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...Saturday morning, a splashy beginning to a day of competition that had Australia ecstatic by nightfall. In the evening, swimmer Ian Thorpe, a mere legend at 17 going into the Games, officially became immortal. His performance in anchoring Australia's 4 x 100 freestyle relay team to the gold medal over the cocky Americans became instant history here, a place that, these days, cares about history...
...While most eyes were on the harbor, the first gold medal was awarded elsewhere. It went to an American (no surprise) in women's 10-meter air rifle (huge surprise). Nancy Johnson's dad was "a big hunter when I was growing up in Downers Grove, Ill., and he encouraged me when I joined a juniors program at a rifle club three blocks away." She was 15 then. She's 26 now - and a champion. At another outback venue, the velodrome, Australian cyclist Michelle Ferris took silver in the 500-meter time trial...
...Even farther out of town, in Melbourne and Canberra, both American soccer teams were showing that they've got this footie thing down. It was not a big surprise that the U.S. women, defending gold medalists and world champions, beat Norway 2-0, but the ease with which they dispatched the normally tough Norwegians certainly made them gold-medal favorites. The American men were favored to go home early, and yet they fought the Czech Republic (2-2) and Cameroon (1-1) to draws and have a good shot at advancing to the medal round...
...seconds, with a time of 3:40.59). Round 2 was just as large a mismatch in the women's 4 x 100-m freestyle relay. Australia, after starting hot, cooled to sixth. The U.S. set a world record, and anchor Jenny Thompson, in superb form, won her sixth Olympic gold medal, moving ahead of speed skater Bonnie Blair for most golds ever by an American woman...
...Thompson has spent the last two winters in Australia, training with her friends. But even friends can be beaten. Thompson, 27, helped the American women comfortably win the female version of the 4 X 100, and with that win she became the first American woman ever to win six gold medals...