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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The award winning Handmark(R) Pocket Express(R) wireless service will provide one of the best sources for up-to-the-minute news from the summer Olympics in Athens. The Reuters News channel is already one of the most popular of the Express(TM) seven wireless services and will offer continuous coverage from the Athens Olympics.
Beginning Friday, August 13, 2004, Handmark Express customers will receive Athens 2004 Olympic news delivered on demand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the entire duration of the games. The Reuters Athens 2004 Olympic news will appear in the Reuters News > Life channel, with as many as 100 stories throughout each day during the games.
The Reuters team of 200 experienced journalists have access to venues and the Olympic Village and will provide full coverage of both the games and activities outside of the competition. Each Reuters reporter holds expertise in their assigned sports -- especially athletics, swimming, gymnastics, soccer, tennis, cycling, rowing, badminton, boxing, basketball, and sailing. Results on each sport will be reported as competitors cross the finish line, plus regular updates on medal tables and world records.
"For two weeks the Olympics becomes a big part of my life and I want up to the minute information on how my favorite athletes are doing. It isn't easy with hectic lives...