Jeremy's Olympic News Page.
10/01/2000 09:59:07 AM
Reuters Stories for September 30th after 7:00 PM: Which means in Sydney it is the SIXTEENTH Day of the Olympics, if you don't want to read, please close out the window now! If you are inclined to read, please continue! Remember that the whole world has not seen or heard of some of this yet. I have a feeling this years Olympics shall be a record setting year for everyone involved. My personal favorite from Swimming is Ian Thorpe. He will do some damage to the record books. I have a definite feeling of that! Keep in mind that all grammar in these stories is UK English written. I am from the United States though and some of the spelling is not a US English way. Newer stories are towards the bottom. Since you have not seen these things I felt that it was appropriate to list in order of news coming in from older to newer news.
Olympics-Modern Pentathlon-British doctor wins gold
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - British doctor Stephanie Cook raced past seven
front-runners to win the 3,000 metres pursuit race in dramatic style and grab
the inaugural Olympic gold in the women's modern pentathlon on Sunday.
Compatriot Kate Allenby crossed the line third to make it a surprise double for
Britain in one of the most gruelling events at the Games which requires mastery
of shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian and running....
Olympics-U.S.
in worst boxing result as Games end
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The United States finished the Sydney Olympics on
Sunday in their usual dominant position at the top of the medals table but their
prestige was dented on the final day in the boxing and basketball.
The medals table at the end of 17 days showed the United States on top with 39
golds ahead of Russia with 32 and China with 28....
Olympics-Smiles of Takahashi, Tamura capture hearts of millions
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Two tiny women with huge smiles captured Olympic golds
and millions of Japanese hearts at the Sydney Olympics.
Japan stopped twice during the Games as two of its heroes completed their
missions, one which took a little more than two hours and one launched eight
years ago....
Soccer-Barcelona want Olympic trio to be rested by Spain
BARCELONA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer has asked the
Spanish Football Federation to release Xavi, Gabri and Carles Puyol from the
national under-21 squad to face Israel and Austria.
Serra Ferrer is concerned the three players, who formed part of Spain's silver
medal-winning Olympic soccer team, have been selected for the squad without
having time to rest after their return from Sydney....
Olympics-Samaranch closes ``best ever'' Games
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch closed the Sydney
Olympics on Sunday, declaring it ``the best Olympic Games ever.''
Samaranch formally ended the Games at the closing ceremony in Stadium Australia
before 110,000 spectactors and thousands of athletes.
The 80-year-old IOC leader, who retires next year, said: ``These are my last
Games as IOC president. They could not have been better. Therefore, I am proud
and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic
Games ever.''
Samaranch started his speech with a rare joke and a tribute to the enthusiastic
support of Australians for the Sydney Games....
Olympics-Moths gets in on the act at Sydney closing ceremony
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Bogongs, the big, fat hairy moths that have plagued
the Sydney Olympics, flooded in on the act at the closing ceremony on Sunday.
One particularly large specimen landed on the bodice of a salmon pink evening
gown worn by Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny just as she was hitting a high note
in her rendition of the Olympic anthem....
Olympics-Sydney Games go out with a bang
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Sydney Olympics ended with a bang on Sunday with
the night sky lit up by a plume of flame spread over Stadium Australia by an
F-111 fighter bomber.
The 110,000 spectators and thousands of athletes thronging the arena for the
closing ceremony felt the heat of one of the most spectacular effects to bring
down the curtain on the Games....
Olympics-Sydney Games go out with spectacular bang
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Olympic Games ended with a bang on Sunday as a
fighter bomber set the night sky ablaze with a plume of flame and a spectacular
cascade of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour Bridge.
At least one million people packed the harbourside for what was hailed as one of
the biggest pyrotechnic extravaganzas the world has ever seen....
Olympics-Impressive China leave questions open
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - China arrived at the Sydney Olympics under a dark
cloud and turned it golden, but left open questions whether they are a true
all-round world sports power.
China took home their largest haul of gold medals ever from an Olympics to
finish third behind the usual leaders, the United States and Russia, but failed
to make any impact beyond the sports they traditionally dominate....
Olympics-Water polo-Hungary rout Russia 13-6 for gold
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Tibor Benedek, who nearly missed the Games because of
a drugs ban, led Hungary to Olympic water polo gold on Sunday, scoring four
goals as his team routed Russia 13-6 in a final which evoked memories of the
Cold War.
When Hungary and Russia last met in an Australian Olympics at the 1956 Melbourne
Games, Soviet troops had invaded Hungary only weeks before to crush a revolt
against communist rule and the match ended in a brawl. That year Hungary won the
gold and the Soviet Union the bronze....
Olympics-Water polo-Estiarte bows out after sixth Games
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Manuel Estiarte, who led Spain to the Atlanta Games
water polo title in 1996, retired from the sport on Sunday after playing at six
Olympics.
Estiarte, who turns 39 later this month, played 601 matches for his country in
an international career spanning 23 years. He carried the flag for Spain at the
Sydney Games opening ceremony....
Olympics-Asia-Japan, Korea follow China in Olympic improvement
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - China dominated again as the sports power in Asia at
the Sydney Olympics, but many of their neighbours also made their mark at the
2000 Games.
China walked away with 28 golds, a huge improvement from their 16 titles in
Atlanta, and they overshadowed some of the performances by other Asian
countries....
Olympics-Ethiopian President acclaims Games success
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopian President Negaso Gidada drew a parallel
on Sunday between his country's success at the Olympic Games and battlefield
victories over Eritrea earlier this year....
Olympics-''Best ever'' Games bow out in style
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The Sydney Olympics, proclaimed the best ever, bowed
out on Sunday in a joyous extravaganza of fireworks and partying that went on
long into the night.
After 17 days of competition the curtain fell for another four years as the
mantle was passed to Athens....
Olympics-Sydney, the almost-but-not-quite Games
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The crowds cheered ecstatically, the athletes shed
tears of joy by the bucketful and the media gushed superlatives but, as an
ultimate sporting showpiece, the Sydney Olympics will go down as the
almost-but-not-quite Games.
Despite the near-Herculean efforts of Marion Jones, 14 world records in the
swimming pool and a raft of dazzling feats in Sydney's sumptuous stadiums,
something was missing....
Olympics-Smiles all round in superlative Sydney
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - For once the consensus was near unanimous -- the
Sydney Olympics really were the best Games ever held.
The superlatives tripped off everyone's tongue on Sunday as the 17-day Summer
Olympics ended to widespread acclaim....
Olympics-Time to let bogongs be bogongs at the Games
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Only at the Sydney Olympics would Fatso the Fat-Arsed
Wombat score a perfect 10 off the high diving board.
Where else would Eric the Eel and Paula the Porpoise be hailed as Olympic
swimming heroes for crawling almost to a halt?
Bogong moths dive-bombing the athletes, drag queens being asked to join the
closing ceremony -- for the quirky and the offbeat, Australia gets the gold
medal....
Olympics-Sydney gives IOC brief respite from bribery scandal
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Sydney's successful Games took the spotlight away from
the Olympic bribery scandal for a few weeks but the Salt Lake City affair is not
over yet.
The Olympic flame will be lit again in less than 18 months in the U.S. city when
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will have a new president after next
year's retirement of Juan Antonio Samaranch....
Olympics-Sydney Games legacy for race relations still uncertain
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Sydney's successful Olympics will leave the city
enriched and with an enhanced reputation, but the jury is still out on a more
important legacy -- reconciliation between black and white Australia.
The Olympics have given Sydney and Australia much more than just impressive new
sporting facilities and an almighty hangover from two weeks of partying....
Olympics-Soccer-Outstanding competition assures soccer's future
SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - FIFA and the IOC may discuss the finer points of
Olympic soccer but there is no debate about its future in the Games after a
superb competition on and off the pitch.
Saturday's final in which Cameroon beat Spain 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw,
was full of wonderful soccer played mostly in a great spirit of
sportsmanship....