Posts Tagged ‘athens’

The wildfire near the Olympic Village in Athens under control

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A huge forest fire that broke out Wednesday on Mount Parnes near the Olympic Village has been completely focused, “said a spokesman for the Athens government.
The fire started around 12:50 local time, was halted around 16:30 (1430 GMT), killing one person and serious damage.
More than 210 firefighters, 45 vehicles and six helicopters reached the site [...]

OJ: Mike Powell will not go to Athens

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The American Mike Powell, holder of world record long jump, has abandoned the competition for the Olympic Games in Athens (13-29 August), following a knee injury, reported Saturday the local press .
Powell, 40, who had said last month its participation in U.S. selections for the Athens Olympics started Friday in Sacramento, California, injured his knee [...]

73 Tunisian athletes will participate in Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
73 Tunisian athletes will partala Athens Olympics, against 48 for 4 years ago at the Sydney Games, said Monday the government daily “La Presse de Tunisie.
These 73 athletes will participate in 57 sports épreuvres 15 of the next Olympic Games a total of 28 sports, while in Sydney, the Tunisians had taken part in 34 [...]

The competition will be tough for Chinese athletes at the Athens Olympics

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The National Administration of Sport was held June 24 a press conference on the Athens Olympics. He Huixian, vice-president of Chinese Olympic Committee, said that a groundbreaking ceremony would be held July 13 to celebrate the formation of the Chinese delegation to the Athens Olympics.
According to Xiao Tian, deputy director of the National Sport and [...]

The sale of tickets for Athens Olympics organizers turmoil

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The price of tickets for the Athens Olympics will not be lowered, despite the fact that only one third of tickets have been sold six weeks before the opening ceremony, organizers said.
Athens has been criticized for the delay in the construction stages including some that could not be completed on time.
Now that the stadiums are [...]

Athens Olympics: arrival of the Olympic flame in Madrid

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Olympic Torch arrived from Athens on 10 June in Madrid to continue his journey of 78 000 km on five continents.
far the flame has gone through Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing since his departure from Greece.

雅典奥运会:在奥运圣火抵达马德里
奥运火炬从雅典抵达马德里,继续他在五大洲的78 000公里的行程6月10日。
到目前为止,火焰经历了悉尼,墨尔本了,东京,汉城和北京,因为他从希腊出发。

Reception to relay the Olympic flame from Athens to Beijing

January 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The gala celebrating the relay Olympic flame from Athens was held June 9, 2004 at the Summer Palace, after the arrival of the last rider. The evening was organized by Mr. Jiang Xiaoyu, Vice-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
Liu Jingmin gave his speech during the evening to thank [...]

Athens Olympics: arrival of the Olympic flame in Beijing

January 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Olympic Torch arrived in Athens Tuesday at 06H23 at the Capital International Airport Beijing to continue his journey of 78 000 km on five continents.
far the flame has gone through Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo and Seoul since his departure from Greece last week.

雅典奥运会:在北京奥运圣火的到来
奥运火炬抵达雅典周二在首都国际机场北京,继续他在五大洲的78 000公里的行程在06H23。
到目前为止,火焰已通过悉尼,墨尔本,东京和汉城,因为他从希腊上周离开了。

The Olympic flame leaves Athens for its global journey

December 31st, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The Olympic torch left Athens on Wednesday for a journey of 35 days and 75,300 kilometers in which it will visit 26 countries on six continents before returning to the Greek capital July 9, a month before the opening of Olympic Games (13-29 August).
She left Greece aboard a plane dubbed “Zeus” to Sydney, where occurred [...]

China holds an exhibition of Antiquities at Athens Olympics

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
106 pieces of Chinese cultural relics will be exhibited in value in Athens as part of the cultural festivities of 28th Olympic Games held there in August.
ancient objects, whose value is estimated at 12.86 million U.S. dollars, left Saturday’s China by ship, said an official in charge of transportation of the relics. They are packed [...]