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AEK

During my first week in Athens Andreas - fan of AEK - took me with him on the stadium to support one of the leading football teams in Greece.
Greeks love football and they prooved it in 2003 in Portugal!

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Website: http://www.aekfc.gr

Greece-Lithuania Olympics 2004 Review

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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Baltic Mafia in Athens :-) Olympics 2004 Review

I met these two Lithuanian girls in Athens. Laura (VT member bagira11) and her friend Agne came to support their basketball team in Olympic Games! We were like Baltic "Mafia" in Greece... :-) I miss both of you! Buciniai

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OAKA by night Olympics 2004 Review

Opening and Closing Ceremonies as well as most of sport events took place in OAKA. Impressive complex by day and night!

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OAKA by day Olympics 2004 Review

OAKA means the Athens Olympic Sports Complex and was the centre of the Olympic Games 2004. Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed the upgrade of OAKA using innovative and creative ways, including the new roof structure. In the same complex you'll find the futuristic velodrome, the giant Wall of Nations video screen and the steel arch "Agora", designed to shade spectators while allowing light into the covered walkway and exhibition space that surrounds the stadium.

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The lighting of the Olympic Flame at Olympia Olympics 2004 Review

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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Olympic puppets Olympics 2004 Review

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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My favourite olympic discipline Olympics 2004 Review

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".

Efharisto, Hellas! Olympics 2004 Review

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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Paralympic Games Olympics 2004 Review

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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