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A CLASSIC OPENING.
- Source :
- Time International (Canada Edition); 8/23/2004, Vol. 164 Issue 8, p46-52, 5p, 4 Color Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Discusses the opening ceremonies at the summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece. Consideration of how the 10,000 athletes from 202 countries were introduced to 72,000 spectators; How Greek athletes Konstantinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou missed their mandatory drug tests and were suspended by the Hellenic Olympic Committee the night before the event; Scandal over the possibility that Thanou and Kenteris were involved with doping; Performances by singer Bjork and Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki; How the first gold medal was awarded to China's Du Li for the women's 10-m air-rifle competition.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03158446
- Volume :
- 164
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Time International (Canada Edition)
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 14279800