Highlights Of The Games The official website of the ATHENS 2004 olympic Games Games of the XXVIII finals in Boxing, Gymnastics Rhythmic, handball, Taekwondo, Volleyball, http://www.athens2004.com/en/highlightsofthegames
Navy Grad Invited To Join U.S. Team Handball Squad Women s handball was added to the Olympics four years later. The US women steam has made four appearances in the Olympics, with its best finish being a http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/trident/10_25/sports/36236-1.html
Extractions: NAAA photo by Phil Hoffmann Recent Naval Academy graduate and volleyball standout Ensign Ashley (Van Hartesvelt) Driscoll has been named to the U.S. Team Handball squad and invited to join the team as a member of a new athlete resident program for the sport. Driscoll ended her Navy volleyball career last fall by helping lead the team to a 21-9 overall record, a third-place finish in the Patriot League and a berth in the league tournament. A recipient of postseason honors from the Patriot League in three of her four seasons first-team honors in 2004, second team in '01 and '03, rookie of the year in '01 she ranks second in Navy Division I history with 1,458 career kills and with 171 service aces.
History handball is one of the oldest sports in mankinds sports history. forthcomingOlympic games in Athens, were our Mens and Womens national teams will http://www.handball.org.gr/en/history.htm
Extractions: H.H.F. Council Organisation chart History Local Associations-Clubs Referees Associations Venues Links ... Contact us History Handball is one of the oldest sports in mankinds sports history. It appears in ancient Greek amphorae but its birth is estimated to be even older. The most significant finding, which confirms the existence of Handball in the ancientry is a 3rd B.C. century small bronze statute, discovered in Dodoni, which simulates a boy with a sphere in his hands. Moreover, in the Egyptian Osiriss tombs, there are paintings aged from 2000 B.C. where priests appear to hit the ball with their hands. Even in Homers epic Odyssey there is a reference about a game that was based on the ball exchange. Handballs worldwide paternity is the apple of discord between Czechia with Hazena, Denmark with Haandbold and Germany with Torball. The first official mens match took place between students, in Sakovas Sports Academy during 1907.The same year the first women team was gathered by Kristov and the first match took place in 1908. Although handball was familiar to the Europeans with a variety of field dimensions, its first appearance in front of massive crowd was in the Olympic games of 1936 in Berlin. By then, it was played in a regular football field, with eleven players. After then, it reappeared in the Olympic Games of Munich in 1972 as part of the regular program, but this time was played with 7 players and in indoor halls with dimensions 40m X 20m and goals 3m X 2m (h).
NavySports.com - Default - Official Athletic Site For Navy Athletics Driscoll first learned of team handball this spring when Navy volleyball headcoach Mike Women s handball was added to the Olympics four years later. http://www.navysports.com/sports/wvolleyball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=17772
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GMToday Sports men s water polo, team handball and rhythmic gymnastics. The favorite towin the 301st and final gold of these Olympics is Kenya s Paul Tergat. http://www.gmtoday.com/news/sports/olympics_2004/topstory148.asp
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U.S. Finds Lack Of Drug Positives Encouraging (washingtonpost.com) I know our team sat down and had a meeting, and we wanted to go out and win The previous record for Summer Olympics positives 12 was set in 1984 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45188-2004Aug29.html
Extractions: var SA_Message="SACategory=" + thisNode; Hello Edit Profile Sign Out Sign In Register Now ... Subscribe to SEARCH: News Web var ie = document.getElementById?true:false; ie ? formSize=27 : formSize=24 ; document.write(''); Top 20 E-mailed Articles washingtonpost.com Sports Leagues and Sports ... E-Mail This Article Top News What is RSS? All RSS Feeds By Amy Shipley Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2004; Page D09 ATHENS, Aug. 29 Though a record number of athletes 22 were sent home from these Olympic Games because of drug violations, not a single American was among them. On the heels of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) drug scandal, the lack of American positives for performance-enhancing drugs is viewed as a victory almost on par with the 103 medals the U.S. team won here. U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin, who earned gold, silver and bronze medals, said American track and field athletes, hounded by questions about the BALCO scandal during the July Olympic trials, came to Athens hoping to create different headlines. Day 17
Olympics: Handball Nine of the top 12 men s teams in the Olympics are from Europe, Women s teamhandball was added in 1976. Last modified August 8, 2004, 062440 http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/08/Olympics/Handball.shtml
Extractions: ABOUT THE SPORT: This is not your father's handball, the kind played one-on-one against a wall. This is a seven-on-seven game that is a combination of basketball, water polo and ice hockey and is contested on a field similar to indoor soccer. It requires skills such as running, throwing and jumping. Like basketball, players dribble, shoot and pass the ball with their hands and play on a small hardwood court. The ball is similar to a small soccer ball, and players score by throwing it past a goalie. WORLD'S BEST: On the men's side, there is no clear-cut favorite. Croatia won the last World Championship. Germany finished second, then won the European Championship. France, Spain and Russia also are considered contenders. For the women, Denmark enters as the two-time defending Olympic champion, although the team had a poor showing at the 2003 World Championship.
