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We have a thick orange electrical cord winding from a surge protector in the family room past the bathroom, through the hall, up the stairs, through the living room and into the kitchen wall JUST so the guys can get their nightly Olympic fix. I kind of like watching with them but the hours and hours of footage have spawned some interesting thoughts. There's just so much material to poke fun of it's hard to know where to start. 1. If you want to succeed at the Olympics get a really great...
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Japan turns out lots of good swimmers. Men like Kosuke Nakajima, who holds the world record in the 100- and 200-breast. I have swum against some of their Olympians when they were still club swimmers.The rest of the world has some good swimmers, too.Libby Lenton is one. -Libby Lenton/Trickett is from Townsville, Queensland, Australia and is 23 years old -Trickett is swimming the 50-, 100-free, and 100 butterfly, three of the sprint events in Beijing. -Trickett took the bronze medal in 2004...
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Libby Trickett Wins 100 fly, just off record pace
Libby Trickett of Australia has won the women’s 100-meter butterfly, capturing her first Olympic gold by holding off American Christine Magnuson.
Libby Trickett was under world-record pace at the turn...
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Lenton became the first woman to break the mark at the Duel In the Pool meet in Sydney earlier this year. But her personal best time of 52.99 - 0.31 of a second faster than German Britta Steffen's world record - was not officially recognised because ...
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Libby Trickett, Olympic Champion. It has a ring to it. It was supposed to be that way in Athens, but four years on, it came to fruition today when the artist formerly known as Libby Lenton, won Australia's ...
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