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...first evening of the swimming program, the expectations of millions found perfection in 10 laps of the Olympic pool. Thorpe won two gold medals, broke his own world record for the 400-meter freestyle and shared another world best with three teammates when he anchored Australia's 4 x 100 freestyle relay team to victory over the U.S. - a country that had never failed to win that event at an Olympics. For Thorpe, it had been the "best minute, best hour, best day, best week" of his life. "To be able to dream and to fulfill it is the best...
...gift," Thorpe said. "And I'm very thankful for that." Thorpe's long, graceful stroke and explosive kick were on show in the 400-meter freestyle. He was a full second ahead at the first turn and swam the rest of the race in style for a new world record of 3:40.59. It gave him his first Olympic title - and, amid the country's wild celebrations, he thanked God, the crowd, the nation, his family and his coach. "I'm one of the select few athletes who have performed at their best at the Olympic Games," he said afterward...
...Before the Games, Gary Hall Jr. said the Americans would smash the locals "like guitars." A world-record start by Klim (48.18 sec.) set up the Australian victory, but Thorpe sealed it. "I was hoping [Thorpe] would find something. I knew he was the fitter guy of the two and he just paced perfectly," said Klim. Hall got the U.S. ahead at the final turn, but Thorpe kept his head cool and his stroke smooth to bring home the race in a new world-record time of 3:13.67. "The last 50 m were rather painful," said Hall. "This...
...night's big upset was the absence of Tournant from that podium. Tournant had broken Kelly's world record in June with a time of 1:00.148, but on Sept. 16 was almost 3 seconds slower. The silver went to German Stefan Nimke and the gold to Britain's Jason Queally, who set an Olympic record (1:01.609). Queally admitted he had thought himself an outside chance for third: "If I can win a gold medal, I think there's hope for many, many others...
Harvard had a similar start to its 1999 campaign, jumping out to a 4-0 record before falling to the then-No. 1 Huskies...