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...information, there's more than two teams in this meet," barked Australian coach Don Talbot before the first event. "This is all media crap! We do not have a strong enough team to beat the U.S." If he was trying to defuse things, the swimmers weren't cooperating. U.S. sprinter Gary Hall Jr. had said of the Australians that he and his teammates would "smash them like guitars." Aussie champ Kieren Perkins responded that he never listened to "drug cheats," a reference to Hall's 1998 suspension for marijuana...
...spirit," said Thorpe. "But it was as if the gladiators had walked into the Colosseum. When I walked out I was ready to race and race well. Hearing the crowd gave me an even bigger buzz." For his rivals, that kind of atmosphere is a source of envy. U.S. sprinter Gary Hall Jr. believes the Americans could learn something from the Australians. The host country's mix of big venues, knowledgeable fans and corporate sponsorship had given Australia an edge in the pool...
...pounding out 300-meter sprints with cruelly short rests in between. In self-defense, her body began to grow. A high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet combined with hard training stacked 11 kg of muscle onto a body that had weighed just 45 kg. "Now I am like a sprinter," she says proudly. And she is, with long, sinewy legs flowing into the dasher's signature body part: a powerful, jutting behind. "I will always be grateful to Francis," she says. "I was running 13 seconds, and he looked beyond that and helped me. Now other coaches are talking...
...Round 3. The U.S. men hadn't lost the 4 x 100 freestyle since ever, and with a sprinter (Hall) against a middle-distanceman (Thorpe) at anchor, they didn't figure to lose now. But the Thorpedo is special; he's magic. He had the lead, he lost it, he found it again with his very last stroke. Thorpe's swim was, instantly, the greatest in Australian history. As his mates oi-oied, then played a little air guitar on the deck for Hall's listening pleasure, the natatorium rocked with cheers. So did the mansion in Kirribilli, the ranch...
...information, there's more than two teams in this meet," barked Australian coach Don Talbot before the first event. "This is all media crap! We do not have a strong enough team to beat the U.S." If he was trying to defuse things, the swimmers weren't cooperating. U.S. sprinter Gary Hall Jr. had said of the Australians that he and his teammates would "smash them like guitars." Aussie champ Kieren Perkins responded that he never listened to "drug cheats," a reference to Hall's 1998 suspension for marijuana...