Athens 2004 Global Olympic Torch Relay

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The 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials began at Washington University's Francis Field on Sat., April 3 at 7:00 a.m. A total of 150 athletes entered the trials, which concluded just below the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park.

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Washington University in St. Louis will host a rededication of Francis Field at 5 p.m. June 16 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics held at the university and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. While supplies last, those who attend the rededication ceremony will receive a Washington University Olympic memento created especially for the occasion. In addition, three-time Olympian and two-time World Cross Country Champion Craig Virgin will speak to Washington University sports clinic participants from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the WUSTL Field House.

Background articles on the 1904 Olympic Games at WUSTL St. Louis among world's top cities to host Olympic Torch Relay in 2004 First Western Hemisphere Olympics left lasting impressions in St. Louis A comparison of the 1904 and 2000 Olympic games Background information on the WUSTL Athletic Complex

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Illuminating night Olympic torch relay on campus ends WUSTL's sesquicentennial year (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/930.html) June 18, 2004 -- Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL Photo Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on as the Olympic torch is passed. Download When St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee carried the Olympic torch into Francis Field on June 17 as part of the 2004 Olympic Global Torch Relay, a 100-year journey was nearly complete. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the first Olympics in the Western Hemisphere, and the track and field events that year took place on Francis Field. Now, 100 years later, the Olympic flame again visited the historic playing field. Click here for complete information on all rededication and Torch events on campus.

Commemorating the Olympics Images from Francis Field rededication (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/927.html) June 17, 2004 -- Mary Butkus/WUSTL Photo Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton delivers opening remarks during the rededication ceremony of Francis Field. Download Washington University hosted a ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at the University and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton hosted a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. From Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, 1904, Francis Field and Francis Gymnasium, now registered historical landmarks, were the site of the Olympic Games — the 3rd Olympiad of the modern era and the first held in the Western Hemisphere.

Media advisory Rededication of Francis Field today is moved inside (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/919.html) June 16, 2004 -- Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society WUSTL will rededicate Francis Field, site of the 1904 Olympic track & field events, at 5 p.m. on June 16. Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be joined by Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis county executive; Jeff Rainford, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay; John Schael, Washington University athletic director; Robert Marbut, chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee's National Governing Bodies' Council; and former Olympic athletes Craig Virgin and Wendy Williams for a 5 p.m. ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at WUSTL and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. During the ceremony, which has been moved inside due to inclement weather, Wrighton will host a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. The ceremony will be held in the Field House in WUSTL's Athletic Complex.

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Olympic flame returns to first American host city ESPN and 81 others June 17, 2004 -- Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL Photo Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on as the Olympic torch is passed. Download A century after becoming the first American city to host the modern-era Olympic games, St. Louis once again held the flame. The route included a pass by Washington University's Francis Field, rededicated as the site of the track-and-field events of the sweltering 1904 Games.

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