Word: record
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...grand time breaking it in. From the outside, the Center looks like a white winged creature sprouting from the ground. Inside, its steeply sloped seats pack in 17,500. It's wonderfully high-tech - the pool is especially deep and designed for minimum wakes and maximum speed. Cameras record every angle, from the one that tracks along the ceiling to the one that follows the swimmers from under water...
...Australians would remember for the rest of their lives. Ian Thorpe, Australia's 17-year-old Water King, took his throne today. Thorpe swam like a shark followed by blubbery tunas, outpacing the field in the 400-meter freestyle by 10 feet and destroying the old Olympic record with his time of 3:40.59. The center exploded in joy - I'm not sure, but I think the roof actually did come off the building. But in typical Australian understated style, Thorpe smiled modestly and barely waved. Thorpe is the bane of a sport photographer's existence: They beg him smile...
...again, only this time he ripped the heart out of the greatest swimming machine ever created: the U.S. men's 4 X 100-meter relay team. The Yanks have never been beaten in an Olympics and usually aren't seriously challenged. Tonight the Australians started with a world record time for the first 100 meters and kept on going through to Thorpe's anchor leg. The U.S. team broke the world record, but the Australians broke them: Thorpe touched the wall .19 seconds in front of Gary Hall Jr. and Australians let loose a national yell of joy they...
...People at Harvard are worried about every little bit of their past, and their resumes, and don't have to be," he says. "This isn't the same level as a criminal record...
...went on to suffer its only regular-season loss of the year. Had the game against New Hampshire not been scheduled on the road during orientation week when Harvard University rules forbid first-years from leaving campus, the 1999 Crimson might well have entered the postseason with an unblemished record...