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12/29/2004 

In German Gelsenkirchen on "AufShalke" arena have past a fascinating mixed relay with 51100 spectators at the stadium. Leaders changed practically after each stage, however at the end 5-times Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen with his partner Liv Kjersti Eikeland selebrated victory.
French duet Sandrin Bailly and Vincent Defrasne finished after the winning Norwegians. The third place in persistent struggle was won by Poles Magdalena Gwizdon and Tomas Sikora. Four German pairs firstly kept chances for the podium, and Martina Glagow with Michael Greis some time even were in the lead. But unsuccessful shooting at the end of the race rejected them back at 5-th position

Peter Sendel had a last race in his career. He received a spectators applause despite of last place in pair with Katrin Apel.
Bjoerndalen has comfirmed his last year title which he won there with G.M.Andreassen. At the turning point of the race he shown composure and shot clear while Vincent Defrasne used 3 additional cartridges.

12/27/2004

�It was fine and successful time� - declares Thüringer, - � but now it`s time for the new chapter in my life �. During several weeks Peter have to decide: will he continue to service for biathlon as the trainer.

�Within last 10 years Peter was an important figure in the world biathlon. Due to the reliable shooting he played a considerable role in the successes of our relay team. Certainly it is always sad, when a magnificent sportsman finishes his career. But I understand his decision. Peter have reached a lot of titles in sport, he`s the World and the Olimpic champion. He havn`t to prove anything himself or someone else. I would like him to continue to work in our sport in the future". (www.ski-online.de).

12/25/2004

The management of Finnish national team declared that they biathletes won`t take part in the fourth stage of World cup in Oberhof.

Coaches of Russian team are going to make changes: Pavel Rostovtsev and Julia Makarova, who competed successfully in European cup will start in Oberhof. Plobably they`ll change Filipp Shulman and Svetlana Chernousova, who was away of top 30 in World cup.

12/19/2004

Liv Grete Poiree (NOR) followed her husband Raphael onto the top of the podium, also scoring the first victory of the season in the Oestersund Mass Start. Only two errors along with strong running were good enough for the win today. Russian Olga Zaitseva continues the strongest season of her career with another second rank (two errors, 5.8 seconds behind), but was unable to match Poiree's speed on the final lap. Poiree's fellow countrywoman Linda Tjoerhom ranked third at the end (two errors, 17.4 seconds behind).

Frenchman Raphael Poiree returned to the top of the podium for the first time this season with his win in the Oestersund Mass Start. He defeated Russians Sergei Rozhkov and Ivan Tcherezov with a flawless final shooting session, when both of his rivals suffered a miss each. Poiree only had one error in the race, winning in the time of 38:46.8 minutes. Rozhkov (two errors) crossed the finishing line 11.4 seconds after the Frenchman, Tcherzov (one error) followed a further 8.9 seconds behind. (biathlonworld.com)

12/18/2004

Norwegian biathletes Lars Berger and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen took part in 30km mass-start of the cross counrty World cup in Ramsau. Both athletes stayed in head group til the finish, but in the last spurt Frenchman Vincent Vittoz defeated all opponents. Ole Ainar Bjerndalen ranked 7-th (the best of Norwegians), Lars Berger - 12-th.

Russian Olga Zaitseva won her second race of the season today after her victory in the Holmenkollen Sprint. Very strong running allowed her to defeat France's Sandrine Bailly (also two errors) by 17.5 seconds.

Zaitseva's teammate Olga Pyleva improved from fourth rank at the start to third in the end, continuing the strong performances by Russian athletes in the three first World Cup events of the season. Pyleva had one error and finished 25.1 seconds behind Zaitseva (biathlonworld.com)

12/17/2004

31-year-old Egil Gjelland (NOR) scored the first World cup victory of his career today, winning the 12.5 km Pursuit in Oestersund (SWE). Gjelland improved from eighth position at the start thanks to solid performances on the track as well as at the shooting range. He defeated his rivals with a perfect effort in the final shooting. Sergei Rozhkov, who had led the field at the end of lap four, missed one of his targets and dropped to second rank (2 errors, + 18.8 seconds), but was well ahead of France's Raphael Poiree (3 errors, + 37.3) (biathlonworld.com).

Olga Zaitseva`s and Valeri Polkhovski`s interviews to "Sport-Express". Read.

12/16/2004

In an extremely close Women 7.5 km Sprint, where the top five athletes were separated by just 5.1 seconds, frenchwoman Sandrine Bailly stormed to the top of the podium with an extremely good running performance. Despite her two errors at the shooting range, Bailly defeated Olga Zaitseva, who managed to stay away from the penalty loop, by 3.3 seconds. Tadeja Brankovic (SLO) confirmed her strong second rank in the Holmenkollen Sprint with a third place finish today. Behind the top three, Olga Pyleva (RUS) and Kati Wilhelm (GER) followed closely behind, with gaps of just 4.2 and 5.1 seconds respectively. (biathlonworld.com)

12/15/2004

Interwiew with Nikolai Krouglov and Albina Akhatova in English. Read.

Norwegian Stian Eckhoff pulled off his first ever World Cup victory today with perfect shooting and a total time of 26:12.3 minutes. Behind him, his fellow countryman Frode Andresen bounced back from some poor results in the previous events to finish second (one error, 10.1 seconds behind). Sergei Rozhkov (RUS) ranked third after a solid overall performance, again proving that he is in good shape early in the current season (0 error, +11.2) (biathlonworld.com).

12/13/2004

Russian Vladimir Grigoriev and German Jenny Adler becane a triumphers of the 3rd stage of European cup. They were best in individual as well as in sprint, but Adler shot clear both races. These victories probably can help the biathletes to ocupie places in main national teams.

Good bye, Holmenkollen.

After the last season had found a rather unusual end, with the final two races being cancelled because of dense fog at the Holmenkollen, athletes and organizers again had to improvise at the famous site near Oslo. When the Ladies were about to begin their 7.5 km Sprint on Friday, a thick layer of fog was covering the whole area. The organizers tried every trick in the book to get rid of the white mass and let the sun shine � they installed large floodlights that were supposed to dissolve the haze. But it was all in vain. The targets at the shooting range remained invisible. The decision to reschedule the race and run it the next day was made quickly and it turned out to be a good one. The sun shone brightly on the athletes on Saturday so that all of the planned events eventually did take place.
In the young season, two athletes in particular have stood out with exceptional performances on the cross country track. One of them is German Uschi "Turbo" Disl, who has really been living up to her nickname in all of the races this far. The 34 year old is the fastest of the women right now: She has outrun her competitors on ten of the 13 laps that made up the three races this week.
Her male counterpart is Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR), who demonstrated his outstanding form in the Sprint. His winning margin after the 10 km run was more than one minute. Although he wasted the resulting headstart in the Pursuit with a total of seven shooting errors, he still managed to finish third. Some of his rivals are probably already looking forward to the next World Cup in Östersund (SWE), especially because Bjoerndalen won't be there. He decided to take part in the Cross Country World Cup in Ramsau (Austria) instead.
Norway is in the lead in the Men's Nation Cup Score with a total of 1223 points. France ranks second, just 39 points behind. The Frenchmen scored especially well in the sprint, when four of them made it into the top 13. Germany is third (1161 points), relying mostly on the performances of Sven Fischer.
In the Woman's Score, Russia (1225 points) is just ahead of Germany (1183 points). Norway is third, but already 155 points behind Germany (www.biathlonworld.com).

12/12/2004

German Sven Fischer again delivered an impressive demonstration of his sprinting abilities, demoralizing Raphael Poiree (FRA) and Halvard Hanevold (NOR) with a couple of powerful surges on the final lap of today's Pursuit. After losing contact with Fischer and Poiree, Hanevold had to let Bjoerndalen go by on the final stretch to finish fourth. Fischer and Poiree had two errors each, while Bjoerndalen allowed himself a total of seven. It was Fischer's third victory of the winter.

Sandrine Bailly (FRA) prevailed in the Women 10 km Pursuit, improving from fourth rank at the start to win her first race of the season. One error in each of the standing shooting sessions were good enough to keep her ahead of Russian Olga Zaitseva (three errors, 12.0 seconds behind), the winner of the Sprint, and Belarusian Olena Zubrilova (1 error, + 28.3), who improved from 15th rank at the start. (www.biathlonworld.com)

12/11/2004

Russian Olga Zaitseva won the second Sprint of the season in the time of 20:21.3 minutes today. Perfect shooting and a solid performance on the cross country trail elevated her above teammate and namesake Olga Pyleva (one error) and the surprisingly strong Slovenian Tadeja Brankovic (no error). Both finished 14.3 seconds behind the winner and tied for second rank.

Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen again dominated a World Cup Sprint, winning the race at the Holmenkollen easily by more than a minute. His epic rival Raphael Poiree (FRA), while suffering an error at the shooting range, barely defeated Halvard Hanevold (NOR, also one error) for second rank, but was no match for Bjoerndalen. Poiree was more than a minute behind the winner, Hanevold's gap was 1:05.2 minutes. (www.biathlonworld.com)

12/12/2004

German Sven Fischer again delivered an impressive demonstration of his sprinting abilities, demoralizing Raphael Poiree (FRA) and Halvard Hanevold (NOR) with a couple of powerful surges on the final lap of today's Pursuit. After losing contact with Fischer and Poiree, Hanevold had to let Bjoerndalen go by on the final stretch to finish fourth. Fischer and Poiree had two errors each, while Bjoerndalen allowed himself a total of seven. It was Fischer's third victory of the winter.

Sandrine Bailly (FRA) prevailed in the Women 10 km Pursuit, improving from fourth rank at the start to win her first race of the season. One error in each of the standing shooting sessions were good enough to keep her ahead of Russian Olga Zaitseva (three errors, 12.0 seconds behind), the winner of the Sprint, and Belarusian Olena Zubrilova (1 error, + 28.3), who improved from 15th rank at the start. (www.biathlonworld.com)

12/11/2004

Russian Olga Zaitseva won the second Sprint of the season in the time of 20:21.3 minutes today. Perfect shooting and a solid performance on the cross country trail elevated her above teammate and namesake Olga Pyleva (one error) and the surprisingly strong Slovenian Tadeja Brankovic (no error). Both finished 14.3 seconds behind the winner and tied for second rank.

12/10/2004

Today individual women race wich was planned on 13.15 postoned because of weather. I will be taken tommorow at 10.00.

12/09/2004

Sven Fischer delivered one of the best performances of his career today, winning the 20 km Individual in the time of 50:52.1 minutes. He hit all of his targets while recording one of the best shooting times of the day. Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen ranked second thanks to another great running performance. He was able to compensate for two errors and passed Poland's Tomasz Sikora via a strong effort on the final lap, finishing 49.3 seconds behind Fischer. Sikora, just like the German, scored a perfect 20 hits.

German Martina Glagow proved that she indeed is one of the best shooters among the World Cup biathletes, hitting all of her targets and winning the first 15 km Individual of the season in the time of 44:11.9 minutes. Russian Svetlana Ishmouratova finished in second place with one error, 13.8 seconds behind Glagow. Magdalena Gwizdon (POL) surprisingly ranked third, scoring the first podium rank of her career (one error, +39.6 seconds). (www.biathlonworld.com)

12/05/2004

Egil Gjelland took the Norwegian team into the leading position on the third leg of today's Relay, giving Ole Einar Bjoerndalen a comfortable advantage for his final segment. Halvard Hanevold and Stian Eckhoff had kept their team within striking distance of the leaders, and then Gjelland and Bjoerndalen came in to finish impressively. The margin of victory was a massive 1:25.4 minutes. Germany ranked second at the end, recording ten errors, one more than the winning Norwegians. Russia finished third, despite 13 errors in total and a penalty loop by Sergei Tchepikov.

The Russian relay squad won the first Relay of the 2004/2005 season in Beitostolen. Olga Zaitseva (RUS) passed German Martina Glagow on the final lap after stepping onto one of the German's poles. France finished third, a little more than a minute behind Russia (biathlonworld.com)

12/04/2004

Report about pursuit races. Review.

Sven Fischer completed a very successful day for the German biathletes with his victory in the Men's Pursuit. After Uschi Disl's win in the morning, Fischer relied on a strong shooting performance and a magnificent final lap to score the 25th victory of his career in the time of 31:15.97 minutes. Russians Nikolay Krouglov and Sergei Rozhkov fought hard for second place after Fischer managed to separate from a group of four that had taken shape after the final shooting session. In the end, the younger Krouglov defeated his team mate by 0.1 of a second to take second rank. Both had two errors and finished 3.9 and 4.0 seconds behind Fischer.

Uschi Disl (GER) won the Beitostolen Pursuit in the time of 30:18.2 minutes (3 errors). She defeated Russian Olga Pyleva (+16.4 seconds, two errors) in an exciting final shooting session and scored her second win in as many races this winter. Disl's team mate Martina Glagow accomplished one of the strongest improvements today, starting in 22nd rank and finishing third, 25.5 seconds behind the winner. (www.biathlonworld.com)

12/02/2004

Report about sprint races. Review.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen clearly dominated the Men's Sprint today, winning easily despite an error at the shooting range. His running performance not only left his fellow biathletes behind in amazement but will also raise some attention among the cross country specialists that he is also about to compete with this winter. He won in the time of 22:30.3 minutes, ahead of Russian Nikolay Krouglov (+18.5 seconds), who, just like Frenchman Raphael Poiree (+26.4 seconds), struck all of his targets

11/28/2004

The final race of the European cup second without top-biathletes, who didn�t start in pursuit remembering about forthcoming World cup debut. But Russian women biathletes were still the best. Julia Makarova and Irina Malgina fought  for a victory till the finish line. Younger Makarova was faster by 0,8 seconds. Chineese Liu Xianing was the  third.

Peter Sendel from Germany celebrated a victory at men�s race, having covered the distance, shooting without misses. Russian Pavel Rostovtsev was the second with a 26-second gap. It seems that the two times World champion improves his condition from race to race. Current European cup leader Norwegian Magne Thorleiv Ronning was the third.

Norwegian biathletes Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Frode Andresen took part in the cross country skiing World cup in Finnish Kuusamo. Bjoerndalen was the 10^th in 10km free style race, losing 41 seconds to the winner French Vincent Vittoz, when Andresen was only 24-th with 1min 13sec. gap.

11/27/2004

Polish biathlete Tomasz Sikora won men�s 10km race. He covered the distance without any misses, while his main opponents still were struggling on the ski track. Neither Russian Sergei Rozhkov (2^nd place), nor the winner of the previous Euro cup race Magne Ronning (3^rd place) managed to improve the Polish athlete�s result. The World cup holder Raphael Poiree was only the 5^th .

European cup.
2-nd stage
Women
7,5 km
1. Chernousova (Russia) - 23.15,6 (1 miss)
2. Zaitseva (Russia) - gap 21,5 (1)
3. Poiree (Norway) - 25,7 (1)
4. Akhatova (Russia) - 32,1 (2)
5. Meguro (Japan) - 34,4 (2)
6. Ishmouratova (Russia) - 34,6 (1)
7. Malgina (Russia) - 35,9 (1)
8. Makarova (Russia) - 37,1 (0)
9. Liu (China) - 37,5 (1)
10. Anisimova (Russia) - 51,7 (0)

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Svetlana Chernousova defeated in a individual duel the former leader of European cup Olga Zaitseva. Now today�s winner has 130 points, when Zaitseva lacks 2 points to catch up with her.
It�s an interesting fact that Russians at this moment ocupy top 7 (!) places in the European cup, when only Japanese Kanae Meguro dilutes them in top 10. ("Sport-express")

11/26/2004

Norwegian biathlete Dag Bjoerndalen, older brother of Ole Einar�s, has made a decision to finish his biathlon career. He seldom passed in the main team of Norway last years, taking part mostly in the European cup, and even in the former years he was not concerned with the biathlon elite. But in fans� memory Dag will always stay as a magnificent sniper and a reliable relay fighter. He accounts for some medals of the World Championships and Olympic games in relay. The athlete says, it was the desire to spend more time with his wife and two children that induced him to finish his career. Let`s wish him good luck in a new period of life!

11/25/2004

In the second day of the European cup first stage sprint races took place. Women�s top 5 was occupied by Russians only as well as on Tuesday. This time Olga Zaitseva from Moscow won the race with only one miss, Anna Bogali shot correctly, but on last lap she lost the victory by falling 5 seconds behind Zaitseva. The third place with a gap of 23 seconds was occupied by Svetlana Chernousova. The winner of the individual race, Albina Akhatova, with five misses she made, was only 36th. The best among biathletes of other countries was Katja Beer, who finished 7-th.

11/24/2004

The first races of the European cup that passed in Norwegian Geilo became a triumph of Russian biathletes. Sergei Rozhkov celebrated a victory among men defeating his teammate and namesake Tchepikov by 18 seconds. The third was Norwegian Anstein Mykland. 2 other Russians Dmitry Jaroshenko and Vladimir Grigorev are also in top 6.

In the women�s race the superiority of the Russian team was even more appreciable. The tempo in this race was firstly set by Svetlana Chernousova, who started under the 2nd number, she served as a reference point for other participants quite for a long time. But she made 2 misses on the last shooting line and  fell down to the 5th position only. Albina Akhatova covered the distance more stably and gained the deserved victory in her favourite discipline. Places from the 2^nd to the 4^th were also occupied by Russians Irina Malgina, Natalia Guseva and Tatyana Moiseeva accordingly. To be fairer, we should say that other biathlon countries started at these competitions with their second teams.

11/21/2004

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Russian biathlon team, situated now at the final training camp in Beitostolen, is going to start in the full roster at the first stage of the European cup, which will be held not far from there in the Norwegian town of Geilo.

The Russian team main coach Valery Palhovsky thinks that European cup starts should help all the athletes to get accustomed to the competitions schedule.

He also said that it would be useful for some of his biathletes to start at the second round of European cup on November, 27-28.

11/18/2004

French biathlon team has announced the list of participants for the World cup 2004/05. Men: Ferreol Cannard, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Grebot, Lionel Grebot, Raphael Poiree, Julien Robert.

His colleague training men, Frank Ullrich has also named a preliminary list of 8 athletes for the World cup: Andreas Birnbacher, Swen Fischer, Daniel Graf, Michael Greis, Ricco Gross, Michael Rosch, Peter Sendel, Alexander Wolf.

(www.ski-online.de)

11/18/2004

French biathlon team has announced the list of participants for the World cup 2004/05. Men: Ferreol Cannard, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Grebot, Lionel Grebot, Raphael Poiree, Julien Robert.

His colleague training men, Frank Ullrich has also named a preliminary list of 8 athletes for the World cup: Andreas Birnbacher, Swen Fischer, Daniel Graf, Michael Greis, Ricco Gross, Michael Rosch, Peter Sendel, Alexander Wolf.

(www.ski-online.de)

11/15/2004

Training competitions in Beitostolen finished with sprint races. Alexander Os from Norway was the best among men. He made only one miss and left behind his more titled compatriot Halvard Hanevold by 9,3 seconds. The third was Russian Nikolai Krouglov, shooting without mistakes. But he, as well as the  fifth to come Phillip Shulman, didn�t have enough speed on a cross country race. Such masters of biathlon as Bjoerndalen, Andresen, Berger and Poiree didn�t take part in race . They preferred to start in the ski free style 10 km race together with the best skiers of Norway. Lars Berger won the race and outstripped Ole Einar Bjoerndalen only for a half of a second. Frode Andresen was the 5th, and Raphael Poiree came the 15th.

In women biathlon sprint no one could compare with German biathletes. Martina Glagow was the best, and her teammates Uschi Disl and Kati Wilhelm occupied the 2nd and 3rd places, despite of 2 misses. Albina Akhatova was the only athlete from another country in top 5 of this race (4th place). Liv Grete Poiree didn�t start neither in the biathlon race nor in the cross country 5km sprint, which was a triumph for the Norwegian skier Marit Bjorgen. The best of biathletes was Olga Zaitseva with 7-th result.

In Muonio races of an unusual format: sprint distance with four shooting lines took place. They were not so relevant as for the starting list. Athletes from Germany, France, Finland and Belarus took part in competitions . Ricco Gross won the men�s race, Sandrine Bailly was the best among women.

11/14/2004

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen made a demand for returning to the throne. Men`s Norwegian team dominated yesterday in mass-start. Race was passed during a strong gusty wind, therefore sportsmen supposed a lot of misses, on average 10-12 on four shooting lines. Hosts of the race had adapted faster than others to difficult weather conditions and already from the first shooting line Bjoerndalen and Gjelland had taken leadership. However 7 misses on the last shooting lines didn`t allow Gjelland to keep a leading position. Excellent speed has provided victory of Bjoerndalen despite of 7 misses. The second was his compatriot Lars Berger with the same number of misses, bronze fell to Gjelland`s share. Current owner of the World cup Raphael Poiree was only 12-th with 10 misses.

In Bjoerndalen`s opinion, this place located at the altitude of 1400 meters above sea level, ideally approaches for preparation for competitions. Santer said, that after Olympiad - 2006 in Turin she is going to finish her sports career, but Ole Einar plans to compite till the Games of 2010 in Vancouver (www.faster-skier.com) and going to participate in cross country races this season as well.

11/07/2004

Belorussian biathlete Svetlana Handogina is disqualified for two years. Such verdict was taken out by the International biathlon union referring to that sportsmen dope - test has shown presence of forbidden furosemide.
 

Biathlete also it will be deprived of four awards of the World championship on summer biathlon, won by her in September of this year in Slovakian Brzesno-Osrblie. In the Belorussian Federation of biathlon informed, that the medical board of the IBU took in September of 2004 dope - test from the Belorussian shooting skiers.
They revealed after laboratory researches in Svetlana Handogina's test presence of insignificant amount) of a medical product furosemide. It is established during the trial that sportsman used diuretic means with the purpose of preventive maintenance after the transferred operations on kidneys. However, she has not informed at a fence of test about the treatment with use of the given medicines, because of the lack of knowledge that is infringement existing anti-dope rules of IBU.
For an establishment of the reasons of application of preparation Handogina has given in a medical board of the IBU all appropriate documents confirming her disease and long treatment in a hospital. The Belorussian federation has informed the International biathlon union that sportsmen is not a member of the main roster of the national team, and addressed a petition to disciplinary committee to take into account her serious disease. The Belorussian federation of biathlon considers, that the maximal punishment does not correspond to offence of sportsmen.
At the same time the national federation has taken additional measures to prevent any infringements of anti-dope rules by biathlets ("Minsk courier").

Russian neibours Belorussians also have entered last stage of preparation for World cup. Ex-world champion in relay Vadim Sashurin has came back after two-years dope disqualification. Also in men`s team will compete: Valiullin Rustam, Dratchev Vladimir, Novikov Sergey, Pestryaev Ivan, Ryzhenkov Oleg, Syman Alexander, Ustinov Alexander. In the female roster are: Zikounkova Ksenia, Zubrilova Olena, Ivanova Ekaterina, Kalintchik Lyudmila, Nazarova Olga. Svetlana Handogina has removed from team roster because of positive dope test, however, the Belorussian side denies guilt of sportsmen and tries to send in an appeal. According to the chairman of Belorussian anti-dope comission Lyudmila Lukyanskaya, using of furosemide of sportsmen was caused by features of postoperative treatment. Acсording to the toughening of anti-dope requirements the appeal hass few chances for success. From myself I shall add, that similar applications are standard justifications in such cases. Precedents of a recognition of fault by the athlete or Federation in biathlon are very rare, as well as in any other sports.

10/31/2004.

Sportsmens contuniue to get ready to starting after month World cup. Russian biathlete Pavel Rostovtsev, recovering after injury of leg recieved in May will start in a special skiing footwear made by the athlete request by "Adidas". According to Pavel, his leg practically doesn`t disturb him but the additional comfort and reliability will not be superfluous.

Svetlana Khandogina from Belorus is disqualificied by IBU (international biathlon union) on 2 years for furosemide which she used during the summer world championship, according to IBU press realise. Khandogina. She will be reprived of her 3 medals, which she has won during the competitions in Osbrlie. Moreover, Belorus team will be reprived of the relay gold. Furosemide was foundid in Khandogina`s test of 12 September after that relay. The ban includes all biathlon competitions subject to the IBU or one of its member federations. So Khandogina can`t compete on Olimpic games of Torino 2006. ("Sport-express" 10/30/2004)