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SwimNews Contents July-August 2002 CONSECUTIVE NUMBER272 VOLUME 29, NUMBER4 N.J.Thierry, Editor& Publisher MarcoChiesa, BusinessManager FEATURES Karin Helmstaedt, InternationalEditor 4 RealityCheck Nikki Dryden RussEwald, USAEditor PaulQuinlan, AustralianEditor CanadaBottomsOutatCommonwealthGames CecilColwin, FeaturesEditor 6-13 TheCommonwealth Games Nikki Dryden AnitaSmale, CopyEditor Feature Writers AustraliaWinsMostMedalsWith49 Nikki Dryden, NewYork Much ImprovedEnglandWins32With 10Gold WayneGoldsmith,Australia AnitaLonsbrough, England NoGoldsforCanadaontheWayto 18Medals InternationalStatisticalSupportGroup: 7 Personality: IanThorpe Nikki Dryden RumenAtanasov, Bulgaria InorOutoftheWater,ALegendat 19 ChakerBelhadj,Tunisia SzabolcsFodor, Hungary 8 Zimbabwe's FirstGold Nikki Dryden Gerd Heydn,Germany 9 Natalie Du ToitMakes History Nikki Dryden FranckJensen, Denmark 10 MakingA DailyDifference Nikki Dryden BerthJohansson, Sweden Daniel Pichon/MichelSalles, France ChangingtheDirectionofaNation JuanAntonioSierra, Spain 11 Personality: Graeme Smith Ben Lafferty NevilleSmith, SouthAfrica FratisekStochl, Czech Republic TheBraveheartofSwimming NelsonVargas, Mexico 13 Winning Is the OnlyOption Nikki Dryden JanuszWasko, Poland SumireWatanabe,Japan Bill SweetenhamTakesBritishSwimmingtotheEdgeofSuccess 14 Canadian Summer Nationals Nikki Dryden SWIMNEWSestablished in 1974 YoungandOldHaveTheirTurn Publishedtentimesyearly(JanuarytoOctober) Contentscopyright©Noportionofthismagazine 25 Colwin On Coaching Cecil Colwin maybereprintedwithoutpermissionofthe All RoadsLeadtoBaltimore publisher. 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SWIMNEWS(USPS#015-207)ispublishedmonthlyfor < ) US$35peryear.PeriodicalspostagepaidatChamplain, N.Y.andadditionalmailingoffices.Addresschanges Cowerpholo:CyJanzCyr/Newsport PhilippeGagnon MurrayStephens FranziskavanAlmsick JenniferButton shouldbesentto: DEPARTMENTS SWIMNEWS,356SumachStreet,Toronto,ON,M4X1V4 or (USAandInternationalonly) 3 Contents 32 USSummerNationalsResults IMSofN.Y.,100WalnutSt.#3,P.O.Box1518, Champlain,N.Y.12919-1518.Fordetailscall:IMSat 5 AboutThisIssue,Calendar 33-40 TAG(TopAgeGroupTimes) 1 (800)428-3003 EditorialOffices: 17-19 CommonwealthGamesResults lO&Under,11,12, 13,14,15,16,17&older SWIMNEWS, 356SumachSt.,Toronto, Ontario, 20-21 CanadianSummerNationalsResults 46-47 EuropeanChampionshipsResults M4X1V4, CANADA Tel: (416)963-5599Fax: (416)963-5545 22-23 CanadianYouthandJuniorResults 52-53 PanPacificChampionshipsResults E-mail:[email protected] http://www.swimnews.com 24 EuropeanJuniorChampionshipsResults 54 MakingWaves SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 3 REALITY CHECK takesomeoftheresponsibilityforthewaytheirathletes performed.Theathletes,aswell,needtotakeaccountability fortheirswims,andsodoesSNC." Johnsonwentontoexplainthatalackoffundinghas CANADA BOTTOMS 00T AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES contributed to the way Canadian swimming has been functioninginthepastfouryears,andthatthejobhewas Nikki Dryden exhausted, anddisillusioned.All thewhilethepressure hiredtodohadbeensupplantedbyadministrativejobs began to grow inside the team over who would save that kept him off the pool deck where he is needed. Ithasbeen 44yearssinceCanadafailedtowin agold Canadaandwinthatelusivegold.Swimmerafterswimmer However,hedidnotusepoorfinancesasacrutch. "We medalinswimmingattheCommonwealthGames,but wouldwalkthroughthemediazoneapologizingfornot can'tmakeexcuses(aboutlackoffunding),wehaveto thatisnottheworststatistic.Evenwithanadditional30 bringinghomegoldafterbeingaskediftheyfeltpressure findaway.Wehavetocreateasituationwhereeveryone medalsupforgrabsinthepool,Canada'smedaltotalwent towinonefortheteam. takesresponsibilityforswimmingfast." from20in1998to18in2002.Sixofthose18medalswere Johnson explained that on April 8, 2002, SNC ineventsforswimmerswithadisability(SWAD),meaning SelectionControversy restructured itself, creating a technical operation theCanadianable-bodiedteamonlywon12medals:5in Alsotobeconsideredwasthedarkcloudthatmovedin departmentthatwouldbefocusedontheadministrative relaysand7inindividualevents. overthecountrymonthsbeforethemeetbeganandhung andfundingsideofthejobthathehadbeendoingforthe overthe team for the entire competition. Still fresh in pastfewyears."Wealsomadeacleardecisionthatmedals PerpetualRebuilding everyone'smindwastheselectioncontroversythatdelayed matter." Therearesomepromisingnewswimmers;LauraPomeroy theofficialteamannouncementforoverthreemonths. "There isalimitedvision in Canadathatcoaches andMikeBrownaretwoofthelateststarstofindsuccess, Nadine Rolland (who qualified for the team on legal bringtothetable. Theyneedtomotivateathletestobe butwesaythateveryyear.Howmanytimescanwehear technicalitiesratherthanonperformance) andJennifer competitive athigherlevels. The kids aresoft, andthe thatthisisarebuildingphaseorthattherearesomegreat Carroll openly disrespected and broke team rules responsibility lies in thecoachingarea." Thisproblem youngswimmerswith lots ofpotential?We have been throughoutthecourseofthecompetition,causingmuch stemsfromourbeliefthatwinninganationaltitleis the hearingthesamestoryspunforalmostadecadenowand unrestanddisruptionforthecoachingstaff,management, end-allinthissport."Thereistheoverblownnatureofthe wehaveonlygottenworse. and swimmers. Rolland, outside the athlete protocol, nationaltitleorqualityperformance.Thereisnotenough In1994,aftertheCommonwealthGamesinVictoria, misrepresentedherselftothemediaasacoach, ateam ofacomprehensionofwhatisaqualityperformance.We Swim Magazine published an article about the manager,andamediaattache,aswellasbrokecurfew. havetobecarefulwhenwesaysomeonedidareallyfast competition.ThefirstparagraphquotedDaveJohnson, CarrollcarriedtheQuebecflagontothepodiumtoreceive time,becauseitwasn'tafasttime.Weneedtocommunicate Canadian headcoach andcoach ofhigh performance hersilvermedalinthe50back.WhileCarrolltoldteam morerealisticallywithourswimmers." services: "WegotburiedbytheAussies,andifIdon'tdo officialsitwasmerelyaninnocentgesturetothankthe something aboutitverysoon, I won'tbe here forvery peopleofQuebec,herbehaviourwasaslapinthefaceto RaisingtheBar long." herteammates. The incidentwas reported andwill be Well,therealitycheckhasbeenwrittenandifwedonotget Eightlongyearslater,wehavenothingtoshowfor examinedbythehighperformancecommitteeforpossible itnow,thenweneverwill.TheOlympicstandardshavenot ourefforts.Anyshort-livedmomentsofsuccessfromJen disciplinaryaction. yetbeenpublishedbutmostlikelyswimmerswillhaveto Button,MikeMintenko,orBrianJohnswereovershadowed While this kind ofconduct iswithout excuse, the swimFINA"A"timestomaketheteamin2004.Thatmeans bythe 14fourth-placefinishesandzerogoldmedalswe mere fact that it occurred is evidence of a far greater nofreeticketasarelayalternate,notokenrideinthe50s hadattheCommonwealthGames. problem. The rules keep changing and seem to be ofstroke,andnoOlympicringsforwinnersinweakevents: convenientforeachswimmeroreachcoach.Subjectivity onlyworld-classswimmerswillbegoingtoAthens. SWAD WeretheStarsoftheMeet reignssupreme,andthuseveryonefallsintothepartyline "Wearegoingtoraisethebar.Theselectioncriteria In1000words,wecannotattempttoanswerthequestion, to avoid reprisal, butwhat hasemerged is anation of aregoingtobealotmoredifficult,probablythe FINA'A' "Whatwentwrong?"Thatstorywillbetoldinthefuture, swimmersandcoachescreatingthemselvesinthesame times,"saidJohnson. "Ifonlytenpeoplemakeit.that's butwhatcanbementionednowaresomeofthissummer's shapeandsize,everyoneafraidtocolouroutsidethelines. fine,butIthinkthey'llliftthemselvesup." failings.First,therewasthedisastrousideaofsplittingthe Thisapproachhasmadeusweakandwehavebeenleft In that sameSwim Magazine article from 1994. teamintotwoandsending"GroupOne"onapre-meet behindtherestoftheworldbecauseofit.Forproof,we Johnsonalsosaid,"Someofthesekidswerejusthappyto trainingcampinLuxembourgwhile "GroupTwo"was needonlywatchthelastfivemetresofourraceswhentime maketheteam.Clubcoacheshavetohaveabettervisionof sentstraighttoManchester.GroupTwodidnotincludean andagainwegetpassedundertheflagsorfinishinfourth. whatworldswimmingisallabout."Certainlywecannot officialable-bodiedcoach,andincludedtheentireSWAD believethat,eightyearslater, nothinghasbeendoneto team.ArguablythefiveSWADswimmerswerethestarsof EveryoneisResponsible teachswimmersandcoachesaboutworldswimming. themeet,winningsixmedals,butnonewereconsidered AftertheCommonwealthGames,DaveJohnsonsatdown Raisingthebarwillneedtobedoneateverylevelof GroupOnematerial.Theeffectsofseparatingtheteam withSwimNewsandacknowledgedthatwedidnotswim swimminginthiscountryifwearegoingtosurfacefrom hadhumiliatingresults,withtheswimmersleftoutofthe well. "Theteamdidnotexecute in thefinals,weoften the depth of our worst-ever plunge. There are more trainingcampcallingthemselvesthe"B"team.If those lookedpromisingintheprelimsorsemis,butwhenwe problems that needdiscussing, dirty laundry thatneeds swimmerswerenotgoodenoughtogototrainingcamp, were required to step to the next level, we couldn't." airing,andpeoplethatneedtobeheldtotask.Wecannot whydidtheygototheCommonwealthGamesatall? Johnsoncontinued, "Ourfitness levelsandpreparation affordtobrush underthecarpetourpoorperformances Forseveralnightsaftertheconclusionofthefinals, werenotthere,andwewerenotcompetitive." fromtheCommonwealthGames,despitewhatsomemay theCanadianteamhadameetingonpooldeck.Aseach Theresponsibilityforourpoorperformance,Johnson believe.Ifwehadhadthisdiscussionin2000,wewouldnot daypassed,theswimmerslookedmoreandmoredejected, said,fallsoneveryone'sshoulders."Thecoachesneedto bewherewearetoday. 4 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 ABOUT THIS ISSUE CALENDAR Ourbiggestissueofrecentyearswasneededtocover CANADIAN 26-29 Man/SaskChampionships,Regina,SK allthemajorcompetitionsduringJulyandAugust. October 27-29 OntarioJunior/SWAD,Brantford First up was the Commonwealth Games in 26 TASSRCircuit1,Victoria,BC July Manchester,July30-August4.NikkiDrydenwasthere 26-27 GoldfinInvitational,Saskatoon,SK 4-6 EastCoastChampionships,NB tocovertheupsanddownsoftheseGamesheldevery November 4-6 AlbertaSRChampionships four years. The once-intense Australia vs Canada 1-2 UBCCollegesCup,Vancouver,BC 10-13 TASBCChampionsnhips rivalryisnowathingofthepast.Manyquestionsare 2-3 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC 11-13 AlbertaAGChampionships raisedinNikki'sRealtyCheckonpage4.Thereislittle 8-10 IslandPacificCup,Victoria,BC 24-27 ClubNationals,Montreal indicationthatanythingwillchange. December November CanadianNationalsfollowedonedayafterthe 28-1 WinterNationals,Edmonton,AB 27-30 WinterNationals conclusioninManchester.Notonlywasthisalarge 6-8 NYACYouthCup,ON 2004 time-changeandbarelyallowedtraveltimeforthose 6-8 KamloopsIceClassic,BC February who wished to compete in Victoria, but the top 13-15 OntarioSCSeniors,Nepean 19-22 EasternCanadianNationals swimmersdidn'thavetotakepart,devaluingCanada's 19-22 WesternCanadianNationals championships. Ateam of36 (12 tobe selected in 2003 20-22 CISInteruniversityChamps Victoria)weretocompeteatPanPacslaterinJapan. January INTERNATIONAL LastissuewetoldaboutMichaelPh—elps;inthis 11-12 TASSRCircuit2,Richmond,BC September issueweexplainwherehewasdeveloped theNorth 19-20 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC 23-28 FINAOpenWaterChampionships,EGY BaltimoreAquaticClub,whereMurrayStephenshas 24-26 CanadaWestChampionships October turnedanoriginalinvestmentof$5,000intoseveral 24-26 RODInvitational,Regina,SK 1-16 AsianGames,Pusan,KOR millionswhiledevelopingfiveOlympicgoldmedal 24-26 OntarioCup2,Guelph November winners! February 23-7 CentralAmerican&CaribbeanGames,SanSalvador PhelpswasoneofthesuperstarsatUSNationals, 6-9 Man/SaskChampionships,Winnipeg,MB 15-17 WorldCup1,RiodeJaneiro,BRA with a World and three American records, while 7-9 TASBCSeniorChampionships,Vancouver,BC Natalie Coughlin swam under the minute for 100 20-23 EasternCanadianChampionships,London,ON D22e-c23emWboerlrdCup2,NewYork,USA backandwon fiveevents, includingasweep ofthe 20-23 WesternCanadianChampionships,Regina,SK 1-2 WorldCup3,Shanghai,CHN 100free,back,andbutterfly. 21-23 CISInteruniversityChamps,Victoria,BC 6-8 WorldCup4,Melbourne,AUS The European Championships in Berlin were 27-2 OntarioJunior/SWAD,Nepean 12-15 EuropeanSCChampionships,Riesa,GER takingplace at the same time as Commonwealths March 2003 and theywere amuch fastercompetition with five 28-2 NovaScotiaAGChampionships January World, 11 European,and34Championshiprecords. 28-2 AlbertaAGChampionships 8-17 AustralianYouthFestival,Sydney Ourcoveragestartsonpage41. 6-9 TASBCChampionships 17-18 WorldCup5,Paris,FRA PanPacsfollowonpage48,thebigmeetforthe 8-9 AlbertaSRChampionships 21-22 WorldCup6,Stockholm,SWE AmericansastheysoundlytrouncedAustralia52to 14-16 CanadaCup 28medals.TherewasonlyoneWorldrecordin the April UNITEDSTATES men's4x100medley (therewere 10fouryearsago) 4-6 LimpertTeamChampionships,NB November but 15Canadianrecordsin 10eventswerethefinal 12-13 RichmondWestCoast,BC 22-23 WorldCup2,EastMeadow,NY tally.Canadaturneditselfaroundandswammuch 18-20 IslandInvitational,Victoria,BC December betterinYokohamathaninManchester.Butthat'sa 25-27 OntarioDiv.lTeams,Etobicoke 5-7 U.S.Open,Minneapolis,MN statistic; therealityisthattheygotthree individual OntarioDiv.2Teams,ThunderBay 2003 bronzemedalsin28events,withanadditionalfour OntarioDiv.3Teams,Sudbury March relaythirds. May 20-22 Women'sNCAAChampionships,Auburn,AB Resultsofeachcompetitionarealsoavailablein 3-4 AlbertaOpen 27-29 Men'sNCAAChampionships,Austin,TX aneasy-to-readformat. Inadditionwealsopublish 17-19 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC April YouthandJuniorNationalresults. 23-25 NewBrunswickChampionships 1-5 SpringNationals,Indianapolis,IN TAG times are up to date from all received 23-25 MelZajacInternational,Vancouver,BC June results.Weknowofanumberofmissingmeets. It's 30-1 OntarioCup,London 19-22 DisabilityChampionships,Minneapolis,MN not too late as we still have more time to update June August rankings.Wecan'trank'emifwedon'thave'em! 30-1 RODClassic,Regina,SK 5-9 SummerNationals,CollegePark,MD WorldCupshavebeenreducedtosevenmeetsas 6-8 KenDunnChampionships,Halifax,NS December Montreal (CAN) and Imperia (ITA) have dropped 6-8 KamloopsClassic,BC 4-6 USOpen,FederalWay,WA out.Thecostandbenefitsdidnotaddup.Edmonton 13-15 MooseJawInvitational,SK 2004 spentover$400,000lastNovemberwhentheyhosted 20-22 IslandInvitational,Victoria,BC My theCanadianWorldCup. 25-29 WorldandPanAmTrials,Victoria,BC 7-14 USOlympicTrials,LongBeach,CA SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 5 defeatIanThorpe.Hackettlookedpoisedtostaywith COMMONWEALTH GAMES .2002 thelegendary"Thorpedo"uptothehalf-waymark, buthequicklydroppedoffpaceinthethird 100, as AUSTRALIA WINS MOST MEDALS WITH 49 Thorpepickeduphislegsandgentlypulledawayto breakhisworldrecord.Thorpelookedlikehewould MUCH IMPROVED ENGLAND WINS 32 WITH 10 GOLD break3:40,butpausedinthefinal25metresasifto save that breakthrough for another time. "I came NO GOLDS FOR CANADA ON THE WAY TO IS MEDALS hererelaxed,andthecrowdandtheatmospherethey generatedmadeiteasier,"saidThorpe."Onceagain, Nikki Dryden takeacomfortableleadheadingintothefinalturn.As I came close to 3:40, that is something which is shedidinheats,shebegantoshortenupinthefinal keepingmehonest." TheCommonwealthGamesisknownasthe"friendly stretch.Butitwasgoodenoughforthewin,touching Inthewomen's200IMitwasabattlefromstart games,"whereeveryoneisalwayssmilingandhappy outherteammateKarenLegg1:59-69to 1:59-86. to finish, and then some. In a stunning win for totakepart.Andasidefromafewgoggletossesand Zimbabwe's Kristy Coventry from Lane 8,Jennifer DQs, almosteverycountry hadsomethingtosmile MEDAL TOTALS ReillyofAustraliawasdisqualifiedwithinminutesof about.TwoPakistaniwomenmadehistorybydonning Gold Silver Bronze Total finishing second. Reilly's DQ bumped the two their Speedo Fastskins and competing for the first 1 AUS 27 13 7 47 Canadians, Marianne Limpert (2:15.07) and Liz timeinmixedcompetition.TheNigerianmen'steam 2 ENG 10 8 14 32 Warden(2:16.12) uptothesilverandbronzemedal hadswimmersqualifyingforthesemifinalsinseveral 3 RSA 3 9 3 15 positions.Limpertwasthedefendingchampionand ofthe50s,aswellasfieldingarelayteamforthefirst 4 SCO 1 2 2 5 Commonwealth Games recordholderin theevent, timeever.Inanotherfirst,swimmerswithadisability 5 ZIM 1 1 buthadtofindsatisfactioninhersilver."I'mpleased (SWAD)competedalongsideable-bodiedswimmers 6 CAN 8 10 18 withtheposition,notsopleasedwiththetime,"she infullmedalevents.Fivecountrieswongold,including 7 NZL 1 1 2 said. "ObviouslyIwantedtowin,buttobehonest,I forthefirsttime,Zimbabwe,andthehostnationhad 8 MAS 1 1 2 couldn'tseeLane8comingupoutsidetopipme." much to cheer about, winning 10 golds and 32 9 JAM 2 2 Then,afteralate-nightAustralianteamprotest medals. 10 WAL 1 1 ofReilly'sDQ,shewasreinstatedasthesecond-place The pool in Manchester was cozy, with the 42 42 '41 125 finisherinthe200IM.Thesequenceofeventsthatled spectators'standsclimbinghighoneitherendofthe * no bronze inwomen's4x200free totheDQcanonlybedescribedasonebigmistake. pool. This intimacy, coupledwith greatmusic and Reilly swam the 200 IM in Lane 4, while Warden announcing,helpedthefansreallygetintothemeet. Pickeringwas overwhelmed afterwinning the swaminLane5.Onthefly-to-backturn,thejudgein WhileitmaynothavebeentheWorldCup,thestands openingrace."I'dbeenfeelingreallygoodbeforethe Lane 5 stood up to indicate the disqualification of werecompletewithgreenandgoldwigs,bikinis,face race,butIdidn'texpecttogothatfast,andnowIjust Warden. The turn referee acknowledged the DQ in paint,Mohawks,andmoreflags,pins,andsignsthan wanttokeepthatgoing."Pickeringisswimmingin Lane5,butwhilefillingouttherequiredpaperwork, youcouldcount. herfourthGamesandhergoldinthe200freebrings theturnrefereewroteintheincorrectlanenumber. For Ian Thorpe, breaking world records has herlifetimeGame'smedaltotalto 11. TheformwasfilledoutwithLane4asthelanetobe becomesocommon,hemustentertainhimselfwith SomehadtheirmoneyonGrantHackettinthe DQed.Thelanejudgethensignedtheformwithout otherrecords. HeattemptedtobreakSusieO'Neill's men's400free,hopingtoseetheworld'sbestmiler proofreading it, thus leading to a clerical error of recordofsixgoldmedalsfromthe 1998Games,but hecameuponemedalshort.Thorpecontinuallysaid hewasn'tswimmingforsevengolds,butpreparingto trainforsevenevents.Buthealsodidnotruleoutthe possibilityofswimmingbackorflyeventsinAthens. HisteammatePetriaThomasswam16races,winning fiveandpickingupanothersilverandbronze. But itwas an English swimmerwho stole the heartsofthecrowdandtheirteam'sleader. "Sarah Pricehasbeenthehighlightofthemeet," saidBill Sweetenham,Britain'sdirectorofhighperformance. "ShesetthreeGame'srecordsintheheats,semis,and finalsofthe 100back. [Aswell astwomore in the heatsandfinalsofthe200back.]Shesetthestandard thatallBritishathletesshouldaspireto." DayOne,Tuesday,July30 Inthewomen's200free,England'sKarenPickering swam likewinningwastheonlyoption, takingthe leadfromstarttofinish,burstingoffthe 100wallto Men's400IMmedalwinners:AdrianTurner,ENG,bronze4:18.75,JustinNorris,AUSgold4:16.95, DanGaibraith BrianJohns,CAN,silver4:17.41 6 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 massiveproportions. When the error was discovered, Reilly was j PERSONALITY: IAN THORPE reinstated, Limpert re-awarded the bronze, and WardenwasnotDQed,buthadtogivebackhermedal inatouchyfeelyceremonytwonightsaftertherace IN OR OUT OF THE WATER, A LEGEND AT 19 wasdecided. AussieJustinNorrisswamliketherockstarheis (inhissparetime,Norrisperformsinaband) breaking NikkiDryden onenesswithhisbodyandthewater."Myarmsand the Commonwealth Games record enrout,e to his upperbodymove around significantlywhen I am 1:56.95 win in the 200 fly. "I was pumped about RumourhasitthatIanThorpedoesnotlikeitwhen kickingoffthewall.Mostswimmershaveverystraight, that!" said Norris. "I justwanted to win one, and peopleequatehisbigfeetandhandswithhisability plasticarms.IhavemymineapartsoIcangetaflow that'sanothernotchinthebelt." toswimfasterthan anymanontheplanet.Andit through my body. Thatflowfrom my upperbody Thorpe won his second gold of the night wouldbelittlehisfeatsofgreatnesstosaytheyarejust throughmykickgivesmeacontinuousmovement anchoringtheAussie-winning4x100relay.Withless aresultofbody type. For, in fact, Ian Thorpe is a fromtoptobottom." than30minutesbetweenhis400andhisrelayswim, mastertechnician, andwhilehisholdofthewater Outofthewater,IanThorpeisalegendtoo.He hedid notseemphased, splittinga48.26. Hackett, andpropulsivekickmightworkbetterbecauseofhis hostshisownTVshowinAustraliacalled"Undercover alsoamemberoftherelay,splita49.49.RykNeethling physique, it is his dedication to perfection that Angels."Initheplayshimself,butismodeledafter had the fastest split of the event.Hisanchortimeof48.04 moved South Africa into second place, with Canada winningthebronze.Canada's teamofBrentHayden(50.23), Craig Hutchinson (49-33), MattRose (49-71), andRick Say (50.12) broke the Canadianrecord. Day Two, Wednesday, July31 True to form, Zoe Baker of England won her marquee event, but swam just slower thanhertimefromthesemis. Touchingwith more than a one-second lead, Baker just missedherownworldrecord (30.57) set in the semis, Thorpebettered13thindvidualworldrecordinthe400freeinManchester DanGalbraitli winning the 50 breast in makeshimgreat. Charlie from those other famous Angels. In each 30.66.Butsheadmittedthatherrecordfromthesemis wasmoreimportantthan thewin. "Iwassohappy WatchingIanThorpeswimisascloseonemay episode,ThorpesendshisAngelsouttodogooddeeds get to swimming Nirvana. His stroke is beautiful, acrossthecountry.Butifthatdoesnotsoundlikeyoui aboutthat[therecord] Buttonightwasaboutwinning . smooth,powerful,andstrong.Andwhenyourealize cupoftea,openanymagazineandyouwillfindhim. gold." SWADathletescompeteinthirteenclassifications hismasteryoffreestyle,yougetchillsupanddown IntheQantasAirlinesmagazineheadvertiseshisown yourspine. jewellerycollection. (S1-S13)dependingonability,andtheraceiscalled byrankingeachswimmer'sswiminrelationtothe His abilitytochangespeeds lookssoeasy, but ButwhatgetsyoueverytimeaboutIanThorpeis what iseven betteris hisbackstrokestarts. Not, of thatthisman, socomposed andhumble andself- worldrecordinthatevent,i.e.whoeverswimsclosest course,becausetheyaregood,butbecausetheyare assured,isonly19yearsofage.Ajournalistaskedhim in time to the world record orwhoever breaks the world record by the most time wins the race. An bad.Anditmakesyouquietlyhappytoknowthisman duringtheCommonwealthGamesifhecouldpicture is human. But what makes him superior is that, himselfswimmingatage30,likemanyoftheother importantnoteisthatalltheworldrecordsarefrozen despitehisbadstart,hestillsurfacesaheadofeveryone, competitorsinthemeet."Ican'tseemyselfswimming beforethemeetbeginssoastopromotefastracingin boththeheatsandthefinals. andyoucanputmoneyonthefactthathisstartwill at30,"hesaid."ButIwillcontinuetoswimwhileI NatalieduToitofSouthAfricabroketheworld notbebadforlong. continuetoenjoyit.IwillquitonlywhenIfailtowake Onetechnicalaspectofhisswimthatwascurious up in the morning or when I feel I am the best raegcaoirndiinntthheefhienaaltssboyft1h.e065s0efcroenedbs.yS1h.2e1wsoencotnhdes,StWhAeDn stowitmhmiserwsriatreertaisughhitstostpruetatmhleiinrehapnodsisttioong.ethWehriolfef sthwaitmdmaeyrmIacyabnebet.omHoorprefouwl,liytimtawiyllbebettwhoeyleaatrtserf,rboumt 50 free followed by Stephanie Dixon and Danielle CampoofCanada.Dixonsaid,"I'mdefinitelypleased, thestartandturn,Thorpemerelyputsthemside-by- now,oritmaybeinsixyears.Regardless,I'vehtaadda. side. His reasoning has to dowith his exceptional greatjourneysofar." SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 7 asit'smybesttime. IknewNataliewasgoingtobe Huotwonsilverandbronze in theSWAD men's 50 I II hardtobeat.Myaimwastojustgetoutthereanddo free.Gagnontiedtheworldrecordwith25.04,while agoodtime,andhopefullygoforamedal." Huotwas0.03secondsofftheworldrecordwithhis ThorpeandHackettwerebackin actioninthe time of25.07, both in the S10. "Myperformances 200free,andinanyeventtheybothswim,theymake provehowfardisabilityswimminghascome,"said as discovered"whileswimming itdifficultto raceforanythingelsebutthebronze. Gagnon. "Theteamspiritand integration intothe in South Africa, spottedby aformerUScollege And itwas Canada's RickSaywhowas able to lay Canadianteamisgreat." coachwhosawherswimmingandcalleduphis claim to the left-over medal. While Say was Australia'sLeiselJoneswasjustoffherbest,but formerswimmer,DaveMarsh,tolethimknowhe disappointedwithhistime, hewilltakethebronze. it was good enough to put a body length on her hadfoundawinner.Marsh,whoisheadcoachat "Coming home with a medal, after swimming so nearestcompetitorinthe200breast.Jonesfinished AuburnUniversity,wastoldbyhisoldcoachabout crappy, isprettygood.," saidSay. "I amstruggling aheadofSarahPoewe,2:25.93to2:27.47.Joneswas agirlfromZimbabwewho"holdsthewaterwell withsomethinghere,butitisgettingbetter." happywithherwin,butnotwithhertime. "Myfirst andhasgreatpotential." Thorpe and Hackett both seemed somewhat international goldfeelsfantastic. Itwasgoodtoget Andsoithappened,KirstyCoventrywasoffto disappointed with their races. Thorpe was off his outofthesilverbracket. Iwas alittledisappointed swim inAlabama. As afreshman at thisyear's world record, touching in 1:44.71, with Hackett in withthetime;Iwasoutthereatthe100butjustcan't NCAAs,sheshowedoffherbackstrokeskillswitha 1:46.13.Bothalsofeltliketheywereinneedofsome bringithome.AsIgetolderandstrongerIwillbeable third-placefinishinthe200backandafourth- rest before the 4x200 relay. "I've had lots ofsleep tobringithomebetter." placefinishinthe100back.Butitwasthe200IM betweenheatsandfinals,"saidThorpe."Butit'sjust For South African Sarah Poewe, this meet is inManchesterwheresheearnedherstripes.From one of those things where I am probably not as quiteemotional."ThiswillbethelasttimeIswimfor Lane8,Coventrysurprisedthefieldwithathree- recoveredfromyesterdayasIwouldhaveliked." South Africa. I have dual citizenship and will be second drop off her PB and a Commonwealth swimmingforGermanyfromnowon."At19,Poewe Gamesrecord. "Ihadaprettyterribleswimthis DayThree,Thursday, August 1 sayshermovehastodowithherfutureinthesport. morning. I was seeded fourth coming into the Inacontroversialrulingintheheatsofthe200back, "It'sbeenanhonourtoswimforSouthAfrica,andI Games,soIjustwantedtodobettertonightthan favouriteMattWelshofAustraliawasDQedformoving amverythankful,butnowIhavedecidedtoswimfor Ididthismorning." onthestart.AlthoughtheAussiesprotested,andthe Germany." Herwin,inatimeof2:14.53,wasasurprise videodidnotseemtoprovehisguilt,hisDQremained, SarahPrice,completewithherfakenailspainted eventoher."Iamquiteamazed.Itreallyhasn't leavingthedoorwideopenforwhoeverwasreadyto withtheEnglishflag,brokeherthirdGamesrecord sunkinyet,anditdoesn'tseemveryreal."Herwin stepuptotheplate.ThatpersonwaslocalheroJames enroute to heremotional win. In tears ofjoy, she markedthefirstgoldforZimbabweinthepoolat Goddard,wholivesandtrainslessthan 15 minutes wavedtothecrowdafterswimmingthe 100backin theCommonwealthGames,andbroughtcheers fromthepoolinManchester.Hiswinwasthefirstof 1:01.06."I'veshowneveryonenowthatIcanperform and pride from her coach. Marsh arrived in fourforthehometeamonthethirdday. inmajorcompetitions,andI'mjustsohappy!"Price ManchesterjustintimetowatchCoventrymake Goddardtooktheraceoutandledfromstartto broketheGamesrecordintheheatsandsemisofthis historyandwasexcitedaboutherswim.Coventry finish,yetalleightmenturnedon thesamestroke event, before winning the gold in the final. Her wentontoplacefifthinthe100and200backsat going into the 100wall. ButGoddard strokedwell, approach to competition ispart ofan initiative in theCommonwealthGamesandseemspoisedfor keepinguphisedgetotouchinabesttimeof1:59-83 British swimming where swimmers have to swim continuedsuccess toScotsmanGregorTait,whofinishedwitha2:00.55. withintwopercentoftheirbesttimeinheats,within CanadianswimmersPhilippeGagnonandBenoit onepercentinthesemis,andthenaPBinthefinals. Withthecrowdstillontheirfeet, Englandhad anotheronetocheeraboutwiththebigwinofAdam Whitehead in the 100 breast. Hiswin and time of 1:01.13 brought the hugs of his Mum, who came downthestandstoembracehertearfulson.Canada's MorganKnabeswamtosilverwitha 1:01.23,offhis bestof1:00.95. "I nearly quit the sport a year ago," said Whitehead. "I'vehad alotofbadexperiences after Sydneyandalotofbadswims, butmyfriendsand familykeepmeinit."Whiteheadbrokecountryman AdrianMoorhouse'sGamesrecordintheheatswith a1:01.05. ForthefirsttimeinGameshistory,Australiawas defeatedinthewomen's4x200freerelay. Therace came down to the final lap between Aussie Petria Thomas (swimmingher4th race in oneday) and England'sKarenPickering(winnerofthe200free). Pickeringsealedthedealwithher1:59-41 split,and BesteverCanadianmen's4x200freerelaywinssilverin7:17.17withRickSay, BrianJohns, DanGalbraith the crowderupted to celebrateyet another English MichaelMintenko,andMarkJohnston 8 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 NATALIE DUT0IT MAKES HISTORY NikkiDryden February27, 2001 is adayNatalieduToitwill probablyneverforget.Beforethatdayshewasan international swimmer who had represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in MalaysiaandthePanPacsinSydney.Butonthat fatefulday,duToitwastravelingfromschoolto swimpracticeonhermopedwhenshewashitby acar.Foraweekdoctorstriedtosaveherdamaged leg,buttheylostthebattleandduToit'sleftleg hadtobeamputatedatmid-shin.Sheisleftwith a titanium plate in her leg, a skin graft, and severelydamagednerveendings. Aftermissingthe2000OlympicGames,du Toitwasdeterminedtoswimagainandrepresent Women's100flymedallists:AmandaLoots(RSA)silver59.68, PetriaThomas(AUS)gold58.57, DanGalbraith SouthAfricaatthe2004Olympics.Shereturned JenniferButton(CAN)bronze1:00.22 to the pool in May 2001, which she said was "excruciatingly painful." But du Toit pushed gold.Thiswinwassomewhatofavindicationforthe ofAustraliawassecondandRykNeethlingofSouth throughandhashereyessetonAthens. "Istill Englishteam,whowongoldattheWorldslastyear Africawasthirdin49.45and49.71 respectively.For believeIcanmakeittotheOlympics.Iknowthat aftertheAmericanandAustralianteamswereDQed. Neethling,swimmingagainstThorpeisathrill."Every mentally it is going to be tough, but I am Afewsaidtheyshouldgivebacktheirgolds,butthis timeIswimagainsthim, IthinkIhaveachance. I determinedtoproveitcanbedone." winhereshowedeveryonetheyareworldclass. enjoyit,andwhenmycareerisoverIcanlookback Butbeforethosedreamscanberealized, it Onthemen'sside,Australiahasnotbeenbeaten and tell my kids that I swam against the greatest was this year's Commonwealth Games that inthe4x200freerelaysince1950,andtheycontinued swimmerintheworld." providedherauniqueopportunitytomakehistory. theirstreakwithawinof7:11.69tobreaktheGame's Within minutes of receiving his 100 free gold Manchester became the first international record.Canada'steamofRickSay,BrianJohns,Mark medal,Thorpewasbackin thewaterwinningheat sportingeventtofullyintegrateeliteathleteswith Johnson, and Mike Mintenko placed second in a oneofthemen's100backsemis.Inheattwo,Aussie adisability(EAD)orswimmerswithadisability Canadianrecord. MattWelshsentamessagetoThorpethatheisnotthe (SWAD) and able-bodied athletes in the same manthatwillhelphimwinhisseventhgoldmedal. competition.ThisallowedduToittobecomethe DayFour, Friday, August2 Canada's RileyJanes, whowas injured on the first athlete in international competition to AussiePetriaThomaswonhersecondflygoldofthe underwater camera off the start ofhis heat swim, compete in both able bodied and disabled meetandcapturedherthirdconsecutive 100flytitle missedqualifyingforthefinalby0.02seconds.While swimming. witha58.57.MandyLootsofSouthAfricatouchedin Janesadmittedtogoingtoodeeponhisunderwater FirstupwereduToit'stwoSWADracesinthe50 59-68, while Canada'sJen Button was just able to kickoffthestart,hesaidthefoot-longscrapesalong and 100frees.Shedestroyedthefield,breakingboth separate herself from the rest of the pack for the eitherside of his spinewere annoyingbut did not worldrecordsintheS9categorytowindoublegold. bronze."Ididn'twanttogetcaughtupinthehistorical hinderhisperformance."Itdidn'thavealotofeffect Butthenitwastimeforherfavouriteevent,the800 thing," saidThomas. "I justwentoutto swim my onmetonight. I'mfinewithitall,it'sallright." freeforable-bodiedswimmers.DuToitmadethefinal best. It will probably take a while to sink in, but Takingtwosecondsoffhispersonalbestwasnot andfinishedeighth,buthertimefromtheheatswas alreadyit'sawonderfulfeeling." quite enough for Canada's BrianJohns towin the onlyonesecondslowerthanhertimefromthePan ButtonbroketheCanadianrecordinthesemis, goldinthe400IM.Heledfromthestartto395metres, Pacsin1999,aracedonebeforeheraccident."Ialways butwas unable to get underthe elusive 60-second only to get passed under the flags byAussieJustin imagine myself as the same person as before the barrierinthefinal.''Youknow,''Buttonsaid,"Youtry Norris. accident. Iwouldlovetohavemylegback,butyou sooftentodosomething.It'sbeentwoyearsI'vebeen Johnswasvisiblydisappointed afterthe touch, havetogetusedtoitnotbeingthere." closetothatmark[60seconds]andtogetsoclose,all theweightofacountryonhisshoulders."Iwantedto "I will be focusing my attention on the long I can say is bloody hell!" Of course, the always- grabgoldfortheteam,butIjustfinishedshort...Iam distancefreeevents,"shesaidbeforethecompetition positiveandnever-dullButtonadded,"ImeanIgot extremelydisappointed,IreallyfeltlikeIcouldwin began. "I understand the world champion at that thebronze,soIhavetobehappywiththat! It'sjust bothmedleys." event doesn't kick very much, so having only one whatcanyoudo?!" Fittinglythenightendedwitharousingsing-a- legwon'tbethatmuchofaproblem." Itisquiteapparentthatnoonecancomebackon longoftheEnglishanthemforRebeccaCooke,who NatalieduToitisnotgoingtoletherdisability IanThorpe,sowhenheisleadingatthe50,itispretty won the 800 free in a best time of 8:28.54. After changeherlife."Iamstillabletowalk,run,andeven muchagivenhewilltakethetitle.Thorpewonhis touching,shelookedlikeshecoulddoanother3x800, cycle."ButmostimportantlyforduToit,shecanstill fifthgoldmedalofthemeetinthe100freewithabest although it was not necessary to take home gold. swim."Thewaterisagiftthatgivesmebackmyleg. timeandnewGame'srecordof48.73-AshleyCallus Cookeadmittedtobeingabitnervousbeforeherrace, Swimmingwasmylife,anditstillis." SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 butsaidshewasbuoyedbytheEnglishcrowd. "You JULY DIFFERENl dohavelastminutenerves,buttheracewentexactly THE DIRECTION OF A NATION asIhadplanned.Iwantedtotakeitoutfromthestart andkeepbuildingonmylead." atahigherlevel,soMasudbegantothinkofwaysto workaroundtheIslamicCode.Shethought,"Ifthe DayFive, Saturday, August 3 ig morning of the Commonwealth trackandfieldathleteswereallowedtocompetein Canada'sMikeMintenkomanagedtobreakupthe Iakistan's 18-year-oldSanaAbdulWahid longtights, perhapstheswimmerscouldwearthe AussieflyingduoofGeoffHuegillandAdamPineby madehercountry'sswimmingdebutinthe50fly. newbodysuitsandcompeteinmixedcompetition." placingsecondtoHuegillinthe 100fly. Tankand Beforethat,noPakistaniwomanhadevercompeted SowhenMasudspoketothepress,shebegantorefer Skippybattleditouttothe75,untilHuegillsurgedto in aninternationalcompetitionoutsideaMuslim tothebodysuitsastheIslamiccostumes,andwhen victory.Bothmenwereofftheirbesttimes,finishing country. "I am veryproud [aboutbeing the first sheproposedherideatothegovernmenttheynever in 52.36 and 52.80. "I felt great to the 75," said woman from Pakistan to swim outside a Muslim questionedit. Mintenko."Ijusthavetoworkonthelast10metres, country],"shesaidafterherswimof33-53inthe50 Wahid and Khan were selectedforthisyear's andhopefullyinthreeweeksatPanPacs,itwillcome fly."Itwasverygoodtobeabletoswimwithsomany Games because theyarethe twofastestwomen in through." experiencedswimmers." Pakistan. At 18, Wahid is one of the pioneers of Withakilt-cladteamtocheerheron,Scotland's Her 12-year-oldteammate Kiran Khan made women'sswimminginPakistan.Sheisthedefending Alison Sheppard defended her title in the 50 free. herdebutonthesecondday,swimmingthe100back NationalChampionforfiveyearsrunningandholds Sheppard has perfected the first 25 metres of this in1:16.07.Sheplacedseventhinherheatofseven, eightnationalrecords.Masudsays,"Sanaisextremely event,gettingabody-lengthleadbyhalfway."I'mso touching to a rousing cheer from the impressed competitiveandshejustwantstogrowandcompete. pleased todo thatin frontofahomecrowd," said crowd.Whilehertimemaynotbecompetitivewith Thisexperiencewillmakeabigdifference." Sheppard."Ididn'tlookwhereanyoneelsewas,Ijust therestoftheCommonwealthswimmers,itisforher Khanisjust12yearsold,andisalsoanational wanted to swim my own race." Canada's Laura age."It'sgreattobehere,andit'sgoodtobeableto champion,butbecauseofherage,theobjectiveisto PomeroywasfifthafterbreakingtheCanadianrecord competeinternationally,"shesaid."Wehave30or groom Khan at this competition. "Kiran is very with a25.85 intheheats. "Thatwasn'tasfastasI moreverygoodfemaleswimmersinPakistan,but young,"saysMasud,"butsheisagoodswimmer.She wouldhaveliked,butIamhappytobeinthefinal," unfortunately,theyhaven'tqualifiedthistime." is coached by her father, who is very keen and saidPomeroy. "Itisreallyexcitingtobeinthefinal VeenaMasudisthewomanbehindthecreation motivated." asIwasn'tseededtopeightcomingintothismeet.So ofwomen'sswimminginPakistan;beforethatshe Fiveyearsago,therewerenowomencompeting to get fifth in my first international meet is pretty helped break down the barriers to civilian men's inswimminginPakistan.Nowinherhomecityof good." swimmingintheearly1990s.Masud's10-year-old Karachi, Masudhasmeetswithover250girls, and It was one, two, three for England asJames son Kamal started beating men from the armed sheestimatesthereareover10,000womenswimming Gibson,AdamWhitehead,andDarrenMewsweptthe forces (the group that dominated swimming in inPakistan.Thereareclubsineverymajorcityand 50 breast. Mewmissed amedal in the 100, sowas Pakistan),andatthe1992AsianChampionshipsin workisbeingdonenowtogetgirlsandfamiliesinthe particularlyhappy."Wecameheredeterminedtogo Hiroshima,shewasapproachedbythenHongKong ruralareasinterestedandcompetinginswimming. fora 1-2-3 andnowwe'vedoneit,"saidMew. "It's headcoachBillSweetenham.Hetoldherthather "Itwilltaketime,"saysMasud."Butthekeywillbe tremendousandarealboosttotheteamfortherest sonhadpotentialandaskedifshewouldsendhimto toworkinthesmallertownstogrowthesport."Even ofthenightandtherestoftheGames." HongKongfortraining.Sheandherhusbandsaid in the more conservative province of Peshawar, England continued to sizzle, sweeping their no,butSweetenhambegantofaxherworkouts,and borderingonAfghanistan,thereisevenateamoffive second event in one night. This time it was the Masudstartedcoachingherson. girls askingMasudforhertraining and technical women'sturninthe200back.SarahPriceledfrom Kamal went on to compete in the expertise. starttofinishwithherflawlessbackstroke;herhead Commonwealth Games in 1994, the Olympics in AsfarasMasudfittingintothebiggerpicture,a iscompletelystillwhilesheswims,withafluidroll 1996, and was recruited to swim at Mercersburg picturewherewomenswimmingintheMuslimnation and steady kick. Price's first 50 was underworld- Academy in high school, andJohn's Hopkins for ofPakistanseemsintheshadowof9/11tobeamajor record pace, but she faded slightly in the second university. ButwhenKamalleftfortheUS,Masud politicalandsocialfeat,Masudisveryhumbleofher hundred to finish with herfifth PB ofthe meet, a decidedsheneededtogiveothersthesameopportunity role."Allthosepoliticalagendasseemtoturnintoa 2:10.58. The rest of the race was up for grabs for hersonhadhad."Myson'ssuccesshadarousedalot lotofegotrips. I amaneducatorandcoachandI whomeverwastoughenoughtostepup.TwoEnglish ofattentionfromtheyoungchildreninmycity,soI believe you have to make changewith the people girlsjoFargusandKatySexton,didjustthat,finishing and four other women formed a women's aroundyou,anditwillcatchlikeavirus." in second and third with 2:11.60 and 2:12.01 organizationtorunswimmeetsforgirls."Alltheir With a great deal of understanding and respectively. meetswererunwithin the IslamicCode, andthey compassion,Masudispassionateaboutthechange "I'm over the moon," said Price. "I was so were such a success that they approached the she ismakingtopeoples lives. "There isso much nervousbecausethesegirlsaresotough.It'ssogreat government about sending ateam to the Islamic confusionintheworldbecauseofreligion.Lookatall thatwegot 1-2-3!" Women's Games in which onlywomen compete, thewarsbeingfoughtbecauseofit.Ifeelthattakes Perhaps the most anticipated event of the coach,andofficiate. awayfromwhatreligionmeans.Forme,makinga competition,themen's100back,sawMattWelshout Theteamfirstcompetedin 1997inTehranat differenceeveryday,adifferencetosomeone'slife, forbloodandIanThorpeoutforhissixthgold.The the second Islamic Games, coming home with that'smylife.Nothingelseisimportant,andthatis questiononeveryone'smind: CouldThorpedobeat handfulsofmedals.Butthegirlswantedtocompete whyIdothis." Welsh?Well,itwasnottobe.Welshledfromwallto (continuedonpage12) 10 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002

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PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SwimNew, NUMBER 27 w.swimnews.co ni3T3i if nnnnui mi BRIGHTEST STAR IN NORTH BALTIMORE SHOWS \Mj THE VAN ALMSIcffillDS GERMANS TO EUROPEAN SUCCESS I » (c2£aJmKmjiIHir1 -''-: Splash Software The Future of Swim Meet Management Has Arrived! • Advanced data formats that • Accepts electronic meet are optimized to integrate entries in several formats into the Swimnews World including Commlink, SDIF, Rankings database WSV, Lenex & Aquabec • Works with all major timing • Save meet results in several systems including Omega, popular formats including Daktronics, Colorado, Alge SDIF, Splash, WSV, Lenex & and Longines Aquabec Entriesscreen-allowsyoutocheckallindividual orrelayentries • Uses the latest IPS • Operate the software in any International Point Score number of languages tables to assign point values including: English, French, to all performances - the German, Spanish, Italian, same point tables used on Portuguese, Dutch, Polish the FINA World Cup series and Icelandic Operatetheinterfaceinoneof9languages,while com outputtingresultsinanother splash.swimne ws. 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Johnsonwentontoexplainthatalackoffundinghas CANADA BOTTOMS 00T AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES contributed to the way Canadian swimming has been functioninginthepastfouryears,andthatthejobhewas Nikki Dryden exhausted, anddisillusioned.All thewhilethepressure hiredtodohadbeensupplantedbyadministrativejobs began to grow inside the team over who would save that kept him off the pool deck where he is needed. Ithasbeen 44yearssinceCanadafailedtowin agold Canadaandwinthatelusivegold.Swimmerafterswimmer However,hedidnotusepoorfinancesasacrutch. "We medalinswimmingattheCommonwealthGames,but wouldwalkthroughthemediazoneapologizingfornot can'tmakeexcuses(aboutlackoffunding),wehaveto thatisnottheworststatistic.Evenwithanadditional30 bringinghomegoldafterbeingaskediftheyfeltpressure findaway.Wehavetocreateasituationwhereeveryone medalsupforgrabsinthepool,Canada'smedaltotalwent towinonefortheteam. takesresponsibilityforswimmingfast." from20in1998to18in2002.Sixofthose18medalswere Johnson explained that on April 8, 2002, SNC ineventsforswimmerswithadisability(SWAD),meaning SelectionControversy restructured itself, creating a technical operation theCanadianable-bodiedteamonlywon12medals:5in Alsotobeconsideredwasthedarkcloudthatmovedin departmentthatwouldbefocusedontheadministrative relaysand7inindividualevents. overthecountrymonthsbeforethemeetbeganandhung andfundingsideofthejobthathehadbeendoingforthe overthe team for the entire competition. Still fresh in pastfewyears."Wealsomadeacleardecisionthatmedals PerpetualRebuilding everyone'smindwastheselectioncontroversythatdelayed matter." Therearesomepromisingnewswimmers;LauraPomeroy theofficialteamannouncementforoverthreemonths. "There isalimitedvision in Canadathatcoaches andMikeBrownaretwoofthelateststarstofindsuccess, Nadine Rolland (who qualified for the team on legal bringtothetable. Theyneedtomotivateathletestobe butwesaythateveryyear.Howmanytimescanwehear technicalitiesratherthanonperformance) andJennifer competitive athigherlevels. The kids aresoft, andthe thatthisisarebuildingphaseorthattherearesomegreat Carroll openly disrespected and broke team rules responsibility lies in thecoachingarea." Thisproblem youngswimmerswith lots ofpotential?We have been throughoutthecourseofthecompetition,causingmuch stemsfromourbeliefthatwinninganationaltitleis the hearingthesamestoryspunforalmostadecadenowand unrestanddisruptionforthecoachingstaff,management, end-allinthissport."Thereistheoverblownnatureofthe wehaveonlygottenworse. and swimmers. Rolland, outside the athlete protocol, nationaltitleorqualityperformance.Thereisnotenough In1994,aftertheCommonwealthGamesinVictoria, misrepresentedherselftothemediaasacoach, ateam ofacomprehensionofwhatisaqualityperformance.We Swim Magazine published an article about the manager,andamediaattache,aswellasbrokecurfew. havetobecarefulwhenwesaysomeonedidareallyfast competition.ThefirstparagraphquotedDaveJohnson, CarrollcarriedtheQuebecflagontothepodiumtoreceive time,becauseitwasn'tafasttime.Weneedtocommunicate Canadian headcoach andcoach ofhigh performance hersilvermedalinthe50back.WhileCarrolltoldteam morerealisticallywithourswimmers." services: "WegotburiedbytheAussies,andifIdon'tdo officialsitwasmerelyaninnocentgesturetothankthe something aboutitverysoon, I won'tbe here forvery peopleofQuebec,herbehaviourwasaslapinthefaceto RaisingtheBar long." herteammates. The incidentwas reported andwill be Well,therealitycheckhasbeenwrittenandifwedonotget Eightlongyearslater,wehavenothingtoshowfor examinedbythehighperformancecommitteeforpossible itnow,thenweneverwill.TheOlympicstandardshavenot ourefforts.Anyshort-livedmomentsofsuccessfromJen disciplinaryaction. yetbeenpublishedbutmostlikelyswimmerswillhaveto Button,MikeMintenko,orBrianJohnswereovershadowed While this kind ofconduct iswithout excuse, the swimFINA"A"timestomaketheteamin2004.Thatmeans bythe 14fourth-placefinishesandzerogoldmedalswe mere fact that it occurred is evidence of a far greater nofreeticketasarelayalternate,notokenrideinthe50s hadattheCommonwealthGames. problem. The rules keep changing and seem to be ofstroke,andnoOlympicringsforwinnersinweakevents: convenientforeachswimmeroreachcoach.Subjectivity onlyworld-classswimmerswillbegoingtoAthens. SWAD WeretheStarsoftheMeet reignssupreme,andthuseveryonefallsintothepartyline "Wearegoingtoraisethebar.Theselectioncriteria In1000words,wecannotattempttoanswerthequestion, to avoid reprisal, butwhat hasemerged is anation of aregoingtobealotmoredifficult,probablythe FINA'A' "Whatwentwrong?"Thatstorywillbetoldinthefuture, swimmersandcoachescreatingthemselvesinthesame times,"saidJohnson. "Ifonlytenpeoplemakeit.that's butwhatcanbementionednowaresomeofthissummer's shapeandsize,everyoneafraidtocolouroutsidethelines. fine,butIthinkthey'llliftthemselvesup." failings.First,therewasthedisastrousideaofsplittingthe Thisapproachhasmadeusweakandwehavebeenleft In that sameSwim Magazine article from 1994. teamintotwoandsending"GroupOne"onapre-meet behindtherestoftheworldbecauseofit.Forproof,we Johnsonalsosaid,"Someofthesekidswerejusthappyto trainingcampinLuxembourgwhile "GroupTwo"was needonlywatchthelastfivemetresofourraceswhentime maketheteam.Clubcoacheshavetohaveabettervisionof sentstraighttoManchester.GroupTwodidnotincludean andagainwegetpassedundertheflagsorfinishinfourth. whatworldswimmingisallabout."Certainlywecannot officialable-bodiedcoach,andincludedtheentireSWAD believethat,eightyearslater, nothinghasbeendoneto team.ArguablythefiveSWADswimmerswerethestarsof EveryoneisResponsible teachswimmersandcoachesaboutworldswimming. themeet,winningsixmedals,butnonewereconsidered AftertheCommonwealthGames,DaveJohnsonsatdown Raisingthebarwillneedtobedoneateverylevelof GroupOnematerial.Theeffectsofseparatingtheteam withSwimNewsandacknowledgedthatwedidnotswim swimminginthiscountryifwearegoingtosurfacefrom hadhumiliatingresults,withtheswimmersleftoutofthe well. "Theteamdidnotexecute in thefinals,weoften the depth of our worst-ever plunge. There are more trainingcampcallingthemselvesthe"B"team.If those lookedpromisingintheprelimsorsemis,butwhenwe problems that needdiscussing, dirty laundry thatneeds swimmerswerenotgoodenoughtogototrainingcamp, were required to step to the next level, we couldn't." airing,andpeoplethatneedtobeheldtotask.Wecannot whydidtheygototheCommonwealthGamesatall? Johnsoncontinued, "Ourfitness levelsandpreparation affordtobrush underthecarpetourpoorperformances Forseveralnightsaftertheconclusionofthefinals, werenotthere,andwewerenotcompetitive." fromtheCommonwealthGames,despitewhatsomemay theCanadianteamhadameetingonpooldeck.Aseach Theresponsibilityforourpoorperformance,Johnson believe.Ifwehadhadthisdiscussionin2000,wewouldnot daypassed,theswimmerslookedmoreandmoredejected, said,fallsoneveryone'sshoulders."Thecoachesneedto bewherewearetoday. 4 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 ABOUT THIS ISSUE CALENDAR Ourbiggestissueofrecentyearswasneededtocover CANADIAN 26-29 Man/SaskChampionships,Regina,SK allthemajorcompetitionsduringJulyandAugust. October 27-29 OntarioJunior/SWAD,Brantford First up was the Commonwealth Games in 26 TASSRCircuit1,Victoria,BC July Manchester,July30-August4.NikkiDrydenwasthere 26-27 GoldfinInvitational,Saskatoon,SK 4-6 EastCoastChampionships,NB tocovertheupsanddownsoftheseGamesheldevery November 4-6 AlbertaSRChampionships four years. The once-intense Australia vs Canada 1-2 UBCCollegesCup,Vancouver,BC 10-13 TASBCChampionsnhips rivalryisnowathingofthepast.Manyquestionsare 2-3 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC 11-13 AlbertaAGChampionships raisedinNikki'sRealtyCheckonpage4.Thereislittle 8-10 IslandPacificCup,Victoria,BC 24-27 ClubNationals,Montreal indicationthatanythingwillchange. December November CanadianNationalsfollowedonedayafterthe 28-1 WinterNationals,Edmonton,AB 27-30 WinterNationals conclusioninManchester.Notonlywasthisalarge 6-8 NYACYouthCup,ON 2004 time-changeandbarelyallowedtraveltimeforthose 6-8 KamloopsIceClassic,BC February who wished to compete in Victoria, but the top 13-15 OntarioSCSeniors,Nepean 19-22 EasternCanadianNationals swimmersdidn'thavetotakepart,devaluingCanada's 19-22 WesternCanadianNationals championships. Ateam of36 (12 tobe selected in 2003 20-22 CISInteruniversityChamps Victoria)weretocompeteatPanPacslaterinJapan. January INTERNATIONAL LastissuewetoldaboutMichaelPh—elps;inthis 11-12 TASSRCircuit2,Richmond,BC September issueweexplainwherehewasdeveloped theNorth 19-20 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC 23-28 FINAOpenWaterChampionships,EGY BaltimoreAquaticClub,whereMurrayStephenshas 24-26 CanadaWestChampionships October turnedanoriginalinvestmentof$5,000intoseveral 24-26 RODInvitational,Regina,SK 1-16 AsianGames,Pusan,KOR millionswhiledevelopingfiveOlympicgoldmedal 24-26 OntarioCup2,Guelph November winners! February 23-7 CentralAmerican&CaribbeanGames,SanSalvador PhelpswasoneofthesuperstarsatUSNationals, 6-9 Man/SaskChampionships,Winnipeg,MB 15-17 WorldCup1,RiodeJaneiro,BRA with a World and three American records, while 7-9 TASBCSeniorChampionships,Vancouver,BC Natalie Coughlin swam under the minute for 100 20-23 EasternCanadianChampionships,London,ON D22e-c23emWboerlrdCup2,NewYork,USA backandwon fiveevents, includingasweep ofthe 20-23 WesternCanadianChampionships,Regina,SK 1-2 WorldCup3,Shanghai,CHN 100free,back,andbutterfly. 21-23 CISInteruniversityChamps,Victoria,BC 6-8 WorldCup4,Melbourne,AUS The European Championships in Berlin were 27-2 OntarioJunior/SWAD,Nepean 12-15 EuropeanSCChampionships,Riesa,GER takingplace at the same time as Commonwealths March 2003 and theywere amuch fastercompetition with five 28-2 NovaScotiaAGChampionships January World, 11 European,and34Championshiprecords. 28-2 AlbertaAGChampionships 8-17 AustralianYouthFestival,Sydney Ourcoveragestartsonpage41. 6-9 TASBCChampionships 17-18 WorldCup5,Paris,FRA PanPacsfollowonpage48,thebigmeetforthe 8-9 AlbertaSRChampionships 21-22 WorldCup6,Stockholm,SWE AmericansastheysoundlytrouncedAustralia52to 14-16 CanadaCup 28medals.TherewasonlyoneWorldrecordin the April UNITEDSTATES men's4x100medley (therewere 10fouryearsago) 4-6 LimpertTeamChampionships,NB November but 15Canadianrecordsin 10eventswerethefinal 12-13 RichmondWestCoast,BC 22-23 WorldCup2,EastMeadow,NY tally.Canadaturneditselfaroundandswammuch 18-20 IslandInvitational,Victoria,BC December betterinYokohamathaninManchester.Butthat'sa 25-27 OntarioDiv.lTeams,Etobicoke 5-7 U.S.Open,Minneapolis,MN statistic; therealityisthattheygotthree individual OntarioDiv.2Teams,ThunderBay 2003 bronzemedalsin28events,withanadditionalfour OntarioDiv.3Teams,Sudbury March relaythirds. May 20-22 Women'sNCAAChampionships,Auburn,AB Resultsofeachcompetitionarealsoavailablein 3-4 AlbertaOpen 27-29 Men'sNCAAChampionships,Austin,TX aneasy-to-readformat. Inadditionwealsopublish 17-19 HyackInvitational,NewWestminster,BC April YouthandJuniorNationalresults. 23-25 NewBrunswickChampionships 1-5 SpringNationals,Indianapolis,IN TAG times are up to date from all received 23-25 MelZajacInternational,Vancouver,BC June results.Weknowofanumberofmissingmeets. It's 30-1 OntarioCup,London 19-22 DisabilityChampionships,Minneapolis,MN not too late as we still have more time to update June August rankings.Wecan'trank'emifwedon'thave'em! 30-1 RODClassic,Regina,SK 5-9 SummerNationals,CollegePark,MD WorldCupshavebeenreducedtosevenmeetsas 6-8 KenDunnChampionships,Halifax,NS December Montreal (CAN) and Imperia (ITA) have dropped 6-8 KamloopsClassic,BC 4-6 USOpen,FederalWay,WA out.Thecostandbenefitsdidnotaddup.Edmonton 13-15 MooseJawInvitational,SK 2004 spentover$400,000lastNovemberwhentheyhosted 20-22 IslandInvitational,Victoria,BC My theCanadianWorldCup. 25-29 WorldandPanAmTrials,Victoria,BC 7-14 USOlympicTrials,LongBeach,CA SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 5 defeatIanThorpe.Hackettlookedpoisedtostaywith COMMONWEALTH GAMES .2002 thelegendary"Thorpedo"uptothehalf-waymark, buthequicklydroppedoffpaceinthethird 100, as AUSTRALIA WINS MOST MEDALS WITH 49 Thorpepickeduphislegsandgentlypulledawayto breakhisworldrecord.Thorpelookedlikehewould MUCH IMPROVED ENGLAND WINS 32 WITH 10 GOLD break3:40,butpausedinthefinal25metresasifto save that breakthrough for another time. "I came NO GOLDS FOR CANADA ON THE WAY TO IS MEDALS hererelaxed,andthecrowdandtheatmospherethey generatedmadeiteasier,"saidThorpe."Onceagain, Nikki Dryden takeacomfortableleadheadingintothefinalturn.As I came close to 3:40, that is something which is shedidinheats,shebegantoshortenupinthefinal keepingmehonest." TheCommonwealthGamesisknownasthe"friendly stretch.Butitwasgoodenoughforthewin,touching Inthewomen's200IMitwasabattlefromstart games,"whereeveryoneisalwayssmilingandhappy outherteammateKarenLegg1:59-69to 1:59-86. to finish, and then some. In a stunning win for totakepart.Andasidefromafewgoggletossesand Zimbabwe's Kristy Coventry from Lane 8,Jennifer DQs, almosteverycountry hadsomethingtosmile MEDAL TOTALS ReillyofAustraliawasdisqualifiedwithinminutesof about.TwoPakistaniwomenmadehistorybydonning Gold Silver Bronze Total finishing second. Reilly's DQ bumped the two their Speedo Fastskins and competing for the first 1 AUS 27 13 7 47 Canadians, Marianne Limpert (2:15.07) and Liz timeinmixedcompetition.TheNigerianmen'steam 2 ENG 10 8 14 32 Warden(2:16.12) uptothesilverandbronzemedal hadswimmersqualifyingforthesemifinalsinseveral 3 RSA 3 9 3 15 positions.Limpertwasthedefendingchampionand ofthe50s,aswellasfieldingarelayteamforthefirst 4 SCO 1 2 2 5 Commonwealth Games recordholderin theevent, timeever.Inanotherfirst,swimmerswithadisability 5 ZIM 1 1 buthadtofindsatisfactioninhersilver."I'mpleased (SWAD)competedalongsideable-bodiedswimmers 6 CAN 8 10 18 withtheposition,notsopleasedwiththetime,"she infullmedalevents.Fivecountrieswongold,including 7 NZL 1 1 2 said. "ObviouslyIwantedtowin,buttobehonest,I forthefirsttime,Zimbabwe,andthehostnationhad 8 MAS 1 1 2 couldn'tseeLane8comingupoutsidetopipme." much to cheer about, winning 10 golds and 32 9 JAM 2 2 Then,afteralate-nightAustralianteamprotest medals. 10 WAL 1 1 ofReilly'sDQ,shewasreinstatedasthesecond-place The pool in Manchester was cozy, with the 42 42 '41 125 finisherinthe200IM.Thesequenceofeventsthatled spectators'standsclimbinghighoneitherendofthe * no bronze inwomen's4x200free totheDQcanonlybedescribedasonebigmistake. pool. This intimacy, coupledwith greatmusic and Reilly swam the 200 IM in Lane 4, while Warden announcing,helpedthefansreallygetintothemeet. Pickeringwas overwhelmed afterwinning the swaminLane5.Onthefly-to-backturn,thejudgein WhileitmaynothavebeentheWorldCup,thestands openingrace."I'dbeenfeelingreallygoodbeforethe Lane 5 stood up to indicate the disqualification of werecompletewithgreenandgoldwigs,bikinis,face race,butIdidn'texpecttogothatfast,andnowIjust Warden. The turn referee acknowledged the DQ in paint,Mohawks,andmoreflags,pins,andsignsthan wanttokeepthatgoing."Pickeringisswimmingin Lane5,butwhilefillingouttherequiredpaperwork, youcouldcount. herfourthGamesandhergoldinthe200freebrings theturnrefereewroteintheincorrectlanenumber. For Ian Thorpe, breaking world records has herlifetimeGame'smedaltotalto 11. TheformwasfilledoutwithLane4asthelanetobe becomesocommon,hemustentertainhimselfwith SomehadtheirmoneyonGrantHackettinthe DQed.Thelanejudgethensignedtheformwithout otherrecords. HeattemptedtobreakSusieO'Neill's men's400free,hopingtoseetheworld'sbestmiler proofreading it, thus leading to a clerical error of recordofsixgoldmedalsfromthe 1998Games,but hecameuponemedalshort.Thorpecontinuallysaid hewasn'tswimmingforsevengolds,butpreparingto trainforsevenevents.Buthealsodidnotruleoutthe possibilityofswimmingbackorflyeventsinAthens. HisteammatePetriaThomasswam16races,winning fiveandpickingupanothersilverandbronze. But itwas an English swimmerwho stole the heartsofthecrowdandtheirteam'sleader. "Sarah Pricehasbeenthehighlightofthemeet," saidBill Sweetenham,Britain'sdirectorofhighperformance. "ShesetthreeGame'srecordsintheheats,semis,and finalsofthe 100back. [Aswell astwomore in the heatsandfinalsofthe200back.]Shesetthestandard thatallBritishathletesshouldaspireto." DayOne,Tuesday,July30 Inthewomen's200free,England'sKarenPickering swam likewinningwastheonlyoption, takingthe leadfromstarttofinish,burstingoffthe 100wallto Men's400IMmedalwinners:AdrianTurner,ENG,bronze4:18.75,JustinNorris,AUSgold4:16.95, DanGaibraith BrianJohns,CAN,silver4:17.41 6 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 massiveproportions. When the error was discovered, Reilly was j PERSONALITY: IAN THORPE reinstated, Limpert re-awarded the bronze, and WardenwasnotDQed,buthadtogivebackhermedal inatouchyfeelyceremonytwonightsaftertherace IN OR OUT OF THE WATER, A LEGEND AT 19 wasdecided. AussieJustinNorrisswamliketherockstarheis (inhissparetime,Norrisperformsinaband) breaking NikkiDryden onenesswithhisbodyandthewater."Myarmsand the Commonwealth Games record enrout,e to his upperbodymove around significantlywhen I am 1:56.95 win in the 200 fly. "I was pumped about RumourhasitthatIanThorpedoesnotlikeitwhen kickingoffthewall.Mostswimmershaveverystraight, that!" said Norris. "I justwanted to win one, and peopleequatehisbigfeetandhandswithhisability plasticarms.IhavemymineapartsoIcangetaflow that'sanothernotchinthebelt." toswimfasterthan anymanontheplanet.Andit through my body. Thatflowfrom my upperbody Thorpe won his second gold of the night wouldbelittlehisfeatsofgreatnesstosaytheyarejust throughmykickgivesmeacontinuousmovement anchoringtheAussie-winning4x100relay.Withless aresultofbody type. For, in fact, Ian Thorpe is a fromtoptobottom." than30minutesbetweenhis400andhisrelayswim, mastertechnician, andwhilehisholdofthewater Outofthewater,IanThorpeisalegendtoo.He hedid notseemphased, splittinga48.26. Hackett, andpropulsivekickmightworkbetterbecauseofhis hostshisownTVshowinAustraliacalled"Undercover alsoamemberoftherelay,splita49.49.RykNeethling physique, it is his dedication to perfection that Angels."Initheplayshimself,butismodeledafter had the fastest split of the event.Hisanchortimeof48.04 moved South Africa into second place, with Canada winningthebronze.Canada's teamofBrentHayden(50.23), Craig Hutchinson (49-33), MattRose (49-71), andRick Say (50.12) broke the Canadianrecord. Day Two, Wednesday, July31 True to form, Zoe Baker of England won her marquee event, but swam just slower thanhertimefromthesemis. Touchingwith more than a one-second lead, Baker just missedherownworldrecord (30.57) set in the semis, Thorpebettered13thindvidualworldrecordinthe400freeinManchester DanGalbraitli winning the 50 breast in makeshimgreat. Charlie from those other famous Angels. In each 30.66.Butsheadmittedthatherrecordfromthesemis wasmoreimportantthan thewin. "Iwassohappy WatchingIanThorpeswimisascloseonemay episode,ThorpesendshisAngelsouttodogooddeeds get to swimming Nirvana. His stroke is beautiful, acrossthecountry.Butifthatdoesnotsoundlikeyoui aboutthat[therecord] Buttonightwasaboutwinning . smooth,powerful,andstrong.Andwhenyourealize cupoftea,openanymagazineandyouwillfindhim. gold." SWADathletescompeteinthirteenclassifications hismasteryoffreestyle,yougetchillsupanddown IntheQantasAirlinesmagazineheadvertiseshisown yourspine. jewellerycollection. (S1-S13)dependingonability,andtheraceiscalled byrankingeachswimmer'sswiminrelationtothe His abilitytochangespeeds lookssoeasy, but ButwhatgetsyoueverytimeaboutIanThorpeis what iseven betteris hisbackstrokestarts. Not, of thatthisman, socomposed andhumble andself- worldrecordinthatevent,i.e.whoeverswimsclosest course,becausetheyaregood,butbecausetheyare assured,isonly19yearsofage.Ajournalistaskedhim in time to the world record orwhoever breaks the world record by the most time wins the race. An bad.Anditmakesyouquietlyhappytoknowthisman duringtheCommonwealthGamesifhecouldpicture is human. But what makes him superior is that, himselfswimmingatage30,likemanyoftheother importantnoteisthatalltheworldrecordsarefrozen despitehisbadstart,hestillsurfacesaheadofeveryone, competitorsinthemeet."Ican'tseemyselfswimming beforethemeetbeginssoastopromotefastracingin boththeheatsandthefinals. andyoucanputmoneyonthefactthathisstartwill at30,"hesaid."ButIwillcontinuetoswimwhileI NatalieduToitofSouthAfricabroketheworld notbebadforlong. continuetoenjoyit.IwillquitonlywhenIfailtowake Onetechnicalaspectofhisswimthatwascurious up in the morning or when I feel I am the best raegcaoirndiinntthheefhienaaltssboyft1h.e065s0efcroenedbs.yS1h.2e1wsoencotnhdes,StWhAeDn stowitmhmiserwsriatreertaisughhitstostpruetatmhleiinrehapnodsisttioong.ethWehriolfef sthwaitmdmaeyrmIacyabnebet.omHoorprefouwl,liytimtawiyllbebettwhoeyleaatrtserf,rboumt 50 free followed by Stephanie Dixon and Danielle CampoofCanada.Dixonsaid,"I'mdefinitelypleased, thestartandturn,Thorpemerelyputsthemside-by- now,oritmaybeinsixyears.Regardless,I'vehtaadda. side. His reasoning has to dowith his exceptional greatjourneysofar." SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 7 asit'smybesttime. IknewNataliewasgoingtobe Huotwonsilverandbronze in theSWAD men's 50 I II hardtobeat.Myaimwastojustgetoutthereanddo free.Gagnontiedtheworldrecordwith25.04,while agoodtime,andhopefullygoforamedal." Huotwas0.03secondsofftheworldrecordwithhis ThorpeandHackettwerebackin actioninthe time of25.07, both in the S10. "Myperformances 200free,andinanyeventtheybothswim,theymake provehowfardisabilityswimminghascome,"said as discovered"whileswimming itdifficultto raceforanythingelsebutthebronze. Gagnon. "Theteamspiritand integration intothe in South Africa, spottedby aformerUScollege And itwas Canada's RickSaywhowas able to lay Canadianteamisgreat." coachwhosawherswimmingandcalleduphis claim to the left-over medal. While Say was Australia'sLeiselJoneswasjustoffherbest,but formerswimmer,DaveMarsh,tolethimknowhe disappointedwithhistime, hewilltakethebronze. it was good enough to put a body length on her hadfoundawinner.Marsh,whoisheadcoachat "Coming home with a medal, after swimming so nearestcompetitorinthe200breast.Jonesfinished AuburnUniversity,wastoldbyhisoldcoachabout crappy, isprettygood.," saidSay. "I amstruggling aheadofSarahPoewe,2:25.93to2:27.47.Joneswas agirlfromZimbabwewho"holdsthewaterwell withsomethinghere,butitisgettingbetter." happywithherwin,butnotwithhertime. "Myfirst andhasgreatpotential." Thorpe and Hackett both seemed somewhat international goldfeelsfantastic. Itwasgoodtoget Andsoithappened,KirstyCoventrywasoffto disappointed with their races. Thorpe was off his outofthesilverbracket. Iwas alittledisappointed swim inAlabama. As afreshman at thisyear's world record, touching in 1:44.71, with Hackett in withthetime;Iwasoutthereatthe100butjustcan't NCAAs,sheshowedoffherbackstrokeskillswitha 1:46.13.Bothalsofeltliketheywereinneedofsome bringithome.AsIgetolderandstrongerIwillbeable third-placefinishinthe200backandafourth- rest before the 4x200 relay. "I've had lots ofsleep tobringithomebetter." placefinishinthe100back.Butitwasthe200IM betweenheatsandfinals,"saidThorpe."Butit'sjust For South African Sarah Poewe, this meet is inManchesterwheresheearnedherstripes.From one of those things where I am probably not as quiteemotional."ThiswillbethelasttimeIswimfor Lane8,Coventrysurprisedthefieldwithathree- recoveredfromyesterdayasIwouldhaveliked." South Africa. I have dual citizenship and will be second drop off her PB and a Commonwealth swimmingforGermanyfromnowon."At19,Poewe Gamesrecord. "Ihadaprettyterribleswimthis DayThree,Thursday, August 1 sayshermovehastodowithherfutureinthesport. morning. I was seeded fourth coming into the Inacontroversialrulingintheheatsofthe200back, "It'sbeenanhonourtoswimforSouthAfrica,andI Games,soIjustwantedtodobettertonightthan favouriteMattWelshofAustraliawasDQedformoving amverythankful,butnowIhavedecidedtoswimfor Ididthismorning." onthestart.AlthoughtheAussiesprotested,andthe Germany." Herwin,inatimeof2:14.53,wasasurprise videodidnotseemtoprovehisguilt,hisDQremained, SarahPrice,completewithherfakenailspainted eventoher."Iamquiteamazed.Itreallyhasn't leavingthedoorwideopenforwhoeverwasreadyto withtheEnglishflag,brokeherthirdGamesrecord sunkinyet,anditdoesn'tseemveryreal."Herwin stepuptotheplate.ThatpersonwaslocalheroJames enroute to heremotional win. In tears ofjoy, she markedthefirstgoldforZimbabweinthepoolat Goddard,wholivesandtrainslessthan 15 minutes wavedtothecrowdafterswimmingthe 100backin theCommonwealthGames,andbroughtcheers fromthepoolinManchester.Hiswinwasthefirstof 1:01.06."I'veshowneveryonenowthatIcanperform and pride from her coach. Marsh arrived in fourforthehometeamonthethirdday. inmajorcompetitions,andI'mjustsohappy!"Price ManchesterjustintimetowatchCoventrymake Goddardtooktheraceoutandledfromstartto broketheGamesrecordintheheatsandsemisofthis historyandwasexcitedaboutherswim.Coventry finish,yetalleightmenturnedon thesamestroke event, before winning the gold in the final. Her wentontoplacefifthinthe100and200backsat going into the 100wall. ButGoddard strokedwell, approach to competition ispart ofan initiative in theCommonwealthGamesandseemspoisedfor keepinguphisedgetotouchinabesttimeof1:59-83 British swimming where swimmers have to swim continuedsuccess toScotsmanGregorTait,whofinishedwitha2:00.55. withintwopercentoftheirbesttimeinheats,within CanadianswimmersPhilippeGagnonandBenoit onepercentinthesemis,andthenaPBinthefinals. Withthecrowdstillontheirfeet, Englandhad anotheronetocheeraboutwiththebigwinofAdam Whitehead in the 100 breast. Hiswin and time of 1:01.13 brought the hugs of his Mum, who came downthestandstoembracehertearfulson.Canada's MorganKnabeswamtosilverwitha 1:01.23,offhis bestof1:00.95. "I nearly quit the sport a year ago," said Whitehead. "I'vehad alotofbadexperiences after Sydneyandalotofbadswims, butmyfriendsand familykeepmeinit."Whiteheadbrokecountryman AdrianMoorhouse'sGamesrecordintheheatswith a1:01.05. ForthefirsttimeinGameshistory,Australiawas defeatedinthewomen's4x200freerelay. Therace came down to the final lap between Aussie Petria Thomas (swimmingher4th race in oneday) and England'sKarenPickering(winnerofthe200free). Pickeringsealedthedealwithher1:59-41 split,and BesteverCanadianmen's4x200freerelaywinssilverin7:17.17withRickSay, BrianJohns, DanGalbraith the crowderupted to celebrateyet another English MichaelMintenko,andMarkJohnston 8 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 NATALIE DUT0IT MAKES HISTORY NikkiDryden February27, 2001 is adayNatalieduToitwill probablyneverforget.Beforethatdayshewasan international swimmer who had represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in MalaysiaandthePanPacsinSydney.Butonthat fatefulday,duToitwastravelingfromschoolto swimpracticeonhermopedwhenshewashitby acar.Foraweekdoctorstriedtosaveherdamaged leg,buttheylostthebattleandduToit'sleftleg hadtobeamputatedatmid-shin.Sheisleftwith a titanium plate in her leg, a skin graft, and severelydamagednerveendings. Aftermissingthe2000OlympicGames,du Toitwasdeterminedtoswimagainandrepresent Women's100flymedallists:AmandaLoots(RSA)silver59.68, PetriaThomas(AUS)gold58.57, DanGalbraith SouthAfricaatthe2004Olympics.Shereturned JenniferButton(CAN)bronze1:00.22 to the pool in May 2001, which she said was "excruciatingly painful." But du Toit pushed gold.Thiswinwassomewhatofavindicationforthe ofAustraliawassecondandRykNeethlingofSouth throughandhashereyessetonAthens. "Istill Englishteam,whowongoldattheWorldslastyear Africawasthirdin49.45and49.71 respectively.For believeIcanmakeittotheOlympics.Iknowthat aftertheAmericanandAustralianteamswereDQed. Neethling,swimmingagainstThorpeisathrill."Every mentally it is going to be tough, but I am Afewsaidtheyshouldgivebacktheirgolds,butthis timeIswimagainsthim, IthinkIhaveachance. I determinedtoproveitcanbedone." winhereshowedeveryonetheyareworldclass. enjoyit,andwhenmycareerisoverIcanlookback Butbeforethosedreamscanberealized, it Onthemen'sside,Australiahasnotbeenbeaten and tell my kids that I swam against the greatest was this year's Commonwealth Games that inthe4x200freerelaysince1950,andtheycontinued swimmerintheworld." providedherauniqueopportunitytomakehistory. theirstreakwithawinof7:11.69tobreaktheGame's Within minutes of receiving his 100 free gold Manchester became the first international record.Canada'steamofRickSay,BrianJohns,Mark medal,Thorpewasbackin thewaterwinningheat sportingeventtofullyintegrateeliteathleteswith Johnson, and Mike Mintenko placed second in a oneofthemen's100backsemis.Inheattwo,Aussie adisability(EAD)orswimmerswithadisability Canadianrecord. MattWelshsentamessagetoThorpethatheisnotthe (SWAD) and able-bodied athletes in the same manthatwillhelphimwinhisseventhgoldmedal. competition.ThisallowedduToittobecomethe DayFour, Friday, August2 Canada's RileyJanes, whowas injured on the first athlete in international competition to AussiePetriaThomaswonhersecondflygoldofthe underwater camera off the start ofhis heat swim, compete in both able bodied and disabled meetandcapturedherthirdconsecutive 100flytitle missedqualifyingforthefinalby0.02seconds.While swimming. witha58.57.MandyLootsofSouthAfricatouchedin Janesadmittedtogoingtoodeeponhisunderwater FirstupwereduToit'stwoSWADracesinthe50 59-68, while Canada'sJen Button was just able to kickoffthestart,hesaidthefoot-longscrapesalong and 100frees.Shedestroyedthefield,breakingboth separate herself from the rest of the pack for the eitherside of his spinewere annoyingbut did not worldrecordsintheS9categorytowindoublegold. bronze."Ididn'twanttogetcaughtupinthehistorical hinderhisperformance."Itdidn'thavealotofeffect Butthenitwastimeforherfavouriteevent,the800 thing," saidThomas. "I justwentoutto swim my onmetonight. I'mfinewithitall,it'sallright." freeforable-bodiedswimmers.DuToitmadethefinal best. It will probably take a while to sink in, but Takingtwosecondsoffhispersonalbestwasnot andfinishedeighth,buthertimefromtheheatswas alreadyit'sawonderfulfeeling." quite enough for Canada's BrianJohns towin the onlyonesecondslowerthanhertimefromthePan ButtonbroketheCanadianrecordinthesemis, goldinthe400IM.Heledfromthestartto395metres, Pacsin1999,aracedonebeforeheraccident."Ialways butwas unable to get underthe elusive 60-second only to get passed under the flags byAussieJustin imagine myself as the same person as before the barrierinthefinal.''Youknow,''Buttonsaid,"Youtry Norris. accident. Iwouldlovetohavemylegback,butyou sooftentodosomething.It'sbeentwoyearsI'vebeen Johnswasvisiblydisappointed afterthe touch, havetogetusedtoitnotbeingthere." closetothatmark[60seconds]andtogetsoclose,all theweightofacountryonhisshoulders."Iwantedto "I will be focusing my attention on the long I can say is bloody hell!" Of course, the always- grabgoldfortheteam,butIjustfinishedshort...Iam distancefreeevents,"shesaidbeforethecompetition positiveandnever-dullButtonadded,"ImeanIgot extremelydisappointed,IreallyfeltlikeIcouldwin began. "I understand the world champion at that thebronze,soIhavetobehappywiththat! It'sjust bothmedleys." event doesn't kick very much, so having only one whatcanyoudo?!" Fittinglythenightendedwitharousingsing-a- legwon'tbethatmuchofaproblem." Itisquiteapparentthatnoonecancomebackon longoftheEnglishanthemforRebeccaCooke,who NatalieduToitisnotgoingtoletherdisability IanThorpe,sowhenheisleadingatthe50,itispretty won the 800 free in a best time of 8:28.54. After changeherlife."Iamstillabletowalk,run,andeven muchagivenhewilltakethetitle.Thorpewonhis touching,shelookedlikeshecoulddoanother3x800, cycle."ButmostimportantlyforduToit,shecanstill fifthgoldmedalofthemeetinthe100freewithabest although it was not necessary to take home gold. swim."Thewaterisagiftthatgivesmebackmyleg. timeandnewGame'srecordof48.73-AshleyCallus Cookeadmittedtobeingabitnervousbeforeherrace, Swimmingwasmylife,anditstillis." SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002 butsaidshewasbuoyedbytheEnglishcrowd. "You JULY DIFFERENl dohavelastminutenerves,buttheracewentexactly THE DIRECTION OF A NATION asIhadplanned.Iwantedtotakeitoutfromthestart andkeepbuildingonmylead." atahigherlevel,soMasudbegantothinkofwaysto workaroundtheIslamicCode.Shethought,"Ifthe DayFive, Saturday, August 3 ig morning of the Commonwealth trackandfieldathleteswereallowedtocompetein Canada'sMikeMintenkomanagedtobreakupthe Iakistan's 18-year-oldSanaAbdulWahid longtights, perhapstheswimmerscouldwearthe AussieflyingduoofGeoffHuegillandAdamPineby madehercountry'sswimmingdebutinthe50fly. newbodysuitsandcompeteinmixedcompetition." placingsecondtoHuegillinthe 100fly. Tankand Beforethat,noPakistaniwomanhadevercompeted SowhenMasudspoketothepress,shebegantorefer Skippybattleditouttothe75,untilHuegillsurgedto in aninternationalcompetitionoutsideaMuslim tothebodysuitsastheIslamiccostumes,andwhen victory.Bothmenwereofftheirbesttimes,finishing country. "I am veryproud [aboutbeing the first sheproposedherideatothegovernmenttheynever in 52.36 and 52.80. "I felt great to the 75," said woman from Pakistan to swim outside a Muslim questionedit. Mintenko."Ijusthavetoworkonthelast10metres, country],"shesaidafterherswimof33-53inthe50 Wahid and Khan were selectedforthisyear's andhopefullyinthreeweeksatPanPacs,itwillcome fly."Itwasverygoodtobeabletoswimwithsomany Games because theyarethe twofastestwomen in through." experiencedswimmers." Pakistan. At 18, Wahid is one of the pioneers of Withakilt-cladteamtocheerheron,Scotland's Her 12-year-oldteammate Kiran Khan made women'sswimminginPakistan.Sheisthedefending Alison Sheppard defended her title in the 50 free. herdebutonthesecondday,swimmingthe100back NationalChampionforfiveyearsrunningandholds Sheppard has perfected the first 25 metres of this in1:16.07.Sheplacedseventhinherheatofseven, eightnationalrecords.Masudsays,"Sanaisextremely event,gettingabody-lengthleadbyhalfway."I'mso touching to a rousing cheer from the impressed competitiveandshejustwantstogrowandcompete. pleased todo thatin frontofahomecrowd," said crowd.Whilehertimemaynotbecompetitivewith Thisexperiencewillmakeabigdifference." Sheppard."Ididn'tlookwhereanyoneelsewas,Ijust therestoftheCommonwealthswimmers,itisforher Khanisjust12yearsold,andisalsoanational wanted to swim my own race." Canada's Laura age."It'sgreattobehere,andit'sgoodtobeableto champion,butbecauseofherage,theobjectiveisto PomeroywasfifthafterbreakingtheCanadianrecord competeinternationally,"shesaid."Wehave30or groom Khan at this competition. "Kiran is very with a25.85 intheheats. "Thatwasn'tasfastasI moreverygoodfemaleswimmersinPakistan,but young,"saysMasud,"butsheisagoodswimmer.She wouldhaveliked,butIamhappytobeinthefinal," unfortunately,theyhaven'tqualifiedthistime." is coached by her father, who is very keen and saidPomeroy. "Itisreallyexcitingtobeinthefinal VeenaMasudisthewomanbehindthecreation motivated." asIwasn'tseededtopeightcomingintothismeet.So ofwomen'sswimminginPakistan;beforethatshe Fiveyearsago,therewerenowomencompeting to get fifth in my first international meet is pretty helped break down the barriers to civilian men's inswimminginPakistan.Nowinherhomecityof good." swimmingintheearly1990s.Masud's10-year-old Karachi, Masudhasmeetswithover250girls, and It was one, two, three for England asJames son Kamal started beating men from the armed sheestimatesthereareover10,000womenswimming Gibson,AdamWhitehead,andDarrenMewsweptthe forces (the group that dominated swimming in inPakistan.Thereareclubsineverymajorcityand 50 breast. Mewmissed amedal in the 100, sowas Pakistan),andatthe1992AsianChampionshipsin workisbeingdonenowtogetgirlsandfamiliesinthe particularlyhappy."Wecameheredeterminedtogo Hiroshima,shewasapproachedbythenHongKong ruralareasinterestedandcompetinginswimming. fora 1-2-3 andnowwe'vedoneit,"saidMew. "It's headcoachBillSweetenham.Hetoldherthather "Itwilltaketime,"saysMasud."Butthekeywillbe tremendousandarealboosttotheteamfortherest sonhadpotentialandaskedifshewouldsendhimto toworkinthesmallertownstogrowthesport."Even ofthenightandtherestoftheGames." HongKongfortraining.Sheandherhusbandsaid in the more conservative province of Peshawar, England continued to sizzle, sweeping their no,butSweetenhambegantofaxherworkouts,and borderingonAfghanistan,thereisevenateamoffive second event in one night. This time it was the Masudstartedcoachingherson. girls askingMasudforhertraining and technical women'sturninthe200back.SarahPriceledfrom Kamal went on to compete in the expertise. starttofinishwithherflawlessbackstroke;herhead Commonwealth Games in 1994, the Olympics in AsfarasMasudfittingintothebiggerpicture,a iscompletelystillwhilesheswims,withafluidroll 1996, and was recruited to swim at Mercersburg picturewherewomenswimmingintheMuslimnation and steady kick. Price's first 50 was underworld- Academy in high school, andJohn's Hopkins for ofPakistanseemsintheshadowof9/11tobeamajor record pace, but she faded slightly in the second university. ButwhenKamalleftfortheUS,Masud politicalandsocialfeat,Masudisveryhumbleofher hundred to finish with herfifth PB ofthe meet, a decidedsheneededtogiveothersthesameopportunity role."Allthosepoliticalagendasseemtoturnintoa 2:10.58. The rest of the race was up for grabs for hersonhadhad."Myson'ssuccesshadarousedalot lotofegotrips. I amaneducatorandcoachandI whomeverwastoughenoughtostepup.TwoEnglish ofattentionfromtheyoungchildreninmycity,soI believe you have to make changewith the people girlsjoFargusandKatySexton,didjustthat,finishing and four other women formed a women's aroundyou,anditwillcatchlikeavirus." in second and third with 2:11.60 and 2:12.01 organizationtorunswimmeetsforgirls."Alltheir With a great deal of understanding and respectively. meetswererunwithin the IslamicCode, andthey compassion,Masudispassionateaboutthechange "I'm over the moon," said Price. "I was so were such a success that they approached the she ismakingtopeoples lives. "There isso much nervousbecausethesegirlsaresotough.It'ssogreat government about sending ateam to the Islamic confusionintheworldbecauseofreligion.Lookatall thatwegot 1-2-3!" Women's Games in which onlywomen compete, thewarsbeingfoughtbecauseofit.Ifeelthattakes Perhaps the most anticipated event of the coach,andofficiate. awayfromwhatreligionmeans.Forme,makinga competition,themen's100back,sawMattWelshout Theteamfirstcompetedin 1997inTehranat differenceeveryday,adifferencetosomeone'slife, forbloodandIanThorpeoutforhissixthgold.The the second Islamic Games, coming home with that'smylife.Nothingelseisimportant,andthatis questiononeveryone'smind: CouldThorpedobeat handfulsofmedals.Butthegirlswantedtocompete whyIdothis." Welsh?Well,itwasnottobe.Welshledfromwallto (continuedonpage12) 10 SWIMNEWS/JULY-AUGUST2002

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