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Audience members cheered loudest for Scott Davis, a two-time U.S. national champion who performed to a rock version of "The Star Spangled Banner," and Jennifer Kirk, a hometown skater with Olympic aspirations...
...chant. Bondi had an M.C. character named Lifeguard Dave, and he ran around directing the crowd in a half-dozen versions of the wave. You know how I hate the wave, but to see 10,000 people doing the Bondi Slow-Motion Wave while they play "The Skater's Waltz" on the loudspeakers - that's pretty special. Beach volleyball's been able to retain its fun-in-the-sun, Moon Doggie feel even in the Olympics...
...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...
...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...
...records, won more international championships and held more college titles than anyone else who has dipped a toe in the water. The 27-year-old New Hampshire native already has five gold medals, albeit all from relay teams in the 1992 and '96 Games. That ties her with speed skater Bonnie Blair as the most golden American woman...