Word: tellingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...long, long time. I read in the paper that they didn't catch on back home. This true? Can't believe that! Why? Regis? NBC's fault? What'd they show? The events were unbelievable! I think I saw the most important Olympic performance since Jesse Owens. I'll tell you about it in a sec. But everything else, too, was tremendous. The people were lovely, the food was wonderful and this city was beyond belief. The Emerald City...
...went out to Bondi Beach for the women's beach volleyball final. It was one of only two cloudy days during the whole Olympics, but I'll tell you, Bondi made its own sunshine. The waves were up and the surfers were out - hey, did you hear two surfers got eaten by sharks down here last week? - and the volleyball venue was rocking. A couple of Aussies had made it to the final, so you can imagine. The great old swimmer Dawn Fraser came out for the match and she took the mike and led the crowd in the "Ozzie...
...tell you, though: Her sixth attempt was the longest of the night, and if she hadn't fouled on it, she would have won. She is quite an athlete, I will say that...
...said before the Games they were going to turn the Marion Jones story into a weeklong soap opera. They didn't have to work hard at that! But I'll tell you, she was not the story of this meet - not really. She was one story, and Mo and Michael and Stacy and Haile and Cathy, especially Cathy - they were stories...
...find this interesting. See, the point is: During an Olympics an American star is bunking with a principal rival from another country. You could say HSI has taken Olympic ideals of brotherhood to new heights. Or you might say it's a pretty strange situation. Whichever, I'll tell you, it's indicative of where Olympic sport is today. The U.S. track and field team may pose as a unit on NBC, but down here it was comprised of a core at the Village with several of these brilliant satellites in orbit. Team Johnson, with Michael and his golden shoes...