41. Pat McCormick Pat McCormick is one of the largerthan-life stars of olympic history. no one elsehas ever been able to do, win the platform and springboard diving events in http://www.sportshumanitarian.com/Inductees/MCCORM.HTM

PAT MCCORMICK What do you do after you've done it all. Where do you go after you've got where you've always wanted to be? What do you climb after Everest? Ordinarily, when you think of someone who's living life in the afterglow, you think of some burned out old star living amid yellowed clippings and faded photographs. But, what if you're looking back on the good old daysand you're only 20? Or even 30? What if your life is all nostalgia and you've only lived half of it? Athletes, particularly Olympic athletes, live their life backwards. They go directly from birth to adulthood. They achieve their golds when most people are just setting out on theirs. Then they are treated as special people, somewhat like gifted children. Outside the main stream. PATRICIA KELLER MCCORMICK knows all about the afterlife of the big star. Pat McCormick is one of the larger-than-life stars of Olympic history. Her name comes up in any conversation of the super performers of that sporting lore. There are Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Mark Spitz, Al Oerterand there's Pat McCormick. For one thing, she did something no one else has ever been able to do, win the platform and springboard diving events in two consecutive Olympics. In fact, very few have been able to win both those events in even one Olympics. Few people know Pat McCormick might have had a triple; she lost a place on the team in 1948 by 1/100th of a point.

42. Mesa Desert Divers Team history. Team founder Keith Russell, former olympic diver and silver medalistin the He was president of the Arizona diving Association and is currently a http://www.desertdivers.itgo.com/page4.htm

Free Web site hosting - Freeservers.com Web Hosting - GlobalServers.com Choose an ISP NetZero High Speed Internet ... Dial up $14.95 or NetZero Internet Service $9.95 Team History Home Page Photo Album Favorite Links Practice Schedule ... Meet Results Team History Team Members Welcome For over 17 years, the Mesa Desert Dive Team has provided Mesa with an excellent amateur training program. Coach Rory Russell brings 20 years of coaching experience, with such noted accomplishments as being a 7 time Junior Olympic National coach. Nine divers have won college scolarships, and sixteen have won High School State Championships. Team founder Keith Russell, former Olympic diver and silver medalist in the 1974 World Championships, founded the Mesa Desert Divers and was its head coach for 10 years. He was president of the Arizona Diving Association and is currently a member of the Professional Diving Coaches Association and the U.S. Diving Education Committee. In 1993-94 and 1997-98, he was voted WAC Diving Coach of the Year. Upon leaving Mesa to coach at BYU, Keith's brother Rory moved up from assistant to head coach of MDD. Home Page Photo Album Favorite Links Practice Schedule ... Meet Results Rory Russell, Head Coach

43. Fu Mingxia, The Diving Queen Fu Mingxia again made olympic history, as her four golds and one silver liftedher head and shoulders above all the female divers the world has ever seen. http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/78244.htm

- SEARCH - WEATHER CHINA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ... Hotel Service Hot Links -Media- Xinhua News Agency People's Daily China Daily China Radio International Beijing Review China Today China Pictorial People's China El Popola Cinio Chinese Literature Beijing Portal PLA Daily Other web sites China Development Gateway Chinese Embassies Fu Mingxia, the Diving Queen Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing. She was selected into the Chinese Junior diving team in 1989 at the age of 11. Fu's hard work began to pay off 12 days before her 12th birthday when she earned the platform-diving gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games. Six months later, she became the youngest diver ever to win gold at the World Championships. "I began to practice diving at the age of nine. I still remember the first time I stood on top of the 10-meter-platform," she said. "It was so high above the water! But we had a professional rule: a diver must leave the platform from the front, that means you have to dive. A diver can never descend by the stairs at the rear of the platform. So I jumped. I was scared to death. My heart was about to come out of my body. But I did it." Down she went, and her career rose to the top like a bubble of air. Only three years later, at the 1990 Friendship Games in the United States, she won her first international title. The following year, she became the youngest world champion ever, age 13, after she collected another crown at the 1991 World Championships.

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45. EdGate Summer Games Learn about diving equipment, rules, history, and more from the USOC site Internationalolympic Committee site is the official site of the olympic diving and a http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/spotlight_sport/diving.php

Brought to you by EdGate and Griffin Publishing Home About Athens Healthy Bodies ... Spotlight Sport Diving Since divers and swimmers both end up in water, they're mistakenly linked in the minds of most viewers. However, diving actually has more in common with gymnastics than it does with swimming. Fancy diving is believed to have begun in the 1600s as part of the gymnastics movement that was popular throughout Germany and Sweden. Click a link to read more about Technique Competition News, History, Fast Facts More Sports Technique Fancy dives are classified into four basic types: (1) the "layout," (2) the "pike," (3) the "tuck," and (4) the "free style." In the layout or "straight" dive, the body must not be bent in any fashion. In the pike, the body is bent at the hips and the knees are kept rigid. In the tuck, the body is compactly bunched with thighs drawn to the chest. The fourth dive, the "free style," may include twists or other intricate movements in the air. Competition Both men and women compete separately in two events: the 3-meter springboard and the 10-meter platform.

46. Kiat.net: Olympic Games Athens 1896 Greece suggested that Athens should become the permanent home of the olympic Games,but Doubles won by team of Germany Great Britain ** No diving/Water Polo. http://www.kiat.net/olympics/history/01athens.html

@import url(../../style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics History Athens 1896 1st MODERN GAMES Athens, GRE ATHENS, GREECE GAMES OF THE Ist OLYMPIAD April 6 - 15, 1896 Mascot - none 14 countries, 311 athletes - 230 Greek (no women) 9 sports, 43 events Opening - King George Ist of Greece Torch lit by - none Assigned during the 1st IOC Session 1894 Standing proud: Spyridon Louis, the first and symbolic marathon champion of the modern Olympic era. The modest shepherd was revered in Greece, and went on to feature as flag-bearer to the Greek delegation in 1936. THE RENAISSANCE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES The rebirth of the Games The first Session of the IOC was held in Paris on 23-24 June 1894. It was during the first Session that the city of Athens was selected for the Games of the I Olympiad. The inauguration of the first Games of the modern era, opened by King George I at the foot of the Acropolis on April 5, 1896, was a huge relief for baron Pierre de Coubertin. Greece's instability and economic stature, due to numerous conflicts, proved almost insurmountable obstacles. However, a wealthy Greek architect from Alexandria, George Averoff, donated a gift of one million drachma and in a matter of 18 months a superb white marble stadium, able to hold 60,000 people, was constructed. Baron de Coubertin's dream of reinventing the Games was one he had coveted since 1892 - two years later the official announcement was made and Athens chosen as the site. Baron Pierre de Coubertin invited countries from all over the world to attend the first of the new Olympics in Athens.

47. Kiat.net: Sydney 2000 - Swimming SWIMMING (diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Sydney Aquatic Centre (17,500)Sydney olympic Park, Homebush Bay. fastest 100m in history leading Australia http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sydney2000/swimming.html

@import url(../../style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics Sydney 2000 Swimming SWIMMING (Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Sydney International Aquatic Centre (17,500) Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay SEPT 16 Four swimming finals daily for 8 days in a row, and FIVE world records on Day 1. Michael Klim swims fastest 100m in history leading Australia to the gold medal for the 4x100m relay beating the USA to silver. USA loses the relay for the first time in history. Ian "Thorpe-do" wins 2 gold medals and Jenny Thompson wins her 6th gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay. SEPT 17 THREE more world records. Dutch Inge de Bruijn bettered her own WR in the 100m Butterfly and Tom Dolan sets WR in the 400m IM as he praises the "world record" Games pool in a 1-2 USA finish. Brooke (USA) adds the 400m FS crown to her 800m FS gold in Atlanta '96 in a 1-2 USA finish. Italy wins men's 100m BrS. USA has 3 of 8 golds so far and 9 medals against the Aussie's 2. SEPT 18 Flying Dutchman Pieter beats Ian Thorpe in front of home crowd and equaling the WR for the 200m FS. USA bags 2 more golds by beating the Aussie's with Megan Quann in 100m BrS and Lenny Krayzelburg in 100m BS. ROM wins women's 100m BS. The Aussies settle for 2nd in three races.

48. History Of Diving history OF diving. Canadian competitive diving has progressed from 1900, when thefirst high diving exhibitions at an olympic Games were conducted by male http://mypages.allcanadiansport.ca/ABDiving/46048.asp

49. Lincoln Northeast Swimming And Diving olympic Homepage The official International olympic site with of Fame A great sitefor swimming history. oversees all aquatics (swimming, diving, water polo http://lne.lps.org/athletics/swim/links.htm

Northeast High School A great site with information about Northeast High School. Email addresses, department info, athletic info, newsletters, announcements, and much, much, more. Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) All Nebraska high school swimming and diving information, including state meet results, state meet programs and lane assignments, as well as a listing of the states top swims and dives. USA Swimming One of the best sites on the web with United States Swimming news, extensive club links, and calendars. Midwestern Swimming The governing body over swimming in our LSC (region). This site contains information of club swimming in this area, with other club links, results, and awards info. Country Kids Swim Team A year round swimming club based just outside of Lincoln. The coach is Robin Lowe. She can be contacted at (402) 782-8996. Heartland Aquatics A year round swimming club based in Lincoln. The coach is Ed Muller. He can be contacted at (402) 464-4350. Nebraska Aquatics A year round swimming club based in Lincoln. The coach is Patrick Rowan. Contact (402) 441-9554 for more information.

50. Lincoln Northeast Swimming And Diving Includes links to other good diving sites. USA olympic Homepage The officialUSA olympic site with olympic history, schedules and rules. http://lne.lps.org/athletics/swim/dive_links.htm

Northeast High School A great site with information about Northeast High School. Email addresses, department info, athletic info, newsletters, announcements, and much, much, more. Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) All Nebraska high school swimming and diving information, including state meet results, state meet programs and lane assignments, as well as a listing of the states top swims and dives. US Diving One of the best sites on the web with United States Diving news, extensive club links, and calendars. H2O Diving A diving club based in Lincoln. This site contains contact and membership information as well as other club info. Nebraska Diving A diving club based in Lincoln. The coach for this club is Jeff Bro. For more information, contact Jill Packer at 402-894-1857. Star City Diving A diving club based in Lincoln. The coach for this club is Reynaldo Castro. For more information, contact Jill Packer at 402-894-1857. USA Diver A HUGE site with everything you'd ever want to find out about diving on the web. Includes links to other good diving sites.

51. History Of The Olympics + Cartoon Fun By Brownielocks aka soccer), gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, swimming, diving, volleyball,water to it.) olympic Museum olympic Stories olympic history Sport s Journal http://www.brownielocks.com/olympics.html

Brownielocks and The 3 Bears Present Cartoon Fun and The History of the Olympics Since the Olympic games go way back to the early Greeks, to do an entire history on one page is a bit overwhelming. So, I'll give you a brief summation of how it all began, and then provide some further links for additional information. So, how and why did it all begin? In ancient Greece, they often combined religious festivals with sporting events, to honor certain gods. The Greeks held the following: The Pythian Games The Nemean Games The Isthmian Games The Olympic Games It was the last one, the Olympics, that were held for the Greek God Zeus and were also the most popular with the people. The first game is said to be held at Olympia, Greece in 776 B.C. and has been held every 4 years since = 1,168 years! Then, Greece came under the rule of the Roman Empire and the Olympic games were declined, to the point where they actually declined in 393 B.C. by the Christian Roman Emperor, Theodosius I, who objected to what he felt were some "pagan rites" associated with the games. In the beginning, the Olympic games were confined to just one day and one event. That event was a footrace that was the length of the stadium. Soon, additional races were added as the popularity grew, as well as discus and javelin throws (tosses), broad jumps, boxing, wrestling, chariot racing and a pentathlon. The pentathlon was composed of 5 different track and field competitions.

52. Brief History Of Mixed Gas Diving the most significant accomplishments in the history of marine with the diver receivingthe olympic torch. The lap around the vessel while wearing diving boots http://www.mindspring.com/~divegeek/mixhistory.htm

Diving With Gas Mixes Other Than Air by Larry "Harris" Taylor, Ph.D. This is an electronic reprint of my material that appeared in the history chapter of MIXED GAS DIVING published by Watersport. All rights reserved. Go To Site Page: Home About "Harris" Articles War Stories ... Fini Jump To: Helium Hydrogen Mixmastering Nitrogen ... Future History It was called "A Study In Controlled Paranoia." It was the deepest ever dive made by a free-swimming scuba diver. On April 5, 1988, Sheck Exley added another exploration to his personal log. This event was a milestone in diving history; it was not a typical sport dive. Sheck plunged to a depth of 780 feet within the Mexican cave system known as Nachimento Del Rio Mante. The descent took 24 minutes; the decompression time was longer than 10 hours. The decompression times and gas mix utilized were controlled by a computer generated protocol developed by Bill Hamilton and Dave Kenyon known as the DECAP (Decompression Computation and Analysis Program). Since there was no previous experience with free-swimming "sport" divers at 700 feet, the tables were considered experimental. In addition to the four cylinders that Sheck carried, the dive protocol called for 16 staged bottles at depths between 30 and 270 feet, containing 11 different gas mixes, with 52 separate decompression stops beginning at 520 feet. The dive ended at the surface with breathing pure O for 30 minutes.

53. Event History EVENT history. Basketball Team Exhibition Speedo Junior Swimming Championships WestUSA olympic Softball Team Exhibition USA olympic diving Team Exhibition US http://www.sanantoniosports.org/events/event_history.asp

EVENT HISTORY Annual Events San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame (Since 1995) Sports Foundation Charity Golf Tournament (Since 2001) Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament NCAA Men's South Regional Basketball Tournament San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Tribute Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Big 12 Soccer Championshiip Big 12 Soccer Championship Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Sport Conference of the Americas NCAA Women's Final Four Basketball Tournament Torch Run for 2002 Winter Olympic Games Sports Foundation Charity Golf Tournament Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Championship US Junior Amateur Golf Championship Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament ASUA Swim Coaches Seminar NCAA Men's Midwest Regional Basketball Tournament US Swimming Sectionals San Antonio Gymnastics Invitational Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Championship Baseball Express Long Ball Contest USA Olympic Women's Basketball Team Exhibition Speedo Junior Swimming Championships West USA Olympic Softball Team Exhibition USA Olympic Diving Team Exhibition U.S. Taekwondo Junior Olympics

54. Team History US diver Leslie Bush won and a first ever olympic Gold medal for a Woodlands Diver.The Woodlands diving program lives on with it’s rich history of diving http://www.woodlandsdiving.org/TeamHstory.htm

Team History In 1986, coach Ann Farger from New Zealand took over the reigns and continued leading the team with a strong Junior National presence. In 1987, coach Milton Braga from Brazil, once an Olympic diver training at The Woodlands under Dick Smith, took over for 2 years. Home Meet Info News Team History ... Links

55. Sydney Olympic Games History And Facts From Koala Express In Sydney Australia 20 cities with the most winners over the history of the several legs of the swimmingand diving World Cups venue has been renovated by the olympic Coordination http://www.koalaexpress.com.au/olympics.htm

The Greek athletic games, otherwise commonly recognized as the Panhellenic Games, were an integral part of Greek life. They combined religion, sport, and music into extravagant festivals involving peoples throughout Mediterranean. Not only did they attract thousands of participants and spectators to their venues, but they also promoted solidarity among the various Greek city-states. By the Classical period, their influence was felt throughout Greece. There were four main games: the Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Nemean Games, and Isthmian Games. The games at Olympia were the oldest and most famous of these. They all began quite humbly as religious ceremonies. While the games had a small religious aspect throughout their history, this role diminished as time progressed. Mythological evidence suggests that the athletic events originally served as entertainment for humans and gods and were loosely associated with sacrificial offerings. At first they were purely local events most likely spanning two or three days, consisting only of dancing, running, and wrestling. The centrepiece of every Olympics is the track and field stadium. Stadium Australia has built the largest Olympic arena in history with 110,000 spectators able to see the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field program and the final of the men's soccer tournament. Under an agreement brokered by the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, the majority of the cost of the $A615 million stadium is being borne by the private sector with the NSW public having ultimate ownership of the venue. Stadium Australia has already hosted several world-class events including top-flight rugby league and union, American NFL and the FIFA All Stars.

56. Indiana University Athletics - Men's Swimming & Diving - History - Tradition Of In diving, nine Hoosiers have competed in the olympic From the first olympic goldmedalist, Bill Woolsey Indiana boasts an equally impressive history in diving http://iuhoosiers.com/mensswimminganddiving/history/

Choose a Sport... - - - - MEN'S - - - - Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Tennis Wrestling - - - - WOMEN'S - - - - Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Golf Rowing Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Water Polo TEAM LINKS Schedule/Results Best List Meet the Hoosiers Photo Gallery ... IUB Events History - Tradition of Program Tradition of Program Year-by-Year Letterwinners Coaches ... Roster by Hometown Records: Indiana All-Time Top Ten All Time Big Ten Championship Results All-Americans Long Course Records ... Annual Team Awards Individually, Indiana University has produced 79 swimming and diving champions, 191 Big Ten swimming champions, 25 individual conference diving titles, and 45 relay events at Big Ten Championships. To put these numbers in perspective, 79 national champions ranks third among Big Ten schools, while the Big Ten diving (25 Big Ten titles), relay (45) and individual (191) swimming crowns all rank second among the 11 conference schools. Mark Spitz Since its string of six NCAA titles from 1968-73, the Hoosiers have placed among the top 20 teams at NCAAs in 18 of the past 29 years. From 1964-67, Indiana fell just shy of bringing home national titles with three second-place finishes and a third-place standing. In addition to the six NCAA titles, the squad has also traditionally performed well in NCAA championship meets. IU squads have placed among the top 20 teams in 38 different years and in the top 10 on 22 different occasions, including 17 top-five finishes.

57. Indiana University Athletics - Men's Swimming & Diving - History - Long Course R Men s Swimming diving. history Long Course Records. 2. 50.65, Donald Gold,2001, 2001 Summer Nationals. 3. 50.90, Dave Burgess, 1992, 1992 olympic Trials. http://iuhoosiers.com/mensswimminganddiving/history/mswlcrecords.html

Choose a Sport... - - - - MEN'S - - - - Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Tennis Wrestling - - - - WOMEN'S - - - - Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Golf Rowing Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Water Polo TEAM LINKS Schedule/Results Best List Meet the Hoosiers Photo Gallery ... IUB Events History - Long Course Records Tradition of Program Year-by-Year Letterwinners Coaches ... Roster by Hometown Records: Indiana All-Time Top Ten All Time Big Ten Championship Results All-Americans Long Course Records ... Annual Team Awards 50-METER FREESTYLE Donald Gold 2001 Summer Nationals Ken McLaughlin 1981 Indiana LC States Donald Gold 2001 Indiana LC States 100-METER FREESTYLE Jim Montgomery 1976 Montreal Olympics Donald Gold 2001 Summer Nationals Dave Burgess 1992 Olympic Trials 200-METER FREESTYLE Jim Montgomery 1976 Montreal Olympics Dave Burgess 1992 Summer Nationals Juan Carlos Vallejo 1984 L.A. Olympics 400-METER FREESTYLE Djan Madruga (Brazil) 1980 Moscow Olympics Brian Barnes 1994 Summer Nationals Brian Barnes 1994 Summer Nationals 800-METER FREESTYLE Richard Bryant 2003 Indiana LC Champ.

58. S T U D E N T . C O M - The College Site For the first time in olympic history, Cuba was Until Misty Hyman s shocking olympicupset, Susie O Four Laura Wilkinson, United States, diving Laura Wilkinson http://articles.student.com/article/2000olympicstopten

Channels Most Popular Articles College Chat Facetime College Forums ... Tests Full Sitelist Below General Student.Com Articles Blogs Groups ... Tests Chat and Forums College Chat College Forums Hooking Up College Hotties College Personals Match Up Mate Finder ... Secret Admirer Entertainment College Jokes Movies Music Poetry Games Arcade Casino Guess the Celebrity Name the Tunes ... Start Your Engines Services College Sites College Travel Group Mailer Organizer ... Stuff Exchange Homepages College Homepages Homepages Alumni Alumni Connection Click Here to Advertise The moments that made the 2000 Summer Games special. BY MICHAEL HATFIELD STUDENT.COM CORRESPONDENT Ten: Lithuania, Men's Basketball: This would have been the No. 1 moment if Sarunas Jasikevicius' shot had fallen as time expired in the semi-final game against the United States. This game was a nail-biter, and it demonstrated one of two things: The U.S. team is a lazy, self righteous group of NBA Michael Jordan impersonators, or the rest of the world has learned how to play. You decide. Nine: Eight: Seven: Korea, Opening Ceremony, Sydney 2000: The best opening in the history of the games got even better when the South Korean and North Korean contingents let bygones be bygones and came together in the spirit of the games. A new flag and one name, only the Olympics can combine politics and sports in style.

59. The Sammy - Dr. Sammy Lee History In 1942, at the age of 22, Sammy competed in the National diving Championships andbecame the first nonCaucasian to win. The 1940 and 1944 olympic Games had http://www.thesammy.com/lee.html

Dr. Sammy Lee is the first American of Asian descent to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. The diminutive diver, just 5-feet tall, had to overcome much discrimination before attaining his goals: to be an Olympic champion and to be a doctor. He had promised his father, "I'll do both," avowed Sammy. Dr. Lee went on to become an ear, nose and throat specialist. He studied pre-med at Occidental College and received his MD at the USC medical school in 1947. Courtesy of NBC Due to the outbreak of World War II, an urgent need for doctors arose. Sammy enrolled in an "accelerated program", completing the normal four-year curriculum in just three years. In the meantime, Sammy would squeeze in diving practice when he could. Practice was made even more difficult, because he had to combat discrimination and prejudice virtually every day. "I would practice at the Los Angeles Swim Stadium and Brookside pool," Sammy said "but non-Whites could use the pool only at Brookside one day a week, on Wednesday. And then the pool was emptied after we used it, and fresh water was brought in the next day." When the pool was closed to Sammy, he would often practice his diving form by jumping onto a sand pile. He got his big break when he came under the tutelage of renowned diving coach Jim Ryan. "Jim was a big Irishman, who stood 6'4" and weighed 275 lbs.," Sammy recalled. "He would take me to the Los Angeles Athletic Club, which was normally closed to the minorities. But no one dared to tell Jim Ryan that I couldn't come into the club with him."

60. Australian Sports Commission - Sydney 2000 Games Site - FAQ pole vault and hammer throw, synchronized springboard and platform diving for men olympic history olympic oath part of the IOC Charter; olympic Hymn; olympic http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym2000/faq.htm

Australian Sports Commission - Sydney 2000 Games Site Frequently Asked Questions - Olympics Sydney Olympics Number of sports at Sydney - 28 (Waterpolo/Diving/Swimming and Synchronised Swimming are grouped as Aquatics) Sydney 2000 has medal events ( for women/ for men and mixed competition) up for grabs in 31 separate sports (official count is often 28 as swimming, waterpolo, diving and synchronised swimming are broadly called "aquatic sports) Number of new sports - two triathlon and taekwondo (previously demonstration sport at Barcelona) Number of events - 300 (271 events in Atlanta) New events at Sydney No of countries - 199 National Olympic Committees plus East Timor under IOC Flag. Afghanistan not coming. Total number of Australian athletes = 626 (283 women, 343 men) Total number of AIS athletes = 319 ( 214 current, 105 former) Number of medals to be won Countries competing for the first time 2000 Olympics - centenary of women at the Olympics Olympic Medals design and details for Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch design and details for Sydney 2000 Olympic Mascots design and details for Sydney 2000 Youngest Competitor - Fatema Gerashi (Bahrain) (DOB 26th March 1988) in the Women's 50m Freestyle.

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