The Olympic Games of Athens in 2004

The Olympic Games of Athens was holded on August 13 to August 29 in 2004 in Athens, Greece. It was 28th summer Olympic.


Many competitions was competed such as tennis, baseball, swimming, handball, soccer, gymnastics, volleyball and so on.


Japan won 16 gold medals ,9 silver medals ,and 12 bronze medals and a total of 37 medals.

The number of Japan of gold medal acquisition was 5th place in the world.


Most famous player is Kousuke Kitajima who is swimming player. He won two gold medals and a bronze medal.

First, on August 15, 2009, he won the gold medal in 100 meter the breaststroke. He said "Chou, Kimochiii!" in his interview. This means is very pleasant. This word became the buzzword of the 2004.

Second, on August 18,2009, he won the gold medal in 200 meter the breaststroke. This time broke the record.

Third, on August 21,2009, he won the bronze medal in 4×100 meter medley relay.

He received a Japan Sport Olympic Special Prize in 2004.


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2006 World Baseball Classic

2006 World Baseball Classic was holed on March 3 to March 20 in 2006.

Ou Sadaharu who is the then baseball manager of Fukuoka Softbank Fowks assumed the supervisor.

Complete the number of games: 39 games

Complete the number of admission: 737,112 peoples
Average the number of admission per game: 18,900 peoples

Japan and Korea played a match three times.

Korea won the first game and second game, but Korea were defeated in the semifinals. Therefore, Japan advanced the final game. It was very humiliation for Korea.

Matsuzaka Daisuke who is a pitcher of Seibu Lions was selected MVP(Most Valuable Player), Satozaki Tomoya who is a catcher of Seibu Lions was selected Valuable Player, and Ichiro who is an outfielder of Seattle Mariners was selected Valuable Player, too.

The second World Baseball Classic was holed in 2009.

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