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1996 Olympics Women's Kayak Medalists

Kayak Sprint 500m Singles: 1. Rita Koban, HUN (1:47.65); 2. Caroline Brunet, CAN (1:47.89); 3. Josefa Idem, ITA (1:48.73). Kayak Sprint 500m Doubles: 1. Agneta Andersson & Susanne Gunnarsson,…

2000 Olympics Women's Kayak Medalists

Kayak Sprint 500m Singles: 1. Josefa Idem Guerrini, ITA (2:13.85); 2. Caroline Brunet, CAN (2:14.65); 3. Katrin Borchert, AUS (2:15.14). Kayak Sprint 500m Doubles: 1. Birgit Fischer & Katrin…

2000 Men's Olympic Taekwondo Medalists

Flyweight (under 128 lbs): 1. Michail Mouroutsos, GRE def. 2. Gabriel Esparza, SPA (4-2); 3. Huang Chih-Hsiung, TPE def. Gabriel Alberto Taraburelli, ARG (3-0). Featherweight (under 148 lbs): 1.…

2000 Men's Olympic Fencing Medalists

Individual Epée: 1. Pavel Kolobkov, RUS def. 2. Hugues Obry, FRA (15-12); 3. Lee Sang-Ki, S. Kor. def. Marcel Fischer, SWI (15-14). Team Epée: 1. Italy def. 2. France (39-38); 3. Cuba def. South…

Comoros, the

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Comoros, the Comoros, the kŏmˈərōs [key], officially Union of the Comoros (2020 est. pop. 869,…

Crab, The

(Encyclopedia) Crab, The, English name for Cancer, a constellation.

Curragh, the

(Encyclopedia) Curragh, theCurragh, thekûrˈəkh [key], undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh…

Ghor, the

(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…

Grampians, the

(Encyclopedia) Grampians, the, or Grampian Mountains, highest mountain system of Great Britain, extending northeast to southwest along the southern fringe of the Highlands, central Scotland. Ben…