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She covered the Columbine shootings and won an Emmy Award for her work following the bombing at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
WSJ: An Anchor's Rise
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The swimmer, who is married to her Dutch coach, Erik De Bruin, stunned the sports world by winning three gold medals and one bronze at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.
BBC: Irish swimmer denies drugs claims
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In 1996, Ali brought millions of fans to tears at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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In 1996, during the Olympic Games in Atlanta a bomb exploded in an entertainment park, killing two and wounding 110.
CNN: Monday,
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Swatch watches were official timekeepers of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic games held in Atlanta and Sydney.
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One of the best in the business is George Hirthler who has led the successful bids for the Atlanta, Beijing, and Vancouver Olympic games.
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Like Ghana, Nigeria has shown promise at youth level, winning U-17 World Cup titles in 1985, 1993 and 2007, and winning Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
CNN: Ghana looks to World Cup after U-20 success
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But he added that military deployment during Olympic Games was routine since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
BBC: London 2012: 13,500 troops to provide Olympic security
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Wags are already writing off the 2002 games as another Atlanta, where corporate dollars will overshadow the Olympic spirit.
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The next section is a hall of torches from every modern Olympic Games since 1936 -- a range of designs that include some that look like broom sticks (Atlanta, 1996), machetes (Sydney, 2000) and lightsabers (Tokyo, 1964).
BBC: The story of the Olympics, with a bit of flair