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The 2004 Olympic games will take place in Athens during
the month of August. During 17 days of August 2004,
athletes from nearly 200 countries will compete in 28
sports in 296 events. About 11,000 men and women, accompanied
by 5,000 trainers, physiotherapists and team leaders
etc. will take part in the Games.
Currently preparations are underway for the biggest
sports event on the planet. The major public works,
which have been completed, have altered the geographic
makeup of Attica. The state of the art "Eleftherios
Venizelos" Airport, the new "Attica highway, the new
Olympic stadium, arterial interchanges, bridges, expansions
of the Metropolitan subway and many works have contributed
to the solution of the biggest problem which most European
capitals encounter, traffic congestion.
The latest major public work of the program is the
Olympic village, which will host most of the athletes
and their entourage. Due to red tape the completion
of the project has been set back. However no one is
especially concerned since the regular inspectors of
the I.O.C are satisfied with progress.
In our opinion the issue of the security is a no issue
since already major preparations by the authorities
are underway. Also since Greece is one of the safest
nations on the globe. The crime rate is just about the
lowest on the continent of Europe, according to statistics
of the European Union. For this reason we can conclude
that in Athens the presence of a law enforcement alarms
rather than pacifies people.
 Everything
points to the return of the Olympic games to their point
of origin, may also become springboard for the permanent
location where they will take place and belong. This
was proposed by the former President Constantine Karamanlis,
that the games take place in new facilities at Olympia,
the ancient locale where they were held uninterrupted
for 12 successive centuries.
The implementation of the "Olympic truce", of sportsmanship,
fair play and the "Olympism" must occur as soon as possible
the sooner the better, and include pacifism as well
as the creative participation of all the people on the
earth.
"A number of International Athletic Federations
representing sports such as squash, karate, technical
swimming, billiards and bowling have also presented
their candidature to be included in the 2004 Games Programme.
The Board of Directors of "Athens 2004" has
decided to introduce Water skiing candidature to the
appreciation of the International Olympic Committee."
--The Olympic Committee
The program of the events of 2004 will be served to
you from the website of the organization committee so
as to locate the events which you are interested in
during the dates and times they will occur. This way
you will be up to date of the current commission ticket
for every event you want to attend purchase.
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The official site
and the program
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