Word: manaudou
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...ending the competition with a world-record win in the medley relay and taking home three more golds than it did in 2000. It was a spectacular week of racing, in which tight match-ups crowned first-time Olympic champions like Japan's Kosuke Kitajima and France's Laure Manaudou, and the fast fields proved too much for golden oldies like Russia's Alexander Popov...
...spectacular. And the fans who streamed into the Aquatic Center - which was sold out every evening, unlike so many other venues - saw a week of thrilling races with an array of breakout stars like Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, who swept the men's breaststroke races, and France's Laure Manaudou, just 17, who picked up freestyle gold and silver, backstroke bronze and a new nickname: L'Or (the Golden) Manaudou. No starburst was more sudden and surprising than that of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, 22. First, the cherubic swimmer won silver in the 100-m backstroke and bronze...
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