British swigged champagne and the Germans celebrated in their calm, cool way. And Brian Shimer? He tossed his helmet into his bobsled and gazed in stunned disbelief, then put his head in his hands. By just two-hundredths of a second, the long nightmare for America's bobsledders was extended another four years.
Extractions: Havana Istanbul Leipzig London Madrid Moscow New York Paris Rio de Janeiro VIEW RESULTS RELATED Nine cities in 2012 Olympic race Istanbul bid crosses continents Leipzig plans city-center Games London's 'compact' bid unveiled ... Paris draws on savoir-faire LONDON, England (Reuters) London promised on Friday to stage 17 sports within 15 minutes of a new Olympic village in the heart of London's deprived East End if it won the right to stage the 2012 Summer Games. Unveiling the capital's plans at the Royal Opera House, bid leader Barbara Cassani said: "Our aim is to deliver excellence without extravagance." Many sports would be held at "iconic" sporting or non-sporting landmarks the soccer final at the new 90,000 Wembley stadium, archery at Lord's cricket ground and beach volleyball on Horse Guards Parade near the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing Street. Softball and baseball will take place in Regent's Park while the cycling and medal ceremonies will be staged in Hyde Park, central London's largest green space.
Extractions: Web posted at: 3:47 a.m. EST (0847 GMT) SALT LAKE CITY (CNN) Four groups of investigators on two continents are continuing to examine bribery allegations following the resignations on Friday of the president and vice president of the Salt Lake Olympic organizing committee. Two other Salt Lake senior executives were placed on paid leave over allegations that bribes helped land the 2002 Winter Games. The resignations of Frank Joklik , president and CEO of the Olympic committee, and David Johnson, vice president, came amid disclosures that civic boosters gave money at least $70,000 in one case to members of the International Olympic Committee to further their efforts to secure the games. Johnson Joklik and Johnson helped Salt Lake land the games, although Joklik has said he knew nothing of bribes during his tenure.
