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Morris interrupted Pryor's introduction to point out that he had "stacked the deck" in his debate with Weisberg...
...soon as Thorpe walked onto the pool deck Sept. 16, it was like Phil Spector orchestrating thousands of paparazzi: a thunderous wall of sound combined with a dazzle of camera flashes. The 17,500-seat stadium rocked to the chants of "Thor-pee, Thor-pee, Thor-pee" as swimming-crazy Australian fans anticipated the showdown between their country and the world's top swimming team, the U.S. "Until tonight I hadn't got the Olympic buzz, the true spirit," said Thorpe. "But it was as if the gladiators had walked into the Colosseum. When I walked out I was ready...
...better finish than I had." While Hall was hurting, Thorpe's mind was a blur. "When I touched the wall I had this feeling we had won," he said later. "I didn't look up or anything." The Australians celebrated with some air guitar on the pool deck...
...lose now. But the Thorpedo is special; he's magic. He had the lead, he lost it, he found it again with his very last stroke. Thorpe's swim was, instantly, the greatest in Australian history. As his mates oi-oied, then played a little air guitar on the deck for Hall's listening pleasure, the natatorium rocked with cheers. So did the mansion in Kirribilli, the ranch down in Canberra, the whistle-stop pub on the Indian Pacific line somewhere out in the Great Victoria Desert. A kangaroo looked up and wondered, "What was that...
...into a special school for swimmers at age nine, he practiced for 51*2 hours every day. There were 25- and 50-meter pools at the school. There was a two-story building with locker rooms and classrooms. There were weights, instruction, coaches always on the pool deck. Want to be a champion? That was how to become a champion...