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...Johnson was here two days ago, and we didn't ask for his autograph," she said. After signing, the team stopped for some photo ops with diners, then headed back to the Olympic Village. Moussambani promised to call me next year, when he hopes to be invited to a swim meet in Washington. We both better enjoy it while it lasts. After that, I figure, Moussambani can write self-obsessed columns while I competitively doggy-paddle...
...Eventually, Krayzelburg found his way to Mark Schubert, the masterly and demanding swim coach at the University of Southern California. It took Schubert less than a week to give Krayzelburg his verdict: "You can be the best in the world." Last year Krayzelburg, now a muscular 6 ft. 2 in. and 190 lbs., broke the world records in the 100-m and 200-m backstroke...
...roaring start. Certainly Michellie Jones, the world's top-ranked woman triathlete, was tipped to win this event. And a few of her countrymen, somewhere around 150,000 of them, turned out to cheer her on over the suitable-for-framing course that started with a swim in Sydney Harbor. She looked to be in good shape there--Australian athletes perform best when wet. Plying waters ringed by shark-repelling sonar devices, Jones avoided becoming fish breakfast, then took the lead in the bike race. But she could not repel Switzerland's Brigitte McMahon in the run. The Swiss held...
...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 down in Canberra, the whistle-stop pub on the Indian Pacific line...
When you're the home team, the world can indulge you some rhetorical flourishes. Not content with such prosaic entries as "Men's Swim Team," the Australians have renamed their rosters...