Detroit Free Press: 2004 Olympic Games ATHENS, Greece The most dominant team in olympic history is dominant no more. triathlon Potts First in the swim, 22nd at the finish http://www.freep.com/index/2004olympics.htm
Extractions: But for almost a decade, the Summer Olympics have offered a mysterious exception. In some of the most basic ways imaginable - how fast people can run, how high they can jump, how far they can throw - the march of progress has stopped. The track and field athletes competing in Athens Olympic Stadium over the next week and a half may well struggle to match the performances of their predecessors.
Triathlon history of triathlon can be traced to the San Diego Track Club in the early The distance for each of the individual events of the olympic triathlon is http://www.clearleadinc.com/site/triathlon.html
Extractions: The regular distance for a triathlon is a one-mile swim, 25 miles bike ride and 10 kilometers run. The distance may be reduced by half or doubled, depending on the event and the participants. The standard triathlon distance can be completed within 2 hours or 4 hours, though this hinges on the participant category and sport terrain. History Triathlon History of triathlon can be traced to the San Diego Track Club in the early 1970s. The triathlon was seen as an alternative to rigorous track training. The first triathlon event was held on September 25th 1974. Jack Johnstone and Don Shanahan are pioneers in the history of the triathlon. The San Diego Track Club sponsored the event. The triathlon then comprised 10km running, 8km bicycling and 500 meters of swimming. In 1989, the sport was awarded Olympic status and featured for the first time at the 2000 summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. Since then, the game has grown in popularity. In fact, no other sport achieved Olympic status in so short a timeframe. Over the next decade, triathlon grew by leaps and bounds and soon gained recognition throughout the world. International Triathlon Union (ITU) International Triathlon Union is the official international governing body for the Olympic sport of triathlon. International triathlon union was formed in 1989 at Avignon, France. The first world triathlon championships were held during the same year by the International Triathlon Union. The triathlon world championship event comprised 1500 meter swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running. This is a standard distance for the ITU world cup series.
OUR DAY IN HISTORY - ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES Jill Savege from triathlon is awarded an Olivier du Jour for her performance against injured and in pain, to complete her firstever olympic triathlon. http://www.olympic.ca/EN/games/olympic/summer/athens/newsletter/August_27_EN.htm
Extractions: (Gonda had a chance to advance directly to the gold-medal bout, but lost a tight 3-2 decision to Chinese Taipei's Shih Hsin Chen earlier in the day.) “I accomplished my goal. Yesterday I lay in bed, and I knew I had done everything I could have done to get here and be a contender for a gold medal." Simon Whitfield
OUR DAY IN HISTORY - ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES The olympic triathlon takes place today for the women with Samantha McGlone, Golf also has a long history, as it origins can be traced back several http://www.olympic.ca/EN/games/olympic/summer/athens/newsletter/August_25_EN.htm
NOCSA Ockert Cilliers primed themselves in their attempt at olympic history on Tuesday night, Conrad Stoltz, who races the men s triathlon on Thursday, http://www.nocsa.co.za/default.asp?id=123840&des=article&scat=nocsa/sanews
Feminist Majority Foundation Making olympic history 2000 Sydney Games sports are also adding more women s events. Two sports being added to the olympic agenda are the triathlon and http://www.feminist.org/sports/olympics2000.asp
Extractions: Making Olympic History: 2000 Sydney Games New York Times At the first modern Olympics in 1896, Melpomene became the first female to compete, although unofficially, in the games. Women have made many advancements in the Olympic games over the past 100 years and it appears that the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia will benefit them more than ever before. Two new sports have been added to the games, increasing the total number of sports to twenty-eight. In addition, Sydney will incorporate more than twenty new women's events into its program. This is twenty more than were seen in the Atlanta games in 1996. For the first time in Olympic competition, the Modern Pentathlon, Water Polo, and Weightlifting will include events for women. Athletic, Aquatic, and Shooting sports are also adding more women's events. Two sports being added to the Olympic agenda are the Triathlon and Mia Hamm (white jersey) battles for the ball during the U.S. women's 2-0 victory over Norway. (USA Today)
International Triathlon Holten arrow Event arrow history In 1999 the Dutch Open Championship triathlon olympic Distance was held in Holten. In the men s race the winner was the http://www.triathlonholten.nl/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14
Summer Olympics While taekwondo and triathlon both debuted as the newest olympic sports olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0214546/solympics.html
Extractions: Aquatics 1896 Aquatics had included a lot of weird events like underwater swimming (1900), 200m obstacle swimming (1900) and a plunge for distance (1904). there were a 100m pool was used, the ocean (1896, the River Seine (1900), and a small lake in St. Louis, USA (1904), had been used in Olympic sites. Decisions or goals were clear: the rules for swimming, diving, and water polo were to be standard; to keep the world records listed. Archery 1900 Yes, archers today honor the fabled outlaw Robin Hood. The word "Robin Hood" now means splitting the shaft of an arrow alreadin in the target with another arrow. A Standard bow is coated in fibreglass, the arrows are made out of aluminium and carbon graphite and can go more than 240 km/h. Archers today compete in trying to get their arrow closest to the center of the target. Athletics 1896 Athletics have an Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Forius", which means faster, higher, stronger. Athletics (or track and field) is about jumping higher, throwing farther, and running faster than the other players. The ancient Olympics started with foot races. Today, athetics stays one of the most popular Olympic sports. From the 100m dash to the 42.195km marathon, from the hammer throw to the high jump. Badminton 1992 Badminton is like tennis because players stand across a net from each other and hit something across the net with rackets. In badminton the net is lowered, and they use a shuttlecock instead of a tennis ball, and it is never to hit the ground, or the other team gets a point.
Web Archive Copy: Women In The Olympics - A Brief History The first woman in olympic history to take the oath at the opening ceremony Womens water polo, triathlon, taekwondo and weightlifting are added to the http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/women_olym_hist.asp
Extractions: This is an archive copy of a document originally located at http://www.activeaustralia.org/women/olym_hist.htm The 20th May 2000 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. It also marks the centenary of womens participation in the modern Olympics. Three events were available for women at the 1900 Olympic Games: golf, tennis and yachting. When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 women had no part in the competition. In fact, the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin had said on several occasions that the Olympics were no place for women. He felt that rather than seek records for herself, a womans greatest achievement was to encourage her sons to excel. Women had to work to gain a presence in the Olympic arena and force open the door to one sport after another. Swimming for women was included in the Games in 1912 and a limited program of track and field was added in 1928. Womens races longer than 200m were banned until 1960 when the 800m was reintroduced. The womens marathon was not added until 1984. In 1992 the 10,000m walk was introduced and recently, waterpolo which had been the domain of men since the Olympics first began was added to the 2000 Olympic Games program for women. Women have played an enormous role in painting the Olympic picture. Since Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain won gold in singles tennis at the 1900 Paris Olympics, many women have put their stamp on Olympic history.
History Within two years we had won triathlons, time trial nationals in Germany and Canada, participated in the triathlon Cycling Worlds, and raced the olympic http://www.cervelo.com/history/history.html
Extractions: R2.5 BAYONNE SOLOIST-CENTAUR ... WOLF TT How it all began Cervélo Cycles saw the light of day in 1995 when 2 engineers, Phil White and Gérard Vroomen, decided to take the work they had been doing on developing faster Time Trial bikes to market. Already involved in bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle design since 1986, the turning point came when a top-ranked Italian pro cyclist approached Gérard to design the fastest possible Time Trial bike for him. He had come to the realization that his bike sponsor was capable of building traditional bikes using off the shelf tubesets from Columbus or Easton, but did not have the interest or expertise to develop leading edge designs with the focus on time trialing and aerodynamics. He also realized that he could not look at the novel designs put before him and know if they were improvements, or just "different". With help of his team we started the bike design from scratch. We evaluated the bikes on the market, and set a design goal for the bike that was difficult and uncompromising. We wanted something that was unbeatable in aerodynamics yet sacrificed nothing in weight or stiffness, and unfettered by issues of marketability. It was to be a one-off design for this rider. The result was a pretty radical bike that pushed the rules in almost every area. It tested extremely well for aerodynamics, as well as handling, stiffness and comfort.
History As there are many similarities between classical athletics and triathlon, In Paris in 1900, Michel Teato was the winner of the olympic marathon. http://www.fla.lu/histoire/history.htm
Extractions: Until November 11 th Like any other athletics federation in the world, FLA organised and directed activities in track and field, cross-country, road race and walking. Then at the beginning of the eighties a new kind of sports came up : triathlon. As there are many similarities between classical athletics and triathlon, the two movements have been working together since in 1986. FLA PRESIDENTS Alex Bodry : 2001 - Sports Up from the start the FLA is contributing successfully to sports activities in Luxembourg. But even before FLA existed, Luxembourg athlets participated at international competitions e.g. Olympic Games. In Paris in 1900, Michel Teato was the winner of the olympic marathon. Michel Teato had the Luxembourg citizenship but as he lived in France was participating at the games for his French club, that was usual those days. So nobody in the Grand-Duchy knew that Luxembourg won gold in Paris. The first official Luxembourg athlets at Olympic Games were Paul Fournelle (100 m) and Marcel Pelletier (discus and shot put) in Stockholm (SWE) in 1912.
Beijing Olympic Triathlon Route Needs Trial: ITU President PDO The triathlon competition route for the Beijing olympic Games, which has not been ratified triathlon, which doesn t have a long history in China, http://english.people.com.cn/200403/30/eng20040330_138868.shtml
Extractions: About Us Help Sitemap Archive ... Sports Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, March 30, 2004 The triathlon competition route for the Beijing Olympic Games, which has not been ratified by the International Triathlon Union (ITU), needs to be tested in the inaugural Beijing International Triathlon in September, ITU President Les McDonald said Monday in Beijing.
Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com history of the olympic Flame flame The tradition of the olympic flame began and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
Extractions: Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
Olympics reading comprehensions on Greek history and culture, as well as the olympics themselves. olympic Events triathlon olympic Events Taekwondo http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/funkids/olympics/
Extractions: Popular: Month to Month ABC Activities Rain Forest Teaching Extras ... Portfolios Home Theme Units Fun/Kids Olympics sub-directories Classroom Olympic Activities Item Description Did You Know Card Olympic Color Page Olympic Math Page #1 Olympic Math Page #2 ... Olympic Sports Alphabetize Olympic Trivia Olympics Opening Ceremony Olympics Report Olympics Vocabulary ... Winter Olympic Word Search The following documents are available for a b c teach members members.abcteach.com items log in learn more Item Description Greek Literature and Philosophy: Overview This introduction to Greek writers and philosophers is the beginning of a seven part series of reading comprehensions on several Greeks from long ago whose influence can still be seen in literature and philosophy today. Greece: Overview (upper elementary/middle) The Olympics originated in Greece. abcteach would like to help you and your students fully appreciate the event by presenting you with these fantastic reading comprehensions on Greek history and culture, as well as the Olympics themselves. We've even included math pages that you're sure to drool over! Enjoy! Greece: Overview (primary/elementary) Greece: Mythology (upper elem/middle) Greece: Mythology (primary/elementary) Greece: Mythological Monsters (upper elem/middle) ... Greece: A Recipe for Math! (1st course)
Australia: The Games And The New Millennium For the first time in olympic history, competitors will wear different coloured The sport of triathlon is a mixture of running, swimming and cycling. http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/olympics/sports.htm
History The triathlon made its debut at the 2000 olympics in Sydney where 500000 For the first time in the history of the olympic Games, all the Aquatics events http://eshop.athens2004.com/en/TriathlonHistory
Extractions: Home Sports Triathlon 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. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch wrote that the father of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin , would have especially enjoyed the triathlon, during which he would have had to swim, cycle and run. These sports have been a part of the Olympic competition schedule since the first Olympic Games in 1896 . Coubertin (1875) himself said the following: " We need a sport that combines swimming, cycling and running, which are all so popular; a modern, dynamic sport to celebrate the Olympic spirit of fair-play, endurance, force, ability and passion
MY SPORTS PAGE There will be at least three new olympic sports triathlon, taekwondo, Take a journey through time and learn about the history of the olympic Games from http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Sports/sports.html
History Of Women In Sports Timeline - Part 8 - 2000 2000 According to the International olympic Committee women will compete wins a spot on the first US olympic triathlon at the trials in Irving, Texas. http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timelne9.htm
Extractions: out there and it is theirs for taking." - Ann Bancroft, first woman to reach the North Pole by dogsled 2000 - 51-year-old golfer Jenny Ritchie sets a hole in one on the last day of the old century and another on the same hole on the first day of 2000 at New Zealand's Wanganui Golf Club. These are her 5th and 6th holes-in-one during her 34 years of playing golf. 2000 - Team USA caps a perfect week of ice hockey with a 5-0 win over Team Sweden in the championship game of the Women's Holiday Classic held at Lake Placid, NY. The US national women's team won all five games played in the three country tournmant with Russia and Sweden. 2000 - Nancy Lopez is the recipient of the Golf Writers Association of America William D. Richardson Award, given to an individual who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to golf. In her outstanding career, Lopez won a record nine tournaments, including a record five in a row during 1978, when she also won Rookie and Player of the Year honors and the Vare Trophy. She qualified for the LPGA Hall of Fame and has 48 career wins. 2000 - Scotland's Diana Hoff becomes the second woman and oldest person (at 55) to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone when she completes her voyage on Jan 4.
