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...Last week Krayzelburg pulled his disparate life together for three golden moments: the 100-m and 200-m backstroke and a leg in the medley relay. Does he owe it all to the U.S.? No, says Krayzelburg. Not all of it. "I believe growing up in the Soviet sports system under the communist government played a big part in who I am today as a person and as an athlete. I learned things that will stay with me for the rest of my life." The Soviet system taught him a work ethic, says Krayzelburg; the American system gave...
...newest sport, triathlon, debuted on 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...
...Thorpe at 400 m. In his specialty race, Thorpe lowered his world record and won by something just under a week (actually, by 2.81 sec., 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...
...Greene's Olympics is nearly over: All that remains for him in Sydney is the 4x100 relay. Jones, of course, is just beginning. Her mission is to win five gold medals. Her next final, the 200 meters, isn't until Thursday night, so she can take a bit of a break. "Tonight," she said on Saturday, "I will sleep...
...Australian swimming idol Dawn Fraser, three-time winner of the Olympic 100-meter freestyle and a teenage champion in 1956, said the relay was the best race she had seen. Most observers were wondering whether they had seen the best swimmer of all time. Australia's head coach, Don Talbot, once described Thorpe as possibly the "swimmer of the century." On Saturday night, the chatty coach was almost lost for words. "How can you enhance the opinion I've got of him?" said Talbot. "I don't have the superlatives." But it was the question that commentators were not going...