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Mark Ruiz
2004 USA Olympian

Mark Ruiz at Athens Olympic Aquatic Center Mark's Olympic Notes
Final entry: August 30
Postscript: November 28

Mark's Olympic Photos
Final entry: November 28

Ruiz/Prandi News...

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WEBMASTERS NOTE: Hurricane Charley struck Mark's hometown, Orlando, during NBC's broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies on Friday the 13th. Unfortunately, Mark's journal and photo updates were delayed until Saturday Aug 21st.

NBC Olympic Diving Schedule & Results
Athens' time is 7 hrs. ahead of Eastern Daylight Time, 10 hrs. Pacific.
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Medal Count by Country: USA wins most medals, 103, including most Gold medals, 35; Russia second and China a distant third.

USA Olympic Medalists: Swimmers are top medal winners; Michael Phelps, 8, and Natalie Coughlin, 5.

ATHENS 2004 Olympic Store: Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive, Orlando FL 32819 — 407-363-0402 (Only store outside of Greece.) Catalog


Mark Ruiz & Kyle Prandi at the 2004 Olympics Mark Ruiz, returning to the Olympics, and first-time Olympian Kyle Prandi placed 8th in the Men's Synchronized Platform competition in Athens, Greece, August 14. PHOTO:The U.S. Men's Platform Synchro Team is introduced at the Olympic competition.

The 2004 Olympics marks Diving's Centennial year in the Olympic Games. Team USA has brought home medal in all but three games over the century of Olympic diving (see link in left column).


Mark Ruiz & Kyle Prandi win at the 2004 Olympic Trials My Olympic Trials Tribulation
Article by Mark Ruiz, 7/9/2004

PHOTO: Team Orlando Diving's Mark Ruiz (left) and Miami Diving's Kyle Prandi win First Place honors in Men's Synchronized Platform at the 2004 Olympic Diving Trials in St. Peters, Missouri, June 10th. The "Fire and Ice" duo scored 703.98 points to the 646.98 points by the Second Place Dumois brothers, Troy and Justin, from the Centralized Training Center, Houston.

Mark Ruiz celebrates dive at Olympic Trials. PHOTO: Twenty-one time National Champion Mark Ruiz celebrates dive score during Men's Platform competition at Olympic Trials.


Ruiz/Prandi News

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ESPN: Ruiz/Prandi "splash and burn"; Ruiz retires with "reputation as a battler still intact."

NBC Olympics: Ruiz works through fear to dive.

Ruiz/Prandi dive in the Olympics today.

U.S. NATIONAL FINALS: Ruiz/Prandi place 2nd on Platform Synchro

Fire & Ice take 1st in Synchronized Platform Preliminaries at Nationals

Orlando Sentinel PhotoOrlando Sentinel tells how Mark courageously battles fear (a lesson he likes to teach to children.)

"Fire & Ice" to compete July 20 & 25 at U.S. Nationals

Olympian Mark Ruiz overcomes and comes back: dubs duo "Fire and Ice"

NBC interview: Mark explains his quest for Olympic medal

Prandi puts retirement on hold

Platform belly-flop doesn't keep Ruiz off tower: readies to dive if Prandi falters.


Olympic News

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US Olympic Team tops medals list and tops its goal of 100 medals.

Athens 2004 Official Web Site reviews the 2004 Diving competition.

24 Diving Medals in Athens: China 9, Australia 6, Russia 4, Canada 2, and Greece, Great Britain and Germany one apiece.

Heartbreaking day for USA Diving.

Laura Wilkinson places highest for USA in 2004 Olympics; Diving Team medal-less in Athens.

Rachelle Kunkel dives strong at her first Olympics.

Points go sky high in Athens and raise level of diving competition.

Canada wins first men's Olympic Diving medal.

Kimiko Soldati dives to honor her Japanese-American hertitage.

Olympic security working: Crime in Greece drops dramatically.

Australia's Newbery wins Womens Platform Diving.

One third of Olympic tickets not sold.

Diving's tutu clad prankster gets 5 months in Greek prison.

Tutu clad Canadian spectator disrupts Olympic diving competition and dives off 3 meter board; Chinese synchro team loses focus and points over commotion.

Greeks surprise themselves with Gold in Diving.

Men's Platform Synchro team wins first Athens medal for Britain.

Chinese take Diving's Gold medals on Day 1

Indianapolis Star Op Ed by Sara Hildebrand.

Synchronized Diving is the latest chapter in 100 years of Olympic Diving.

Interview: Canada's Alexandre Despatie dives to "express myself."

British Platform Synchro team okay: Peter Waterfield's ankle not fractured.

NBC's Olympic TV hours equal last 4 Olympics combined: all 28 sports get coverage: Telemundo offers 7 hours daily.

rediff.com PhotoChinese divers expect stiff competition.

Athens does it: Olympic venues are going to be complete.

45,000 volunteers ready for Olympics.

Interview: UK Olympic Diver Tony Ally confident and ready to win.

Dick Kimball looks back on 4 decades of Olympic coaching.

Round up of rising-star freshmen on the 2004 US Olympic Team.

Brittany Viola leads Platform going into U.S Nationals Finals: Olympians Hildebrand & Wilkinson 2nd & 3rd behind Viola.

China expects less Gold in Athens, especially at dive pool.

Brittish Synch Diving duo set back by injury.

NPR Radio: Archeologists unearth first Olympics: Restored stadium hosts Nemea Games July 31st.

During winter training, China's Tian Liang improves dives by 0.5 DD

Aquatics offers the most disciplines of the 28 Olympic sports

Interview: President Olympic Committee of Russia, Smirnov, predicts Russians will win the most Gold.

Ronald McDonald to dive in Olympic commercials

FINA boosts Brits hopes: Coach Foley "...we're now serious contenders"

Olympic Torch lights up toga party in Montreal: Diving Bronze winner Annie Pelletier carries torch

NBC names Ted Robinson to call Olympic Diving

Bank of America to host USA athlete families in Athens

Update on USA trials for all Olympic sports

30-year Olympic diver Kimiko Soldati: "I feel like I'm just getting started."


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