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The reporting of Greece's successful presentation for the 2004 Olympics before the International Olympic Committee in 1997 conveyed surprise since Greece failed in its bid for the 1996 Games. Reporting immediately focused on Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki as the leader of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee and who also delivered the proposal in front of the IOC. The 2004 Olympics in Greece was a success despite the overwhelming pressure put on the Greek organizers by the IOC and international concerns for security. Articles by 2000 commented on the slow progress and offered considerable criticism after the IOC threatened to take the Games out of Athens. The Athens Organizing Committee acknowledged the challenge in its bid to the IOC in preparing an ancient city with a modern infrastructure and the promise of having a secure Games with its projected plan to succeed on both issues but the reporting before the Games offered little assurance this would be done.

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