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When the Olympics came around again in 2004 -- hosted in Athens, Greece -- Phelps won six gold medals.
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ATHENS, Greece -- China is on a winning spree in Athens and going head to head with the United States for the top spot of the medals table.
Once debt-ridden Italy was included, there was no argument for excluding high-spending Greece, he adds, and Athens adopted the euro two years after the 11 founding members.
ATHENS, Greece -- British sailor Ben Ainslie won his second successive yachting gold medal with victory in the Finn class at the Athens Olympics regatta.
ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps launched the United States to a narrow victory in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay in Athens to grab his third gold medal in four days.
Nazi Germany, which occupied Greece from 1941-44, forced Athens to extend it loans and give up gold reserves.
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Security has been tightened at the Athens Games after a man in a tutu jumped into the pool from the diving board during the men's synchronized three-meter springboard event.
"We don't know what our fate is going to be, " says Eirini, a 53-year-old public relations worker from Athens, echoing a widespread sentiment in Greece's capital.
ATHENS, Greece -- Hicham El Guerrouj completed an historic Olympic 1, 500-5, 000 meters double after a battle royal with Kenenisa Bekele.
ATHENS, Greece -- Udomporn Polsak became the first Thai woman to strike Olympic gold as Asian athletes enjoyed another medal-laden day at the Games.
ATHENS, Greece -- Bradley Wiggins earned Britain's second Olympic cycling gold medal by beating Australia's Brad McGee in the final of the men's four-kilometer individual pursuit.
ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps has won a fifth gold to claim a place alongside Mark Spitz as one of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history.
ATHENS, Greece -- Brothers Pavol and Peter Hochshorner took gold once again in the Olympic pairs canoe slalom Friday, beating their nearest challengers by nearly four seconds.
ATHENS, Greece -- American pole vaulter Timothy Mack pulled off a last-gasp clearance at an Olympic record height of 5.95 meters to take the title in Athens.
ATHENS, Greece -- Japan's Mizuki Noguchi produced a courageous run from the front to win the Olympic women's marathon title as Paula Radcliffe's challenge ended in tears.
ATHENS, Greece -- World No 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium overcame France's Mary Pierce 6-4 6-4 to set up an Olympic semifinal with French Open champion Anastasia Myskina.
ATHENS, Greece -- Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica says he will be too busy to meet the U.N. war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor when she visits Belgrade later this month.
ATHENS, Greece -- Defending Olympic champion Venus Williams and world number one Justine Henin-Hardenne were drawn to face each other in a potential quarterfinal at the Olympic tournament in Athens.
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have been withdrawn from the Olympics pending an IOC hearing into why they failed to attend drugs tests on Thursday.
ATHENS, Greece -- Briton Kelly Holmes produced a masterful 1, 500 meters performance to win gold on Saturday and become only the third woman in Olympic history to complete the middle-distance double.
ATHENS, Greece -- Sweden won three gold medals in track and field events in 24 hours as Stefan Holm took the gold in the high jump and Christian Olsson triumphed in the triple jump.
ATHENS, Greece -- Women's Olympic shot put champion Irina Korzhanenko of Russia will lose her gold medal after testing positive for a banned steroid, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee's anti-doping body has announced.
ATHENS, Greece -- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said there was nowhere left for drugs cheats to hide after confirming that athletes at the Athens Olympics will be tested for human growth hormone (HGH).
ATHENS, Greece -- Gail Devers, one of the greatest 100 meters hurdlers in the history of athletics, looks destined to end her long career without an Olympic medal in the event after pulling up in Sunday's first round with an injured calf.
Athens, Greece (CNN) -- An elderly man took his own life near the Greek parliament building in central Athens, police said Wednesday, in what was apparently a protest over the austerity crisis gripping the nation.
After attending a luncheon hosted by Prince Philip, the Secretary-General departed London for Athens, Greece.
World leaders have welcomed the narrow election victory of Greece's broadly pro-bailout New Democracy party and urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly.
ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) -- Ezekiel Kemboi led home a jubilant Kenyan clean sweep of the medals in the men's Olympic 3, 000 meters steeplechase final on Tuesday.
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