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...time he hits the water in a race. But last Saturday the nation was reminded that the 21-year-old swimmer is, after all, only human. In a 400-m freestyle heat at Australia's Olympic trials in Sydney, the world-record holder and Olympic champion tumbled into the pool before the starter's signal - and was disqualified for a false start. Swimming has had a "one-start" rule since...
...surreal," says Daniel Kowalski, a two-time Australian champion in the event and dual Olympian. "Everyone (at the pool) was stunned and it was very quiet." Although Team Thorpe lodged appeals, they were dismissed. When Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens finished one-two in the evening final to qualify for a start in Athens, Thorpe was a spectator. "You're talking about one of the greatest athletes in history - and this is his pet event," said a subdued Hackett. "(Thorpe) must be just hurting." Thorpe is perhaps the nation's most revered sports personality and fans were quick to demand...
...Munich Olympics, the Sydney-born schoolgirl was lost. For Gould the joy of swimming was the sensation of gliding through water and the process of trying to do it better; but most people seemed fixated on results. Feeling depersonalized by celebrity and curious about life beyond the pool, she lacked the will to churn out laps...
...decades she barely swam - just the odd dip with her kids in a lake or public pool - while her Olympic medals were consigned to a box in her wardrobe. Racked by bouts of restlessness and depression, she came to believe that swimming was part of who she was and denying it was dimming her spirit. She received, she says, no sympathy from her husband - "He never understood my motivations, my essence." After their marriage ended in 1997, it wasn't long before the pool lured her back. And by clocking a personal-best...
While Gould explores Nelms' insights, Miatke trusts in more conventional training - 10 pool sessions a week, between 80 and 120 laps per session, plus gym and abdominal workouts. She's an independent soul: she grew up without idols and, though she loves to read, eschews autobiographies "because I want to be myself, not mirroring others." Perhaps, she says, she'll qualify for Athens; more likely her first Games will be in Beijing and her best in 2012. "I want to go as far as I can," she says, but the slog is an end in itself: "It makes you tough...