OLYMPIC SPORTS TOP MOMENTS 2005
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NEW VELODROME HOSTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The ADT Event Center at the Home Depot Center is host to the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (March 24-27). |
WARINER WINS AT HOME DEPOT CENTER
Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner wins the 400 m in 44.53, one of seven world-leading marks at the adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center (May 22). |
GATLIN WINS RARE SPRINT DOUBLE
Olympic sprint champion Justin Gatlin wins both the 100 and 200 meters, the first such double in 20 years, to highlight the 2005 USA Track & Field National Championships, held at the Home Depot Center (June 23-26). |
AMERICAN TEAM WINS FIRST-EVER BADMINTON GOLD - Winner
The American team of Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach wins a surprise gold medal in men’s doubles in the World Badminton Championships held at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, the first world badminton championships ever staged in the United States, and the first gold medal ever won by the U.S. in world championship or Olympic badminton competition. In a thrilling championship match Gunawan and Bach defeated Indonesia’s Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto 15-11, 10-15 and 15-11 (August 15-21). |
LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCES 2016 OLYMPIC BID
The Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games announces its intention to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games on behalf of the City of Los Angeles (September 7). |
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