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Last Updated: Friday, 16 December 2005, 12:47 GMT

Kelly Holmes GB Olympic team back home
Team GB arrive back in the UK after winning 30 medals in Athens.

Kostas Kenteris Kenteris appears in court
Kostas Kenteris testifies in Athens in connection with the doping affair that led to his departure from the Olympics.

Kelly Holmes Holmes keeps on running
Britain's double gold medallist Kelly Holmes has no plans to retire after her incredible success in Athens.


OLYMPICS FEATURES

Will the golden glow soon fade?
Is British athletics set fair after Athens - or heading for the rocks?

The dirtiest Games ever?
Does a record number of offences make Athens the worst Games ever or the start of the fightback against the drug cheats?

Mission accomplished for GB
How did Athens rate for the British team?

Britain's roll of honour
A rundown of Britain's medal winners from the 2004 Olympic Games

Rogge hails Athens success
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge praises the organisers of the Athens Games.

The real Holmes truth
BBC Sport profile Olympic 800m and 1500m champion Kelly Holmes.

GB men conjure golden finish
Britain's sprint relay team salvage pride with a stunning gold medal.

Lewis-Francis gets gold fever
Mark Lewis-Francis is inspired to go on winning after Great Britain's 4x100m relay victory.

Radcliffe eyes long break
Paula Radcliffe seems set for a long break from athletics after her disappointments in Athens.

Backley bows out at top
Steve Backley reflects on his final competition after finishing fourth in Athens.

Queen Carolina lights up Athens
Carolina Kluft is beginning to look as though she'll be queen of the heptathlon for years to come

Macey banishes the demons
Britain's Dean Macey is eyeing a return to top form after finishing fourth in the Olympic decathlon.

Coe on Holmes
Double Olympic 1500m champion Lord Coe salutes Britain's middle-distance queen Kelly Holmes.

Cram on El Guerrouj
BBC Sport's Steve Cram salutes the Olympic gold that Hicham El Guerrouj - finally - won.

Johnson on Gatlin
Michael Johnson's verdict on the Olympic 100m and new champion Justin Gatlin.


THE KENTERIS AFFAIR

IAAF inquiry into Greek duo
IAAF launches a probe into Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou's missed drugs tests.

Kenteris delight at protest
Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris says he was thrilled by the boos that greeted his absence from the 200m final.

Greek duo out of Olympics
Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pull out of the Games as their case is referred to athletics' governing body.

Greeks 'missed previous tests'
IAAF chief Lamine Diack says Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have missed two previous test dates in 2004.

Greek duo probed by police
A police inquiry is launched into the bike crash of Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.

Kenteris - the Greek enigma
Who exactly is Kostas Kenteris, and why is he so controversial?


MEN'S FINALS

100m
American Justin Gatlin scorches to Olympic 100m gold ahead of Francis Obikwelu and Maurice Greene.

200m
Shawn Crawford leads an American 200m 1-2-3 amid extraordinary scenes in the Olympic Stadium.

400m
Jeremy Wariner of the USA wins gold in the men's 400m final.

800m
Russia's Yuriy Borzakovskiy produces a trademark sprint finish to take Olympic 800m gold.

1500m
Hicham El Guerrouj joins the all-time greats after finally winning an elusive 1500m Olympic title.

5,000m
Hicham El Guerrouj shocks world record holder Kenenisa Bekele to win the 5,000m.

10,000m
Kenenisa Bekele wins a classic 10,000m encounter with the great Haile Gebrselassie back in fifth in his track farewell.

Marathon
Stefano Baldini's victory in the marathon is overshadowed after a spectator attacks Vanderlei de Lima.

110m hurdles
China's Xiang Liu equals Colin Jackson's world record to win the Olympic men's 110m hurdles.

400m hurdles
Felix Sanchez runs a season's best 47.65 seconds to win the 400m hurdles gold.

Steeplechase
Ezekiel Kemboi leads a Kenyan 1-2-3 in the final of the men's 3000m steeplechase.

4x100m relay
Britain's men's 4x100m relay team win a stunning gold medal in Athens.

4x400m relay
America take the men's 4x400m gold medal, but Great Britain just miss a medal.

Long jump
American Dwight Phillips wins the Olympic men's long jump title with a leap of 8.59m.

Triple jump
Sweden's Christian Olsson wins the men's Olympic triple jump competition.

High jump
Sweden's Stefan Holm wins the Olympic men's high jump final with a leap of 2.36m.

Pole vault
America's Timothy Mack sets an Olympic record to win the men's pole vault gold medal.

Javelin
Steve Backley finishes fourth in the javelin final won by Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen.

Discus
Robert Fazekas is stripped of discus gold after trying to switch his urine sample during a drugs test.

Hammer
Hungary's Adrian Annus is stripped of hammer gold after failing to show for a drugs test.

Shot put
Yuriy Bilonog of the Ukraine pips American Adam Nelson to gold in the men's shot put.

Decathlon
Britain's Dean Macey finishes a very creditable fourth in the decathlon.

20km walk
Italy's Ivano Brugnetti clocks a personal best time to win gold in the men's 20km walk.

50km walk
Poland's Robert Korzeniowski wins a record third consecutive gold medal in the 50km walk.


WOMEN'S FINALS

100m
Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.

200m
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell holds off the challenge of 18-year-old Allyson Felix to win the 200m Olympic title.

400m
Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas wins gold in the women's 400m

800m
Britain's Kelly Holmes storms to a sensational Olympic 800m gold in Athens.

1500m
Britain's Kelly Holmes makes Olympic history by adding 1500m gold to her 800m title.

5,000m
Ethiopia's Meseret Defar upsets favourite Elvan Abeylegesse to grab the women's 5,000m final.

10,000m
Paula Radcliffe drops out of the 10,000m final with eight laps to go, days after quitting the marathon in tears.

Marathon
An exhausted Paula Radcliffe fails to finish in Athens as Japan's Mizuki Noguchi wins the women's marathon.

100m hurdles
The USA's Joanna Hayes takes gold in the women's 100m hurdles after Perdita Felicien crashes out.

400m hurdles
Greece's Fani Halkia thrills the Athens crowd with victory in the 400m hurdles.

4x100m relay
A mistake involving Marion Jones costs the United States the Olympic gold in the women's 4x100m relay.

4x400m relay
USA's women's 4x400m relay quartet storm to victory, with the British team fourth.

Long jump
Tatyana Lebedeva leads Russia to a 1-2-3- in the Olympic women's long jump.

Triple jump
Cameroon's Francoise Mbango Etone pips Greece's Hrysopiyi Devetzi to triple jump gold.

High jump
Russia's Yelena Slesarenko breaks the Olympic record as she wins the women's high jump gold.

Pole vault
Yelena Isinbayeva wins the battle of the Russians and sets a new world record.

Javelin
Cuba's Osleidys Menendez sets a new Olympic record of 71.53m to win gold in the women's javelin.

Discus
Russia's Natalya Sadova wins the women's discus.

Hammer
Russia's Olga Kuzenkova wins the women's hammer with a new Olympic record of 75.02m.

Shot put
Russia's shot put champion Irina Korzhanenko is stripped of gold after failing a drugs test.

Heptathlon
Britain's Kelly Sotherton takes heptathlon bronze behind new champion Carolina Kluft.

20km walk
Athanasia Tsoumeleka of Greece wins the women's 20km walk.



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