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Olympics 2004: Efharisto, Hellas!
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • Blue and white...Greece - Athens
    Blue and white...Greece
    by Lilasel
    Greeks have done their best for Olympic Games! They were proud to host this event! The Olympic Games were back home!
    Everything was excellent: sport events, ceremonies, public transportation, stadiums, information...
    Bravo, Hellas
    And Thank You!

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    Olympics 2004: Paralympic Games
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • Opening Ceremony of Paralympics (Latvia's team) - Athens
    Opening Ceremony of
    Paralympics (Latvia's team)
    by Lilasel
    The Paralympic ("para" means "close to" - close to olympic games...) Games are the equivalent of the Olympic Games for athletes who have a disability. The Paralympic Games were held for the first time in Rome in 1960 and they have been held thereafter every four years. Since the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul, they have been held in the same city and facilities as the Olympic Games.
    Facts:
    * From 17 to 28 september 2004
    * 4000 athletes from about 140 countries
    * 19 sports in the programme (15 sports are common with the Olympic Games)

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    Olympics 2004: My favourite olympic discipline
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  • Updated By Lilasel on November 21, 2004
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    • Olympics 2004 - Athens
    by Lilasel
    Equestrian events were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900. It consists of three disciplines: Jumping, Dressage and Eventing (3 day event). In Athens Equestrian events were held at the newly-built Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Center. It has been lauded as Europe's most sophisticated.
    The most interesting moment of Dressage final - the medal ceremony where 3 horses danced famous "Zorba the Greek".

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    Olympics 2004: Pass the Flame
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • Olympic Flame in one of Athens suburbs - Athens
    Olympic Flame in one of Athens
    suburbs
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    "Pass the Flame
    Unite the World
    It's time to celebrate let our voices be heard
    Pass the Flame
    Unite the world
    Bring us all together
    We can grow a forest
    On a dried up river bed
    We can build a mountain
    From a grain sand
    Reach out, hold out your hands
    Reach out, hold out your hands..."

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    Olympics 2004: Olympic puppets
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  • Updated By Lilasel on November 21, 2004
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    • Olympics 2004 - Athens
    by Lilasel
    Athena & Phevos are the official "brother and sister" mascots of the Olympic Games of 2004 and they are named after two gods of Greek mythology: Athena, goddess of wisdom and patron of the city of Athens and Phevos, another name for Apollo, the god of light and music.
    These cone-shaped caricatures are based on a 7th century BC terracotta doll believed to be one of the first Greek toys. One such doll of the Mycenaean period is exhibited in the Greek Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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    Olympics 2004: Do you understand?
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • It seems I'm the only one who watchs the game :-) - Athens
    It seems I'm the only one who
    watchs the game :-)
    by Lilasel
    Baseball is the only one sport discipline I couldn't enjoy :-) Well, actually the heat was my enemy that day and even with the explanations of David (american VT member dgeorge10) I stayed in doubt... But btw we had a great VT meeting with a few greek members, David and Simone from Tokyo.

    I've forgot to say: Greece! (greek americans) was playing against Japan.

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    Olympics 2004: Greece-Lithuania
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  • Updated By Lilasel on April 4, 2005
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    • Lithuania - Greece (and...Lilasel :-) - Athens
    Lithuania - Greece
    (and...Lilasel :-)
    by Lilasel
    The basketball match in Helliniko Olympic Complex (19/08) between Greece and Lithuania. I've never seen so many greeks at one place and imagine their reaction because Greece lost that time.
    Actually we were 7 friends: 2 lithuanian girls (one of them is VT member bagira11) and 4 greeks and me :-)
    It was a hot game!

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    Olympics 2004: The lighting of the Olympic Flame at Olympia
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  • By Lilasel on January 1, 2005
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    • Olympia 25.03.2004 (by AndyRG) - Athens
    Olympia 25.03.2004 (by AndyRG)
    by Lilasel
    The altar of the Olympic flame is located in Olympia. The flame is transferred every four years to the city that hosts the Olympic Games. The lighting of the flame takes place at the altar of the Temple of Hera and it is done with the convergence of sunlight onto a metal reflector. This process is part of a ritual combination that includes the prayer and the hymn to Apollo. The high priestess enters the stadium holding the lit torch which she then hands over to the first runner in order for it to start its long journey to the ends of the earth.

    I didn't have this possibility to see the lighting of the flame in 2004 (25.03.2004) but there's a picture of AndyRG who had this chance.

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    Olympics 2004: Modern Pentathlon
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • Olympics 2004 - Athens
    by Lilasel
    A young French cavalry officer of the 19th century was sent on horseback to deliver a message. He rode across the uneven terrain, through enemy lines, and was confronted by a soldier with his sword drawn. Challenged to a duel, the officer won, only to have his horse shot out from under him by another enemy soldier. After felling that soldier with a single shot, the officer ran on, swam across a raging river, and then finally he delivered the message. So, legend has it, was born the modern pentathlon...

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    Olympics 2004: Our silver!
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  • By Lilasel on November 6, 2004
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    • She's got the medal! - Athens
    She's got the medal!
    by Lilasel
    Latvian girl with the same name like me (Elena) won the silver medal in modern pentathlon on 27 of august in Goudi Olympic Complex. Bravo, Jelena Rublevska! But it's a pity I was the only one latvian with a flag (even the small one :-) to support her... At least she noticed me!

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