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Photos from Day 2

By Michael Collins Day 2 was another spectacular day. Day 1 was the best swimming day in Aussie history. Tonight the Americans showed their superiority with 1-2 finishes in the

USA Women’s Water Polo: Exciting 8-8 Tie With Canada

By Eric Velazquez, USA Water Polo U.S. Salvages Knot with Northern Neighbors Canadian Mistakes, U.S. Heroics Highlight 8-8 Tie Sydney, Australia—It was there for the taking. The Canadians had the

Olympic Day 2 Finals

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 17. THREE world records were washed away beneath the waves of the Homebush Aquatic Centre in Sydney on the second night of

Olympic Prelims: Day Two

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins Women's 100 Back Prelims Top 16 advancing to Semi-Finals: 1. Nakamura JPN 1:00.88 2. Mocanu ROM 1:01.18 3. Maracineanu FRA 1:01.66 4. Bedford USA

USA Women’s Water Polo Defeats Holland

USA Women Shine in Olympic Debut Baker’s Dozen Douses World Cup Champion Holland, 6-4 Sydney, Australia—It couldn’t have been scripted any better. All the years of lobbying and sacrifice had

Canada’s Whitfield Takes Men’s Triathlon

Simon Whitfield of Canada won the Men's Triathlon with a ferocious sprint in the last 400 meter to pass Stephan Vuckovic from Germany. His time was 1:48:02 to Vuckovic's 1:48:37.

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Olympics – Day 1 Finals (Complete)

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 16. WORLD records fell in all four final events on the first night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

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Day 1 Swimming Photos

By Michael Collins Here are some shots from the opening day of swimming at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The events held today were: Women's 400 IM Men's 400 Free Women's

Swiss take First & Third in Women’s Triathlon

By Michael Collins In an upset victory Brigitte MacMahon, of Switzerland out-sprinted Michellie Jones to win the Gold Medal (2:00.40-2:00.42)in the first medal event of the 2000 Olympics. Magali Messmer,