What new Olympic events are being added for 2004? What events are being discontinued?
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George Lang
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For the first time, the wrestling category featured women's wrestling and in the fencing competition women competed in the sabre. American Kristin Heaston, who led off the qualifying round of women's shotput became the first woman to compete at the ancient site of Olympia but Cuban Yumileidi Cumba became the first woman to win a gold medal there. The demonstration sport of wheelchair racing was a joint Olympic/Paralympic event, allowing a Paralympic event to occur within the Olympics, and for the future, opening up wheelchair racing to the able-bodied. The 2004 Summer Paralympics were also held in Athens, from September 17 to 28. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics Note: The IOC decided to discontinue baseball and softball beginning in 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games
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