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...This was a day Australians would remember for the rest of their lives. Ian Thorpe, Australia's 17-year-old Water King, took his throne today. Thorpe swam like a shark followed by blubbery tunas, outpacing the field in the 400-meter freestyle by 10 feet and destroying the old Olympic record with his time of 3:40.59. The center exploded in joy - I'm not sure, but I think the roof actually did come off the building. But in typical Australian understated style, Thorpe smiled modestly and barely waved. Thorpe is the bane of a sport photographer's existence...
...About an hour later, Thorpe was at it again, only this time he ripped the heart out of the greatest swimming machine ever created: the U.S. men's 4 X 100-meter relay team. The Yanks have never been beaten in an Olympics and usually aren't seriously challenged. Tonight the Australians started with a world record time for the first 100 meters and kept on going through to Thorpe's anchor leg. The U.S. team broke the world record, but the Australians broke them: Thorpe touched the wall .19 seconds in front of Gary Hall Jr. and Australians...
...will be a great boon to the secondary. Although he didn't get much playing time as a freshman, he proved himself as a well-rounded athlete in high school, quarterbacking his high school to back-to-back Massachusetts Super Bowl victories and winning state titles in the 55-meter and 300-meter hurdles...
...time he had finished his sophomore season, in the spring of 1996, he was on a fast rise. He went to the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis that March and caused a great stir when he had the second-best time in the 200-meter heats. Krayzelburg? From USC? There wasn't even a thumbnail biography of him in the meet's voluminous press materials. Even Krayzelburg was surprised. The top two swimmers in the final would qualify for Atlanta. He was in a position to make it. His head buzzed with the unexpected thought. Was he ready for this...
...strengths this year is that we are able to play really deep into our roster," said two-meter defenseman Alex P. Fisher...