Olympic Success

The Baltic states have won more medals per capita than virtually any other nations taking part in the Olympics more »

Sports

Published: 27/09/2000

Latvia gets first gymnastics medal, Nemov wins silver

Latvia has its first gymnastics medal -- a gold, no less -- while Alexei Nemov now has one of every color. more »

Sports

Published: 24/09/2000

Romanians sweep all-around amid vault controversy

With bright eyes and a captivating smile reminiscent of another Romanian darling, tiny Andreea Raducan captured the Olympic women's gymnastics all-around gold medal Thursday. more »

Sports

Published: 21/09/2000

Malchow wins 200 fly; Thorpe, Aussies win relay gold

Spurred by rousing cheers of "Thorpey! Thorpey!" Ian Thorpe gave the Australians a huge lead as they set the world record in winning the Olympic 4x200-meter freestyle relay Tuesday. more »

Sports

Published: 20/09/2000

Golden gun

Nancy Johnson of the United States wins the first gold medal of the 2000 Games more »

Sports

Published: 17/09/2000

Let the Games begin

"The most beautiful Opening Ceremony" more »

Sports

Published: 15/09/2000

Sydney stays positive as football kicks off

With the opening ceremony just two days away and the football competition kicking into gear, the Olympic Games should be drowning in unbridled optimism and competitive spirit. more »

Sports

Published: 14/09/2000

Sydney declares 'We're ready'

Sydney has declared it is ready to get the Olympics underway after a rehearsal of the opening ceremony - despite a hairy moment when fireworks caused grass fires close to the stadium. more »

Sports

Published: 10/09/2000

Acrobatic Pilot Did Incredible, but Not Impossible

Recently the most famous Lithuanian acrobatic pilot Jurgis Kairys has performed incredible thing: the flight of Su-26 under the pedestrian bridge with wheels up. In official history of civil aviation this trick was performed for the first time. more »

Sports

Published: 06/09/2000