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News From: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Chinese whispers abound on an Olympic-size scale (The Age) With temperatures soaring in the 2004 Olympic Marathon, Jacques Rogge, the International Olympic Committee president made a statement that endurance events could be postponed, or moved to alternate locations, should pollution levels and/or heat soar in Beijing next August. Concern for athletes and a fair competition has spurred the debate amongst IOC members.
News From: Thursday, September 8, 2005
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Olympic Marathon Runner Loses Gold Appeal (CNN) The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Vanderlei de Lima's appeal, saying it couldn't change field-of-play decisions unless there was evidence of "bad faith or arbitrariness."
News From: Friday, January 21, 2005
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Olympic Marathon Priest Vows to Ignore Vatican Defrocking (Ireland On Line) Neil Horan, the Irish priest who disrupted the Olympic marathon last year, was formally defrocked yesterday.
News From: Friday, October 29, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon spoiler cleared of indecency charges (Globe and Mail) A jury found Neil Horan, who jumped out of a crowd during the Olympic Marathon grabbed Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima during the Games, innocent of indecent behaviour with a seven-year-old girl in 1991.
News From: Tuesday, October 5, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		De Lima marathon gold plea (Kathimerini) The Court of Arbitration of Sport received an appeal from the Brazilian Olympic Committee to award Lima a gold medal. However, they sustain that Baldini should keep it
News From: Saturday, October 2, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Brazil appeals to CAS over marathon attack (Rediff.com) Brazil has formally asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to award a gold medal to Vanderlei de Lima.
News From: Friday, September 17, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		De Limas marathon rescuer invited to Brazil (Daily Times) The spectator who helped rescue Vanderlei de Lima from an attacker as he led the Olympic Games marathon last month is to be invited to Brazil to meet the athlete and receive a special tribute
News From: Friday, September 10, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Lima receives 2 kgs of gold from Brazilian market (Associated Press) Lima receives two gold bars of 1 Kg each from the Futures and Commodities Market of Sao Paulo
News From: Friday, September 3, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Horan wants to tavel to Brazil to apologize (Mirror.co) Horan wants to tavel to Brazil to apologize to Lima but won't be allowed until the trial takes place
News From: Thursday, September 2, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Humor
		Marathon attack déjà vu (Teesside.co) Interesting note of how Mike Mc Leod (US silver medal in past Olympic) and other international athletes were interrupted during a 12 km race in Spain.
News From: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Shorter can relate to race disruption (Daily Camera) Frank Shorter had to deal with a publicity seeking high school student during his Gold medal winning Olympic marathon run in 1972.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Lima may be invited to Dublin City Marathon (Ireland On-line) De Lima may be invited to marshal Dublin City Marathon
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon saboteur vows to reform (SMH) When asked about his stunt at the Olympic Marathon in Athens Cornelius Horan said, "I have done it twice now and I do not want to do it again."
		Olympics in Greece finish successfully (The Advocate) Meb Keflezighi became the first American man to win a medal in an Olympic marathon since 1976.
News From: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Olympic Marathon Saboteur: 'My Last Stunt' (Scotsman.com) Horan's last intent ... The committee refused Brazils request to change the result.
		OCI urged to honor Brazilian marathon runner (Ireland On-line) Fine Gael has called on Irish Olympic chiefs to honour Lima at a special ceremony in Ireland.
News From: Monday, August 30, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Man who stole gold (The Belfast Telegraph) More information on Fr Horan - the man who pushed Vanderlei de Lima off course at the Olympic Marathon yesterday.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathon mayhem (The Salt Lake Tribune) Perhaps overshadowed due to all the high drama, American Mebrathom Keflezighi won silver at the Olympic Marathon - becoming the first American man to medal in 28 years.
		Additional marathon gold requested by Brazil (L.A. Daily News) Brazilian sports officials blamed inadequate course security for attack on Lima and they will appeal to world track authorities for a duplicate gold medal.
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon wrecker avoids jail term (BBC News) The Brazilian Olympic Committee plans to lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday's marathon, saying Cornelius Horan's assault on Vanderlei De Lima ruined his chances for gold.
		49-year-old Israeli finishes 20th in Olympic Marathon (Jerusalem Post) Haile Satayin nearly had his superb 20th place finish in the Olympic Marathon taken away by the organizers due to a bizarre course and timekeeping error.
		Marathon intruder faces Greek court (The Times) A three-member Greek court found Cornelius Horan, 57, guilty of violating Greek laws on extracurricular sports for attacking the Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima on the Olympic Marathon course.
		Ex-priest sentenced for marathon mayhem (Telegraph) Cornelius Horan, author of two published books on biblical prophecies, received a suspended sentence for disrupting the men's marathon at the Olympics yesterday.
		Athens marathon attacker sentenced (CNN) Police say Cornelius Horan, who disrupted the men's marathon on Sunday, is a man with "strong psychological disturbances."
		American men end distance drought (Daily Camera) A native of Eritrea who moved to the United States as a 12-year-old, Meb Keflezighi became the first American man to medal in the Olympics since 1976.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Marathon runners end Games on positive note for Israel (Haaretz) Forty-nine year old Israeli marathoner Haile Satayin finished the Olympic event in 2:17.25 hours.
		Human Interest Story
		Coronado graduate 12th in marathon (Elpaso Times) Alan Culpepper finished 12th in the Olympic Marathon with a time of two hours, 15 minutes and 26 seconds.
		Webber Left Speechless, well almost (Pitt Pass) Mark Webber was stunned to see the same man who ran out in front of him at the 2003 Foster's British Grand Prix disrupt the Olympic Marathon this Sunday.
		Triumph & Tragedy: Marathon ambush taints closing-day pomp (Calgary Herald) In the men's marathon, Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima fell out of the lead shortly after being assaulted by a man in a black beret, red kilt and green knee socks.
		In marathon, a bit of history every step to the finish line (The Miami Herald) The ghosts of the greats were hovering along the course at Sunday's Olympic Marathon
		U.S. marathoners find silver lining (Denver Post) Meb Keflezighi won the first men's Olympic marathon medal for the United States since Frank Shorter's silver at Montreal in 1976.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kamikaze tactics trip up SA 3 in marathon (Daily Dispatch) Hendrik Ramaala of South Africa finished 16th in yesterday's Olympic Marathon - while his felloe teammates failed to complete the race.
News From: Friday, August 27, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		A Marathon legend revisited (IAAF) A look at 1896 Olympic Marathon champ Spiridon Louis and his family.
		Marathon course record holder expects to lose title after 35 years (Who TV) Bill Adcocks of Coventry, England, who ran the race from Marathon to Athens in 1969 in two hours, eleven minutes and seven seconds says he expects his course record to be broken this Sunday.
News From: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Six great marathon moments (Newsday) A breakdown of some of the most interesting moments in Olympic Marathon history.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Mark Carroll withdraws from Olympic marathon (IOL) Irish athlete Mark Carroll will not run the Olympic Marathon Sunday siting the race's especially gruelling conditions as the deciding factor in his decision.
News From: Tuesday, August 24, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon mayhem (Newsday) An in depth look at the ill fated 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. Louis - dubbed "the worst marathon in Olympic History."
News From: Monday, August 23, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Tiny Buenavista aims to make it big in marathon (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Eduardo Buenavista of the Philippines is making a big statment in his home country despite his small stature.
News From: Friday, August 20, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Carjackers rob marathon man (Fox News) Paul Tergat speaks about his close call with carjackers.
		Korir out of Olympic marathon (ABC News) Kenya's Sammy Korir has withdrawn from the Olymipic Marathon race due to injury.
News From: Thursday, August 19, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Retracing original marathon a bit scary (The Mercury News) Did the Phidippides - the man who's said to have run the first marathon - really exist?
		Korir out of marathon (BBC Sport) Sammy Korir will be out of action for six weeks after sustaining a leg injury on a training run.
News From: Monday, August 16, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Gebrelassie Facing Fitness Battle (Race Results Weekly) Haile Gebrselassie, having picked up some knee pain while setting a record two weekes earlier at a 5000m in England continues to have trouble and his participation in the 10,000m at the Olympics and his ability to defend his title at that distance. The 10,000m at the olympics was to be Gebrselassie's last track race before his plan to move up to be a full-time marathon and distance runner.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Abera Ruled Out of Athens Marathon (Race Results Weekly) Defending Olympics Marathon champion, Gezhagne Abera, has been ruled out of the Athens Olympics due to an Achilles Heel injury. He will be replaced by Ambesse Tolosa, winner of the 2004 Paris Marathon.
News From: Sunday, August 15, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Olympic competition returns to Panathinaiko Stadium (SFGate.com) Information on Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens - the site of the marathon's finish.
News From: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Non-Marathon/ Other Running
		Olympics: Marathon wreaths cut from 3000-year-old trees (New Zealand Herald) At the men's and women's Olympic marathons later this month, the winners will be crowned with special wreaths celebrating the location of the games. The wreaths will be made from the branches of the two oldest olive trees in Greece.
News From: Monday, August 9, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Humor
		Funny money: Half-million bucks won't give U.S. marathon gold, but the conditions help (Sports Illustrated) The recent offer of $500,000 to any American Olympic marathon gold medal winner, made by the Chicago and New York Marathons, seems to be primarily a move to increase publicity for the two marathons. Past American winners of the Olympic marathon have been scarce. Furthermore, money is not the reason these athletes devote their lives to running.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Fearless Tergat feels no pressure for Olympic marathon (Hindustan Times) Paul Tergat, Kenyas world marathon record-holder, feels no fear or pressure as the Olympic games approach. Tergat is confident and prepared to meet the challenge of the marathon, saying his rivals should fear him, rather than the opposite. He is only afraid that the marathon will not get the spotlight it deserves, as it takes place on the last day of the games.
		Tactical race on cards for Olympic marathon (Mail&Guardian) The South African marathon team has a good chance of bringing home a medal from the Olympic marathon in Athens. The newly developed course is smooth and wide, but the weather conditions and nature of the race may hinder some teams, while helping the South African runners.
News From: Friday, August 6, 2004
	Olympics 2004 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon Ace Tergat Calm Despite High Expectations Among Kenyans for Olympic Marathon (The East African Standard) Paul Tergat, the world's fastest marathon runner, is preparing for the Olympic marathon. A highly decorated runner, Tergat is only missing an Olympic gold medal from his collection of awards, after winning the silver medal in the 1996 and 2000 10,000m.

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