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...sure NBC told you, fantastic. But you know what? I found myself cheering as much for the Aussie kids as for the Americans. They were doing terrifically well, and were just having such an exciting time of it in front of their dads and moms. That Ian Thorpe - the Thorpedo - he was wonderful that first night, and his anchor leg in the relay is now cemented as the greatest Aussie swim of all time. The kid's 17 years old, he's already immortal over here. But he seems a nice, sensible, level-headed...
...success of the Games, the IOC knows, largely depends on stories of success and achievement, of overcoming obstacles and setting records. It helps when those athletes are from the home country--like Australian super-swimmer Ian "Thorpedo" Thorpe--or America, where the big bucks come from. So far this Olympics has not disappointed, with swimming records galore and exciting new teams like the U.S. men's soccer squad...
...Thorpedo" the hometown hero, competing at his first Olympics, was upstaged by two relatively mature - and hitherto little known-swimmers from the Netherlands. Between them, Pieter van den Hoogenband, 22, and Inge de Bruijn, 27, won five gold medals and set six world records on their way to becoming the new royalty of international swimming. "Even the Australians are calling me the queen of the pool," said De Bruijn of the host country's enthusiasm for swimming and the 17,500 fans who rattled the roof with joy after each world record was rewritten. "I still feel like...
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...
...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...