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2004 Summer Olympics (1174 words) |
 | The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics or Athens Olympics, are the 28th Summer Olympic Games. |
| Athens was chosen as the host city in 1997, after surprisingly losing the bid to organize the 1996 Summer Olympics, the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. |
| The Opening Ceremony held on August 13, 2004 began with a twenty-eight second countdown — one second for each Olympic Games held since Athens last hosted — paced by the sounds of an amplified heartbeat. |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (948 words) |
| The exclusion was introduced after the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, the first games with events exclusively for people with learning difficulties, after it was found that the majority of the Spanish basketball team were not disabled. |
| The International Paralympic Committee stated that the exclusion would continue until there are sufficient tests for the disabilities and a way to measure the effect they have on a sport. |
| The traditional cultural display was removed from the ceremony as a mark of respect for the deaths of 37 teenagers and 4 teachers from Farkadona, travelling to Athens, whose bus collided with a lorry near the town of Kamena Vourla. |
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