Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba C2 the Sydney Winnie re film 2000 de Hethke associated press balance is everything gymnast Elise Ray performs on the balance beam during women qualification Competition in the 2000 summer olympic games yesterday at the super dome in torpedo continued from Page c1 and no swimmer exemplifies the australian dream team than who is known from Sydney to Perth As the when this kid its a scan of the boisterous crowd identified a who who of celebrities and big including aussie golfer Greg prime minister John Howard and Chelsea the nation stood and when Thorpe did the expected Here last breaking his own world record in the 400metre freestyle by an incredible of a about an hour Thorpe carried Home the Anchor leg of the australian 4 x 100 freestyle which smashed yet another world two hours two two world i Felt like a Gladiator walking into the Thorpe would say of the the Roar from the crowd was just and Hes not done because the 400metre freestyle int even his Best you owns the five fastest times Ever recorded in the 200 How Good is this Guy think Tiger think Wayne think Mark even the american swimming legend who mined an incredible nine Gold medals in the now finds him self in Awe of the he has such a Lead Over the rest of the Spitz said that any moment he decides to do its just a matter of How far he wins added Duncan an olympic Champion in the 200metre freestyle he is the Best freestyle Ive Ever Hes a the kid is very there were Many especially jets who despised Woods has his largely because of his Over whelming but the torpedo has no at least not outside the in very fortunate to have what i have and really it is a he told after his double Gold this would have to be the Best Day of my the Best hour of my the Best minutes of my in jumping with Joy and hopefully the rest of the country in so incredible Happy with it All in some ways in glad its Over but it All went so but if the moment went All to this human Pishou Towwater has no one to blame but no the sheer frenzy that the torpedo had whipped his countrymen into was guaranteed to last Long into the this is after where the Roar of a nation hits a Crescendo when a 17yearold boy dives into a and if you listen very you can still hear the Solmundson continued from Page c1 she does look like said her who used to be the jets team i even wore my Teemu shirt under my roots team Canada it got so hectic around the 26year old Solmundson virtually unknown in her own country and an athlete who had just been roasted right in front of these kids faces that she eventually had to beg for their patience so she could speak with her mom and that would never happen at Kara said with a its maybe its just the but our game is so big Over i just took a picture with two kids who were part of that Sydney 2000 All Star marching band in the opening cer they said they had to practise a whole year for i should have asked them for their Badminton has been playing to near capacity houses Here in Sydney and the predominantly malaysian and have been loud and screaming wildly on most every while the fans loved the indonesian they had no prob Lem worshipping the tall Canadian despite a calf injury and a Hor Rible picked up last week in the athletes Solmundson took her time and signed every piece of paper jammed in front of i dont get to sign a lot of Auto Solmundson i love the kids and ill do anything i can to help talk to them and pro Mote our that was it was something that Doest happen to me very despite her Early exit in singles Solmundson and Beres had an easy time in beating Marie Helene Valerie Pierre and Stephan be Harry of Mauritius in just under 17 that Means that at cd Solmundson and Beres will meet Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of i got a real Tough draw in singles and that just the Way it sol Mundson but we have a pretty Good draw in it gives us a Chance to improve As the week goes on in the weve done that we get better As we play we both feel pretty Good about our evidently the fans Canuck boxers set to scrap by Pierre Lebrun Sydney of the seven Canadian boxers in action at the Sydney Donald orrs name is easily the least the 23yearold middleweight 75 pkg is the second youngest Boxer on the squad and has very Little International despite the Victoria native twice beat National Champion Cody Kelly at the Canadian olympic trials in Halifax in february and qualified for the olympics on the first of three tries at the More difficult americas tournament in in Early Only medal contender Troy Rossof also qualified for Sydney directly from the deep Field in the five other canadians needed to fight in lesser Fields in Mexico and he boxed extremely Well at the Box offs and looked Sharp but theres no doubt Hes Short on International said Canadian team manager Hank Orr faces Hitender Kumar of India tomorrow the first Canadian in action at these he has the potential to reach the third press what Canada did today As of noon Sydney Sydney up what Canada did at the olympics on sunday Badminton Milaine lost to Jihyun South Beach volleyball men John child and Mark won open Ino round 153 Over Jea Phillippo Godard and Christian fencing worns individual epee Sherrain lost 1513 to Sangita softball women Canada lost 60 to United states in round Robin table Tennis women singles Milaine lost 11 3 to Jihyun South shooting women 10metre air pistol Kim Maple placed 39th among 45 failed to qualify for swimming mens 200metre freestyle Rick Salmon finished third in advanced to next round Mark placed eighth in women 100metre backstroke Kelly was fourth in advanced to next round Michelle placed fourth in women 100metre breaststroke Rhiannon finished fourth in advanced to next round Christin was fifth in table Tennis women singles Lijuan won 21 2115 Over Shirley in round Robin group triathlon men Simon won Gold rowing mens single Derek won advanced to mens double sculls Todd and Dominic finished fourth in dropped to second Chance mens co less pairs Phil Corner and Henry was third in advanced to women single Kristen finished fourth in dropped to women pair Emma and Theresa 100 mile placed third in dropped to saturday Sydney up what Canada did at the olympics on saturday Archery mens individual Rob Richmond was 37th after ranking Badminton women singles Kara lost 11 to Lidya in first mixed doubles Bryan and Milaine lost to Michael Keck and Nicol in first eliminated Brent West and Robbyn lost to Simon Archer and Joanne in first Eli i basketball women Canada lost 7846 to Australia in opening round cycling women 500metre time trial Tanya placed Eig Tith in final Lorianne was 13th in fencing mens individual epee Laurie David 158 in first lost 1413 to Attila in round of Field hockey men Canada tied Pakistan 22 in preliminary round shooting women 10metre air Rifle Sharon for 32nd in failed to Advance to the final Cari Campbell was 48th of 49 competitors in failed to mens trap George was in fifth place after first swimming mens 100metre breaststroke Morgan was third in semifinal advanced to mens 400metre freestyle Rick Salmon placed sixth in eliminated Mark was seventh in mens 400metre freestyle relay Craig Robbie Rick Salmon Arm Yannick were fifth in women 100metre Butterfly Jen finished second in eliminated Jessica was sixth in women 400metre individual Medley Joanne finished seventh in women 400metre freestyle relay Marianne Fredericton Shannon Winnipeg Laura Waterloo Jessica were seventh in table Tennis mens doubles Johnny Huang and Kurt lost in round Robin group women doubles Lijuan and Marie Christine lost in round Robin group a Xiao Xiao and Chris lost in round Robin group triathlon women Isabelle Turcotte Quebec was 31st in final Sharon placed 38th Carol North did not Fin medal winners today As of noon Sydney Sydney up medal winners at the olympics on sunday shooting women 10metre air pistol Gold China Silver Jasna Yugoslavia Bronze Annemarie mens trap Gold Michael Australia Silver Britain Bronze Giovanni triathlon men Gold Simon Silver Germany Bronze czech saturday Sydney up medal winners at the olympics on saturday cycling mens on Kilometre time trial Gold Britain Silver Germany Bronze Shane women 500metre time trial Gold Felicia France Silver Michelle Australia Bronze Jiang fencing mens individual epee Gold Pavel Russia Silver France Bronze Lee South judo women 48kg Gold Ryzko Japan Silver Lioubov Russia Bronze Ann Belgium Annamaria mens 60kg Gold Tadahiro Japan Silver Jung South Korea Bronze Manolo Cuba Aidyn shooting mens 10metre air pistol Gold Franck France Silver Wang China Bronze Igor women s 10metre air Rifle Gold Nancy Silver Kang South Korea Bronze swimming women 400metre individual Medley Gold Yana Ukraine Silver Yasuko Japan Bronze Beatrice women 400metre freestyle relay Gold United states Silver Bronze mens 400metre freestyle Gold Ian Australia Silver Italy Bronze mens 400metre freestyle relay Gold Australia Silver Bronze triathlon women Gold Brigitte Switzerland Michellie Australia Bronze Magali weightlifting mens 56kg Gold Halil Turkey Silver Ivan Bulgaria Bronze team sports standings today As of noon Sydney Sydney up olympic scores sunday basketball men France 76 new zealand 50 Field hockey men Australia 4 Poland 0 volleyball men Spain 3 Egypt 0 2521 saturday Sydney up olympic scores saturday basketball women Australia 78 Canada 46 Poland 75 new zealand 52 Brazil 76 Slovakia 60 France 75 Senegal 39 Russia 72 Cuba 62 89 South Korea 75 Field hockey men Canada 2 Pakistan 2 Netherlands 4 Britain 2 Spain 1 South Korea 1 Germany 1 Malaysia 0 women Argentina 3 South Korea 2 new zealand 1 Germany 1 team handball men Germany 30 Cuba 22 Slovenia 24 France 24 Yugoslavia 25 South Korea 24 Spain 24 Tunisia 22 Russia 22 Egypt 21 Sweden 44 Australia 23 soccer men United states 1 Cameroon 1 Nigeria 3 Australia 2 Kuwait 3 czech Republic 2 Italy 3 Honduras 1 women Germany 2 Brazil 1 Australia 1 Sweden 1 volleyball women Cuba 3 Germany 2518 Russia 3 Peru 0 2520 Brazil 3 Kenya 0 2513 Croatia 3 Australia 1 2516 South Korea 3 Italy 2 27 25 United states 3 China 1 2624 water Polo women Canada 7 Russia 7 6 Netherlands 4 Australia 9 Kazakhstan 2 women olympic basketball glance Pool a country w l Australia 1 0 Brazil 1 0 France 1 0 Canada 0 1 Senegal 0 1 Slovakia 0 1 Pool country w l Poland 1 0 Russia 1 0 United states 1 0 Cuba 0 1 new zealand 0 1 South Korea 0 1 pts 2 2 2 1 1 1 pts 2 2 2 1 1 1 saturday results Australia 78 Canada 46 Russia 72 Cuba 62 United states 89 South Korea 75 today games Senegal Canada Russia Poland new zealand South Korea mens olympic Field hockey glance Pool a team w l t of a pts Netherlands 10042 3 Germany 10010 3 Canada 00122 1 Pakistan 00122 1 Malaysia 01001 0 Britain 01024 0 Pool team South Korea Spain Australia India Poland Argentina w 0 0 0 0 0 0 of a 0 0 0 0 0 0 pts 1 1 0 0 0 0 saturday results Canada 2 Pakistan 2 Spain 1 South Korea 1 Germany 1 Malaysia 0 Australia Argentina Indonesia today games Netherlands Britian Pakistan women olympic water Polo team w l t of a pts Australia 10092 2 United states 10064 2 Canada 1 Russia 00177 1 Netherlands 01046 0 Kazakhstan 01029 0 saturday results Canada 7 Russia 7 United states 6 Netherlands 4 Australia today games United states Canada Kazakhstan Netherlands Netherlands Australia group results Sydney a results saturday from the summer olympics Archery men individual 70m ranking round Jang South 665 of South 660 Kim South 655 Rod 651 Stanislav 649 Rob Richmond 622 women individual 70m ranking round Soonyun South 671 Natalia 667 Namsoon South 662 i Jin South 661 Olena 658 Badminton women singles first round Lidya Kara cycling men on Kilometre time trial final Jason Stefan Shane Jim individual Pursuit qualification Robert Rob Jens Brad semifinals Jens Rob Robert Brad women 500metre time trial final Felicia Michelle Jiang Tanya Lorianne equestrian three Day team event dressage test Spain Ramon Perseus ii Jaime new venture Enrique super Australia Phillip House Andrew Darien Stuart jeep Ster Matt Kibash Britain Ian Jaybee Jeanette Over to you Pippa supreme Rock Leslie Shear fencing men individual epee quarterfinals Pavel Ivan 1514 Sangki South Eric 15 14 Hugues Peter 15 12 Marcel Zhao semifinals Pavel Lee South 139 Hugues Marcel Bronze medal Lee South Marcel Gold medal Pavel Hugues 15 judo men 60kg Bronze medal matches Manolo Bazarek Aidyn Alisher Gold medal match Tadahiro Jung South women 48kg Bronze medal matches Annamaria Zhao Ann Cha Hyon North Yusei Gold medal match Ryoko Lioubov shooting women 10m air Rifle final Nancy Points Chihyun South Gao 32 Sharon Cari Campbell men 10m air pistol final Igor Mikhail Stephane Roberto i Joao Tanya trap 125targets qualifying Dayl Michael Giovanni Ian David czech George swimming men semifinals heat roman Daniel czech Morgan remo q heat Domenico de Kosuke Brett South q 400m freestyle final Ian world old Ian May Massimiliano Klete Emiliano Dragos Chad u s Grant Ryk South 400m freestyle relay final Australia Michael Chris Ashley Ian world old record United 11 aug Anthony Neil Walker Jason Gary Hall Brazil Fernando Gustavo Carlos Edvalds Silva women 100m Butterfly semifinals heat 1 Diana to heat Inge de olympic old record Inge de petria Thomas Dara Junko Susie Oneill q 400m individual Medley final Yana Yasuko Beatrice Kaitlin Nicole Maddy Joanne Jennifer 400m freestyle relay final United states Amy Van Dara Courtney Jenny world old Netherlands Manon Van Wilma Van Thamar Inge de Sweden Louise Therese Johanna Ann Karin Canada Marianne Shannon Laura Jessica women doubles first round group a Miao Miao and Shirley Lijuan and Mari Christine group c gae Jun Chang and Michelle Xiao Xiao and Chris 21 triathlon women final Brigitte Michellie Magali Isabelle Turcotte Quebec Carol North def Martina ;