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,

Olympic Day 1 Prelims – Complete

By Michael Collins & Phillip Whitten SYDNEY, September 16. OLYMPIC records were set in two events during prelims of the first day of competition at the Olympic Games here in

U.S. Olympic Water Polo News & Notes

by Eric Velazquez So Long, “Pre-Olympics” Well, they’re here. If there was the remotest chance of the U.S. women’s water polo team backing out of the Olympics, it flew out

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Photos of Sydney

By Michael Collins In the days leading into the games I have had a chance to do some sight-seeing. The city is quite beautiful. I am getting in as much