21. CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - SI Flashback: Maurice Greene - Thursday March 16, 2 Greene lacks only an olympic gold medal to gild his resume. No small matter, this, They are young and fast, running when the sun comes up. http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news/2000/02/25/greene_flashback/

EVENTS Sportsman of the Year Heisman Trophy Swimsuit 2001 CENTERS Fantasy Central Inside Game Multimedia Central Statitudes ... Work in Sports CNNSI.com GROUP Sports Illustrated Life of Reilly Television SI Women ... CNN Languages COMMERCE SI Customer Service SI Media Kits Get into College Sports Memorabilia ... TeamStore SI Flashback: Gold Standard Once going nowhere fast, sprinter Maurice Greene has found his stride, smashed the 100-meter world record and set his sights on Olympic stardom Click here for more on this story By Tim Layden Issue date: June 28, 1999 More on the Fastest Humans World's Fastest: Marion Jones Maurice Greene Ato Boldon SI Flashbacks: Marion Jones Maurice Greene Ato Boldon Photo Essays: Jones Greene Boldon Audio: Greene on Michael Johnson Boldon on rumored split with Greene Thank God it's Monday It's a beautiful day out here We're not behind no desk We're not fightin' no traffic We're out here workin' With the ability God gave us So let's have a great practice. Greene is neither poet nor rapper. But know this: His words flow straight from the soul of the world's fastest man. Desk? Traffic? Been there and worse. "I've had bad jobs," says Greene. "Now I have a good one. I'm thankful." Now it's evening, after the sermon and the spirited workout that followed. Greene is hunched over the dining room table in his five-bedroom home in Granada Hills, north of Los Angeles. One of Greene's houseguests is watching a movie on the 120-inch projection television, replete with plaster-peeling DVD system. Greene loves to watch loud movies, like Top Gun and Scarface. Fast ones, too. "I've watched Ben on that screen," says Greene, nodding. "I've watched him lots of times."

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EVENTS Sportsman of the Year Heisman Trophy Swimsuit 2001 CENTERS Fantasy Central Inside Game Multimedia Central Statitudes ... Work in Sports CNNSI.com GROUP Sports Illustrated Life of Reilly Television SI Women ... CNN Languages COMMERCE SI Customer Service SI Media Kits Get into College Sports Memorabilia ... TeamStore Running in the rain Latest: Sunday September 24, 2000 10:10 PM Athlete of the Hour Featured Expert Four Years Ago Gold Rush ... Storylines By Mitch Gelman and Adam Levine, CNNSI.com SYDNEY, Australia A pair of golden shoes and a national heroine took center stage at Olympic Stadium, and a veteran who couldn't jump higher than his competitors thought his way onto the medal stand. On a cold Sunday night during which a downpour created puddles on the track, Michael Johnson cruised 400 meters in his golden shoes to earn a place in Monday night's final. Cathy Freeman ran through the rain to win a spot in the women's 400 final. If she wins gold Monday night, don't be surprised if they name Olympic Stadium after her. While the high-profile runners drew the flashbulbs, the high jumpers faced off in what turned out to be part championship boxing match, part chess match.

23. Sports In Greece The ancient Greeks were huge sports fans. Every four years, the olympic Games discus throwing, javelin throwing, wrestling, running, and long jumping. http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Gr

Greek Sports We have already seen that the ancient Greeks were very good artists and actors. However, this is not all that they did well. Keep reading to find out about sports and athletes in ancient Greece. What role did sports play in ancient Greece? The ancient Greeks were huge sports fans. Every four years, the Olympic Games were held in the staduim at Olympia. The best athletes in Greece competed in different events that were a part of religious life. The games began with a sacrifice to the god Zeus . Because the games were religious, anyone who was caught cheating during the games was never allowed to compete again because cheating was considered disrespectful to the gods. photo courtesy of Michael Bennett What types of sports could I have played? Many of the games played in the Olympic Games of ancient Greece are still included in the Olympics of today. Three of these games are boxing, weightlifting , and the pentathalon. Boxing was much the same in ancient Greece as it is today. Boxers padded their hands in cloth and fought until one of them was knocked out. The pentathalon was made up of five different events: discus throwing , javelin throwing, wrestling, running, and long jumping. All of these events are still included in the Olympics today. One event from the ancient Greek Olympics that is too dangerous to be included in the games today is chariot racing.

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25. Cool Running :: Olympic Preview - What Can We Expect In Atlanta? In less than two months time, the olympic Games return to the USA There arealso a pair of American glamour boys in the sports of cycling and swimming. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/6/6_1/207.shtml

Discussion Forums Viewpoint Got a viewpoint? Contact us to pitch a viewpoint article for Cool Running Free e-mail newsletter Get training news, tips and links free via e-mail. Running Log Free online running log tracks your progress New England Guidebook Create your own personalized running book home community viewpoint Olympic Preview - What can we expect in Atlanta? Guess what's fast approaching, like a locomotive? In less than two months time, the Olympic Games return to the USA - Atlanta Georgia, to be exact. In this new age of multimedia, coverage of the Olympiad will blanket the world of sports and beyond for 17 days in late July and early August. We marathoners had our 100th anniversary celebration in Boston last month. Now the Olympic Games will turn 100, celebrating the anniversary of the first modern Games in Athens, 1896. It's still early, but here are few questions that are begging answers as we look down the road to hot 'lanta - and I mean hot. E-mail this page Printer-friendly page By Don Allison Posted Tuesday, 21 May, 1996

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Top News USA: Northeast USA: Mid_Atlantic USA: South ... Got news? Send us your news for inclusion on Cool Running. Free e-mail newsletter Running news, tips and links, delivered to your inbox twice a month. home news australia Olympic Athletes better prepared thanks to budget E-mail this page Printer-friendly page Posted Monday, 16 May, 2005 Tuesday, May 10, 2005 The Australian Olympic Committee tonight applauded the Federal Government’s $50 million budget commitment to sport. “The Federal Government’s commitment will enable Australia’s Olympic athletes to better prepare for the Beijing Games in 2008 and the Winter Games in Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010” said AOC President John Coates. “The Government recognises the terrific sacrifices our athletes make as they strive to represent their country at the Olympic Games. This money will help put bread and milk on the table and petrol in the car which are essential for athletes many of whom have given up careers to train twice a day up to seven days a week” Coates said. “The Government contribution simply relieves the financial pressure and allows our athletes to get on with the job.”

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30. Triathlon The olympic distance triathlon, which is one of the 28 olympic sports, consistsof 1500m swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running. http://www.athens2004.com/en/Triathlon

The official website of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Daily Summaries: Home Sports Triathlon 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. Triathlon History Equipment Training Athletes ... Sports Entry Forms What exactly makes thousands of people take part in the triathlon events, where you have to swim 1500 metres, then immediately cycle 40 kilometres and right afterwards run 10 km – and all of that without a break? Description All triathlons consist of Swimming, Cycling, and Running one after the other, but there are three different types:    The Olympic distance triathlon, which is one of the 28 Olympic sports, consists of: 1500m swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running.  The sprint: 750m swimming, 20km cycling and 5km running  Long distance: 4 km swimming, 120 km cycling and 30 km running  The Olympic distance triathlon has prevailed and is included in the Olympic competition schedule. The distances of each discipline at the classic (Olympic) distance correspond to the longest distances adopted by the respective International Federations (FINA, UCI, IAAF), regarding the disciplines carried out in a stadium. Triathlon demands endurance, technique and tactics. ATHENS 2004 Triathlon See the Olympic sports animations  The sport of Triathlon in the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games was staged in the wider area of the Municipality of Vouliagmeni in southern Athens. The swimming took place at one of the most famous beaches, Oceanida. The water quality is excellent and the beach has all the necessary facilities. The start took place from a floating pontoon.

31. Olympic Sports For Homeschool - A To Z Home's Cool Homeschooling - 7/13/04 There are so many sports to try! Get inspired by the 2004 Olympics for yourhomeschool As well as the running and hurdles, you can swim, do gymnastics, http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/071304.htm

YOU ARE HERE: HOME 2004 FEATURE ARTICLES Physical Education for the Home A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Feature Articles - 2004 I am Ann Zeise , your guide to the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web. Search All of A to Z Articles Calendar Curriculum Explorations 4 Kids Field Trips Jokes Laws Links Methods Older Kids Regional Religion/Cultural The Web Home Recent Articles Events Join Email List ... Curriculum Shopping Site Index: A B C D ... Winter Sports A to Z Home's Cool Home Articles Beginning to Homeschool Community Networking ... Support Group Resources Explorations 4 Kids Computer Literacy Drivers Ed Fine Arts General Interest ... Social Studies Dates August 13 - 29, 2004 Olympic Motto Citius, Altius, Fortius Swifter, Higher, Braver Olympic Creed The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. Olympic Oath In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.

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Home About Us What We Do Questions ... Contact Us u s Olympic committee week in review baseball-biathlon-bobsled and more sport ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: Bobsledder Jean Racine by Jessica Scott at the end of this news release Baseball: (Nov. 9) Following two successful fundraising card set releases, Upper Deck and USA Baseball announced that they have teamed to compile a 204-card 25th Anniversary USA Baseball Box Set featuring 180 of the organization's most distinguished alumni. Celebrating USA Baseball's quarter-century existence as the national governing body for amateur baseball, the set will provide collectors with an opportunity to acquire authentic signature and game-used jersey cards in addition to the regular issue cards. For more information, log on to www.usabaseball.com. Biathlon: (Nov. 9) As some light snow hit the eastern United States this week, many of the top U.S. biathletes are in Beitostolen, Norway, preparing for the kickoff of the international biathlon season. Most of the developmental team, which is based at the Maine Winter Sports Center in Fort Kent, Maine, as well as the athletes training with Coach Algis Shalna in Jericho, Vt., are in Beitostolen. For more information, log on to www.usbiathlon.org. Hamilton is known as the guiding genius of crossover board sports. Both Chelios and Hamilton are hoping to make it to the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, as members of the Greek bobsled team. For more information, log on to http://www.usbsf.com.

34. Ancient Sports: Running Ancient olympic Events. Boxing Equestrian events noble Clytoneus was farthe best at running he shot to the front and the others were left behind. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/running.html

Ancient Olympic Events Boxing Equestrian events Chariot racing Riding ... Jump Running Wrestling Running Wrestling Running Philadelphia MS739 Main panel: runner on right Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology There were 4 types of races at Olympia. The stadion was the oldest event of the Games. Runners sprinted for 1 stade (192 m.), or the length of the stadium. The other races were a 2- stade race (384 m.), and a long-distance run which ranged from 7 to 24 stades (1,344 m. to 4,608 m.). And if these races weren't enough, the Greeks had one particularly grueling event which we lack. There was also a 2 to 4- stade (384 m. to 768 m.) race by athletes in armor. This race was especially useful in building the speed and stamina that Greek men needed during their military service. If we remember that the standard hoplite armor (helmet, shield, and greaves)weighed about 50-60 lbs, it is easy to imagine what such an event must have been like. Harvard 1972.39

35. Ancient Sports: Pentathlon Ancient olympic Events. Boxing Equestrian events This was a 5eventcombination of discus, javelin, jumping, running and wrestling. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/pentathlon.html

Ancient Olympic Events Boxing Equestrian events Chariot racing Riding ... Pankration Pentathlon Discus Javelin Jump Running ... Wrestling Pentathlon Philadelphia MS2444 Side A: trainer watching wrestlers Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology This was a 5-event combination of discus, javelin, jumping, running and wrestling. Aristotle describes a young man's ultimate physical beauty: "a body capable of enduring all efforts, either of the racecourse or of bodily strength...This is why the athletes in the pentathlon are most beautiful." (Aristotle, Rhetoric Discus Boston 01.8020 Tondo: discus thrower Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The ancient Greeks considered the rhythm and precision of an athlete throwing the discus as important as his strength. The discus was made of stone, iron, bronze, or lead, and was shaped like a flying saucer. Sizes varied, since the boys' division was not expected to throw the same weight as the mens'. Javelin Boston 98.876

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document.write(''); News Sports Entertainment Classifieds Web Sports Chargers Padres Aztecs ... 2004 Summer Olympics Golf, four other sports in running for Olympic inclusion By Stephen Wilson ASSOCIATED PRESS 9:58 a.m. September 22, 2004 The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it notified those five sports' governing bodies that they will be "studied further" as part of a review of the Summer Games' competition schedule. The IOC is assessing the 28 sports on the program of last month's Athens Olympics to determine whether changes should be made. IOC president Jacques Rogge repeatedly has said that sports only will be added if others are dropped. The maximum will stay at 28 sports, with around 10,500 athletes. In Athens, the IOC formally accepted the criteria for judging which sports should be on the program. Among the key points are global participation, spectator attendance, media interest, the sport's anti-doping policies, and whether the sport features the world's best athletes in the Olympics. Removal of a sport requires a vote of the full IOC membership. The last sport dropped from the Summer Olympics was polo in 1936.

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38. Ancient Olympic Sports The Ancient Olympics had many sports including boxing, equestrian events, running in the Olympics were both part of the Pentathlon as well as a seperate http://www.fccps.k12.va.us/gm/webs-2002/gr8-3/hillary/ancientsports.html

The Sports of the Ancient Olympics The Ancient Olympics had many sports including boxing, equestrian events, pankration, pentathlon, wrestling, and running. Boxing, in the ancient olypics, was played without many rules. Men who competed in boxing played with no rounds. When a man was knocked down the game ended. There were no rules about hitting a downed oponnent. There were no weight classes in ancient boxing. Instead of gloves, boxers used leather thongs on their hands and wrists. This left their fingers free. These leather straps were called himantes Equestrain events were very important to the ancient Greeks because it portrayed strength to opponents. There was a chariot race as well as riding. There was a 2-horse and 4-horse chariot race. There were chariots carried by full grown horses, as well as foals. There was a race including chariots led by mules. The course on which these races were carried out was twelve laps around the stadium track, or about 9 miles. Riding, however, was carried out on a course that was 6 laps around the stadium, or about 4.5 miles. There were races with foals and horses and the jokeyes rode without stirrups. Only wealthy people rode in these races because they were the only people who could afford to keep a horse, and give food and board to the jockey. However, when a horse came first in a race, the owners were the ones to get the wreath of olives instead of the jockey. Pankration, another ancient sport, was a combination of boxing and wrestling. Oponents were allowed to punch, but there were rules about biting or gouging another's anatomy. Fighters did not used the leather

39. Summer Olympic Sports There are 28 sports represented in this year s Summer Olympics. running andthrowing events are among the oldest of organized sports. http://www.chevroncars.com/wocc/lrn/olympics/articles.jhtml

Help Contents Summer Olympic Sports Athlete Diaries ... Links Log In! User Name Password If you don't yet have a login, please register Subscribe Subscribe to our email publications! email: Newsletter more... Tribune more... The 2004 Summer Olympic Games take place in Athens, Greece the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, and the country of the revival of the modern Olympics. There are 28 sports represented in this year's Summer Olympics. Below, you can learn all about the history of the Olympics and some of the truly ancient sports represented in the Olympic Games, and you're sure to find many fascinating facts about how these games evolved into the sports you know today! History of Modern Pentathlon Sport for the "Super Athlete" History of Fencing Three swords at play in this sport History of Gymnastics The most popular and oldest of the Olympic Games! History of Soccer The "King of Sports"! History of Judo When strength does not matter! History of Rowing Ancient transportation turned Olympic Sport! History of Hockey The first ball and stick game!

40. Physics, Technology And The Olympics (September 2000) - Physics World - PhysicsW Polevaulting was not one of the original olympic sports in ancient Greece. Consider an athlete of mass m = 80 kg running at a speed v = 10 ms-1, http://physicsweb.org/article/world/13/9/8

Advanced site search physics world sample issue Request a sample issue browse the archive January February March April May June July August September October November December Latest issue Subscribe to Physics World Media Information ... Editorial Staff quick search Search Physics World Physics World September 2000 Physics, technology and the Olympics Feature: September 2000 What effect does technology have on the performance of athletes in sports such as the 100-metre sprint, the pole vault and the javelin? Ultimately, it seems that there is a conflict between the laws of physics and the laws of sport. The modern Olympic games were founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896, with the intention of improving health and education, promoting world peace, and encouraging fair and equal competition. However, the motto of the modern Olympic games - citius, altius, fortius (swifter, higher, stronger) - shows that it is not only the taking part that counts. Winning is just as important now as it was 2500 years ago at the original games in ancient Greece. Then, as now, winning athletes were treated like heroes, given seats for life at theatres and public gatherings, and awarded cash bonuses, gifts and prizes. It is no wonder, then, that athletes - both ancient and modern - have used any means at their disposal to improve the speeds at which they can run, the distances they can throw and the heights they can jump. In sports such as the discus, hammer or javelin - where pieces of equipment are used - athletic performance is governed by the laws of physics, but ultimately limited by the arbitrary rules of sport. And herein lies the conflict. It is human nature for athletes to improve themselves so that they are swifter, higher and stronger - and to use technology if it helps. It is the role of sports' governing bodies to allow continual improvements to equipment, but to stop those developments that give any competitor too much of an unfair advantage. Conflict can arise as sport is not meant to be a test of who has the best equipment - it should be an even match between one athlete and another, and from one year to the next.

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