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暫時置頂:)鎖定曠世飛魚第一戰 索普菲爾普斯對話雅典之巔
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http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年08月14日 06:08 四川新聞網-成都日報
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今夜，揭開首日戰幕的雅典奧運將在碧藍的池水中迎來當今世界泳壇的並世雙雄———“超級魚雷”伊恩·索普和“美國神童”菲爾普斯。他們將分別參加男子400米自由泳決賽和男子400米個人混合泳決賽。二人誰能成為本屆奧運的“金牌王”呢？奪金之路就將從今夜開始。
特派記者肖竹雅典現場報道
曠世飛魚決鬥雅典
一個在15歲就成為世界上最年輕的男子400米自由泳冠軍，另一個也是以15歲的年紀書寫了美國奧運游泳隊最年輕紀錄；一個手上捏著男子200米、400米和800米自由泳三項世界紀錄，還擁有3枚奧運金牌和11個世錦賽冠軍，另一個也擁有著男子200米、400米混合泳和200米蝶泳的世界紀錄。索普和菲爾普斯，同樣少年成名，同樣多才多藝，當今的世界泳壇，所有的光芒幾乎都被這二人掩蓋，這個夏天的雅典泳池已經成為這兩條“曠世飛魚”的又一個決鬥場。
7金奇跡從今夜開始
19歲的少年邁克爾·菲爾普斯決心挑戰奧運游泳史上的奇跡———在一屆奧運會上贏得7塊金牌！從今夜開始，雅典將見證這位來自美國巴爾的摩的“金童”突變“全能王”的過程，見證一個新天方夜譚式神話的誕生。本屆奧運會，菲爾普斯將參加100米蝶泳、200米和400米混合泳、200米自由泳以及2到3個接力。當人們都在對他的7金夢想打個問號時，這位19歲的巴爾的摩少年灑脫地說：“不管怎麼說，先拿下第一塊金牌再說。”
我是伊恩，我最快！
同樣，索普也曾在4年前的悉尼衝擊過7金的紀錄，最終失敗而歸。這一次，已經成熟的“大腳怪”選擇了參加6項比賽，比起雄心勃勃的菲爾普斯，索普也有自己的計劃。如果得償所願，也可以追平傳奇人物施皮茨先後奪得9塊奧運會金牌的紀錄。對於來勢洶洶的菲爾普斯，索普態度也很明確：“他不是惟一游得最快的選手。還有波波夫、霍根班德等很多歐洲選手游得也非常快，但我是伊恩·索普，我會在雅典游得最快！” 美國游泳怪才猶如水棲生物 挑戰紀錄前先幹掉索普
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http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年08月14日 13:15 《足球·勁體育》
挑戰紀錄?先挑戰索普!
特約記者翟光勇報道 “A-T-H-E-N-S”，邁克爾·菲爾普斯一字一頓地輕念著六個字母。“ATHENS(雅典)”，這個縈繞於19歲美國人腦海長達4年的戰場，終於展現在眼前(8月14日，菲爾普斯首戰400米混合泳)。4年前的悉尼，15歲的菲爾普斯成為美國游泳隊最年輕的奧運選手。而200米混合泳第五名的成績，讓他回國後隻能忍受同學“在澳大利亞，你是
否看到過袋鼠和樹袋熊？”的無聊提問。4年後的雅典，美國 “神童”卷土重來——7塊金牌！一個讓世界震驚的奪冠目標，無疑讓菲爾普斯成為最受世界關注的焦點。別忘了，自1972年慕尼黑奧運美國游泳奇才——馬克·施皮茨創造奇跡後，還未曾有人超越過。
泳池就像他的家
豪言既出，讚譽也罷，詆毀也好，但毋庸置疑的是：菲爾普斯對於游泳的狂熱和執著是不容無視和輕蔑的。“回想起每年的冬天，”菲爾普斯緩緩地說，“清晨5點半鐘，屋外又黑又冷，我根本就不想起床。但想到‘雅典’，我馬上就從被窩裏彈起來。”每個天黑風緊的凌晨，菲爾普斯起床後總要往放在床頭的游泳帽上掃一眼，“抓起背包，向游泳池方向跑去， 365天，年覆一年，我未曾間斷過。感恩節、聖誕節還有元旦，這些年我都沒有停止過訓練。每天每時，我隻想著一個詞——雅典。”
過去7年中，菲爾普斯幾乎都沒遠離過游泳池。過去的2500多個日日夜夜裏，美國人只有5天因故沒有訓練。2002年參加完日本國際比賽，菲爾普斯深夜飛回老家巴爾的摩。17歲的他疲憊不堪，打算至少要休息一二天。但次日凌晨3點，菲爾普斯就再也睡不著。他起床打開電腦，立即給教練發了封電子郵件：“我想游泳，你能和我到泳池碰面嗎？”
菲爾普斯瘋狂地投入訓練，據說與家庭有關。9歲那年，菲爾普斯當警察的父親和做教師的母親感情破裂，鬧到離婚的地步。“那段時間，對邁克爾來說的確是最艱難的時光。”母親黛比內疚地說。家庭裂痕，讓幼小的孩子隻能尋求新的避難所，“離開家，我們就不需要聽到他們(父母)的爭吵和吼叫。”同是美國游泳隊成員、年長5歲的姐姐惠特尼痛苦地回憶，“那是一種逃避，我們隻能將更多的憤怒發洩在游泳池內。”和姐姐一樣，菲爾普斯極力逃避著家庭的不幸，“在水中，我更能找到家的感覺。消融在游泳池內，那是屬於我自己的真正領地。”
2003年巴塞羅那世錦賽前，曾缺席過兒子高中畢業典禮的父親佛瑞德同菲爾普斯大吵一頓。理由是兒子將僅有的兩張去西班牙的免費入場券送給其母親和大姐希拉裏。憂悶上路的18歲少年並沒有消沉，相反在巴塞羅那菲爾普斯5破世界紀錄，一舉穫得4枚金牌震驚世界。“生活中總有很多不愉快，”菲爾普斯苦笑著說，“但你不能將情緒帶入比賽，進入游泳池就隻是為了勝利。”
一個水棲生物
巴塞羅那世錦賽後，菲爾普斯開始紅得發紫，但菲爾普斯依然堅持艱苦的訓練和平凡的生活。“遠離奧運會，我過著平靜的生活，甚至有些無聊，”菲爾普斯每天都要游10公里的距離，他還是開著那輛破舊的卡迪拉克，“我沒有女朋友，不能像朋友們一樣出去玩耍。但在我看來，泳池裏的生活同樣精彩，我不會用它來交換任何東西。”
身高6英尺4英寸，體重195磅的菲爾普斯肩膀寬闊、臀部瘦小，被認為是游泳選手中的極品。 “邁克爾有6英尺8英寸選手的上身，而腿卻很短，”美國游泳隊技術指導傑恩特·斯基納說，“這在游泳運動中很佔優勢。”除了上身修長、腿部很短適合水中運動外，菲爾普斯另外一與眾不同處在於其超出身體3英寸的驚人背展。這讓美國人穿梭在水中就像一隻飛快行駛的狹長帆船一樣。另外，菲爾普斯還擁有一雙14碼(美制)的大腳，與索普(17碼)相比雖然還有點差距，但這並不影響他劃水時所表現的優勢。菲爾普斯腳面彎曲度超過常人15度，彎曲時其腳趾甚至可以接觸到自己的脛骨！“邁克爾身體結構很完美，包括他的腳、膝、背肘以及臀部。”理療師斯科特·亨萊恩認為，“而且沒有哪個游泳運動員的腳部柔韌性可以像他一樣。”
超凡的柔韌性讓美國人在水中劈波斬浪，但也給他帶來些許煩惱。訓練時，菲爾普斯不喜歡陸地上的跑步，因為他經常會踩空或無緣無故地摔倒。地上的體能測試，菲爾普斯總是隊內最差。“陸地上的測試對邁克爾沒有實際意義，”亨萊恩強調說，“他能夠行走，他能做你要求他做的任何事情，這已經足夠了。陸地不是邁克爾的世界，他的強項在水中。”這就像菲爾普斯的教練鮑曼所說的那樣，“他(菲爾普斯)是一個水棲生物！”
無論是努力還是天賦，8月的雅典，將是19歲美國少年向世人兌現7枚金牌的諾言時刻，我們翹首以待。 雅典泳池孕育奧運奇跡 “魚雷”成“金童”推動器？
記者謝澤暢、趙新報道 32年前的慕尼黑，當施皮茨躍入泳池的時候，絕對沒有人能夠料到他的身後會留下這麼一個不可思議的紀錄——22歲的施皮茨在他參加的所有7項游泳比賽中全部穫得了金牌，而且打破了7個項目的世界紀錄！無論以什麼標準來衡量，這個成績都足以震古爍今。加上18歲時施皮茨還在墨西哥城奧運會上穫得的2塊金牌，他成為了芬蘭長跑名將努米、蘇聯體操選手拉特尼娜之後第三個穫9枚奧運會金牌的運動員，這同樣是一個不可思議的紀錄。
32年後的雅典，菲爾普斯和索普的每個足跡都會被人銘記。因為他們的每一步都可能是奇跡的組成部分。
(北京時間)8月15日 00：30，男子400米個人混合泳決賽。
菲爾普斯將從這個項目開始，在男子100米蝶泳、200米蝶泳、200米混合泳、200米自由泳5個單項，4×２00米自由泳接力、4×１00米混合泳接力、4×１00米自由泳接力等一共8個項目上向施皮茨的紀錄開始發起衝擊。如果成功的話，他甚至能夠一舉超越施皮茨的7金紀錄！
(北京時間) 8月15日 00：51，男子400米自由泳決賽 。
十幾分鐘後，“有大腳魚雷”之稱的索普將投入泳池。在悉尼曾經遭遇挫折的索普比起年少氣盛的菲爾普斯(其實他也不過22歲而已)要成熟得多，他放棄了衝擊施皮茨7金紀錄的努力，轉而瞄向施皮茨職業生涯9塊奧運會金牌的紀錄。如果他在男子100米、200米、400米自由泳、4×２00米自由泳接力、4×１00米混合泳接力、4×１00米自由泳接力等6個項目中全部成功，他同樣可以和施皮茨站在同一個高度。而且以他的年齡，超越施皮茨、努米成為奧運會歷史金牌總數“第一人”絕非奢望。
在雅典，他們無疑是最吸引眼球的兩名運動員。在美國游泳隊開新聞發佈會時，能容納1000人的新聞發佈廳裏人頭攢動，攝影記者和攝像記者為了爭奪機位還發生了口角，鎂光燈全都衝著他閃動，問題都“砸”向了他。就連新聞發佈會的主持人，美國游泳隊的發言人都一再要求記者們向菲爾普斯以外的運動員提問，哪怕只有幾分鐘也行。雄心勃勃的菲爾普斯在記者招待會上卻給人另一種印象：謙遜而不失優雅，隨和而又樂觀。當他被問到如何看待奧運會上比賽的艱苦性時，他笑著說：“所有的機會都是無窮無盡的。”
那麼到底是7枚還是8枚呢？“我所想要的就是一枚金牌，世界上有幾個人能有奧運金牌？”小夥子又恢復了鎮定。
對於菲爾普斯的遭遇，4年前索普原就曾經在悉尼經歷過。這一次他本希望在雅典低調出征，但這隻能是一廂情願，索普不僅僅是媒體的寵兒，在奧運村中他也成了其他國家運動員爭相追捧的對象，無論走到哪裏總是許多人圍住索要簽名或者合影留念。“大鯊魚”倣佛被放進了金魚缸裏動彈不得，索普稱自己非常不喜歡這裡像動物園裏的動物一樣被圍困的感覺：“我確實覺得奧運村裏到處都有人在追逐我，但是作為運動員希望他們能夠理解我還有其他的工作要做，感覺就像是要逃離擁擠的動物園一樣。”
不管瞄準的是哪一個目標，他們在雅典都沒有退路，任何一個閃失都意味著前功盡棄。如果菲爾普斯穫得了5塊金牌，沒有人可以否認他的偉大，但5塊金牌放在奧運歷史上有多少特別價值呢？在漢城奧運會上，比昂迪就拿過5塊金牌，還是在漢城，東德的奧托甚至拿過6塊！所以，在13日(雅典時間)晚上那個盛大迷人的開幕式上我們沒有看到他們的身影，因為他們都必須養精蓄銳準備第二天的比賽。
好在，8月15日我們應該不會看到什麼冷門。
在400米混合泳項目上，本來就是菲爾普斯一枝獨秀，巴塞羅那世錦賽400米混合泳亞軍塞赫本來是菲爾普斯的勁敵，但7月21日他在訓練營中坐向板凳時忽然“自殘”性地弄傷了蹠骨。實力超凡、體能充沛，外加對手實力一般，現在，我們實在想不出菲爾普斯有什麼理由不在這個項目上斬穫自己平生第一塊奧運金牌。
同樣，在400米自由泳這個項目上，索普在1998年世錦賽後在這個項目上保持6年不敗！第一場比賽不存在體能問題，索普的這塊金牌同樣可以提早計算入賬。
讓我們一起目睹奇跡的開始！ Phelps wins heat by three body lengths
By Eric Adelson
ESPN The Magazine
ATHENS -- Michael Phelps loves to say, "Anything's possible." He better hope so.
Phelps is the biggest story of an Olympics that hasn't even started -- because of his real and imagined pursuit of the impossible. Not just seven gold medals in one Olympics. That's easy compared to what Phelps really wants. The 19-year-old from Baltimore wants to change his sport.
Two days before Opening Ceremonies, Phelps spoke about his two goals for the Games: to win a gold medal and "to bring more attention to the sport of swimming in the U.S."
In a sense, he has already done it. When was the last time a swimmer made the cover of virtually every major U.S. magazine? When was the last time a swimmer starred in his own commercial? How many Americans even knew who Phelps was a year ago?
But that's only part of the attention Phelps wants. Phelps wants to be America's Ian Thorpe. The Thorpedo can't walk down the street in Sydney or Brisbane without being mobbed. He's the Australian Ashton Kutcher. Phelps is no self-aggrandizing diva, but it burns him that Thorpe comes from a country that cares for swimming like Canada cares for hockey. He wants Americans to talk about swimming not only over the next two weeks -- an accomplishment in itself if it happens -- but also after he has returned home to Baltimore. That's the all-but-impossible part.
In a way, Phelps represents these Olympics perfectly. Softball star Jennie Finch has spent the year pitching her personality and her beauty in the hopes that both will help pitch her sport. The men's basketball team is here to fix some bad reps (Iverson), cement some new ones (LeBron), and convince everyone that these million-dollar players really do care about Olympic gold. Iraq has sent its soccer team hoping it will somehow bring its fractured citizenry together. Even Athens itself has risked financial ruin and public anger in the hopes that these two weeks can transform the city into a new-age metropolis in the eyes of the world. Seems like every storyline from these Games involves some sort of hearts-and-minds campaign.
But these dreams will be tough to make come true. The world has become a stage for entertainment and PR, thanks mostly to America's lead, but no one has figured out how to convince a major part of the global population to feel a certain way.
Examples are everywhere. The U.S. women's soccer team enjoyed a PR coup in the '99 World Cup -- complete with a trip on Air Force One and a special nod from David Letterman -- and the women's pro league, the WUSA, crashed anyway. Now Mia and Julie and Brandi are here in Athens merely to go out on a winning note. The NHL has expanded to 30 cities and now recruits the best players from all over the world. The league has a major TV deal and legions of inline youth hockey players all over the United States, and still it's deemed a colossal failure after only a decade of its Sunbelt experiment.
Perhaps in the Internet age we've become too ravenous for instantaneous results. The war in Iraq might be a disaster in the eyes of a majority of Americans, but is it reasonable to expect democracy to take hold in the Middle East after a few months when it took nearly a century for it to work in the United States? Is it reasonable to expect the WNBA to fill arenas every night when the NBA took decades to get out of the dark ages? Is it reasonable to expect Tiger Woods to eclipse Jack Nicklaus' majors record before he turns 30?
But modern culture has conspired with ambitious marketing to put would-be icons, like Phelps, in an impossible bind. Let's say he wins eight gold medals. Then what? Will Americans pay to see him swim? Where? When? Gary Hall Jr.'s Race Club is a brilliant idea for getting the world's best in the same pool at the same time, but it's not like swimming has a season or even a TV contract. Don't expect to see Monday Night Swimming on ABC.
And if Phelps wins "only" four or five golds, then he's Matt Biondi. Maybe you remember him. (Maybe you don't.) Biondi was the first next Mark Spitz. Then he lost a race he was supposed to win at the '84 Olympics, and no one seemed to care anymore. In the record books, Biondi is one of the greatest swimmers in history. But in the public eye, Biondi barely holds onto footnote status. Sad, but true.
Phelps is young, but that's a mixed blessing. He can still compete in '08 and even '12, but there's no way he'll get the same kind of buzz next time, especially if he struggles this time. This summer, Phelps is a refreshing novelty. By 2008, he'll be all too familiar.
But then there's this: The Olympics are here, and Phelps has the world's eyes squarely on him. That's a victory in itself. And if there was ever a swimmer who could win fans based on talent, it's Phelps. All he ever wanted was a chance to make an impression. In the next two weeks, he'll get it.
And who knows? Maybe Phelps will win seven golds and lose the 100 butterfly in a squeaker to Ian Crocker. That will get Phelps his million-dollar bonus from Speedo, put him in the same breath with Spitz, and set up a rematch only available on pay-per-view. Maybe Phelps vs. Crocker will be swimming's Ali vs. Frazier.
Hey, anything's possible. Phelps lands spot on 400 free relay team
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps made his first day in the Olympic pool look easy.
He began his quest to break Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic gold medals as the fastest swimmer in morning preliminaries for the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4 minutes, 13.29 seconds -- well off his world record of 4:08.41.
He was to return Saturday night for the eight-man final as the overwhelming favorite to win his first gold medal of the Athens Games. American swimmers have finished 1-2 in the event at the last two Olympics.
"I'm glad the meet is finally here,'' Phelps said. "I felt comfortable and in control. I'm not worried about time. I just want to get my hand on the wall first.''
Ian Thorpe, the superstar of the Sydney Games, settled for being the second-fastest qualifier behind Australian teammate Grant Hackett in the 400 freestyle.
"I'm pretty confident,'' Thorpe said. "It was a quality swim for both me and Grant.''
Hackett finished in 3:46.36. Thorpe, the world record holder, was next in 3:46.55.
"It's always nice to be together,'' Hackett said. "You want to race the best in the field. You want to be right next to him.''
Four-time Olympian Jenny Thompson advanced in the 100 butterfly, but the Americans suffered a disappointment when 15-year-old Katie Hoff got knocked out of the 400 individual medley. Thompson is seeking her first individual Olympic gold medal; all of her eight golds have been in relays.
Thorpe fell off the starting blocks and was disqualified at the Australian trials in March, but teammate Craig Stevens gave up his berth in the 400 free so Thorpe could defend his Olympic title.
This time, he didn't fall in, but Thorpe was one of the slowest swimmers off the blocks.
"I was trying to be last off the blocks this morning, so I'll be first off the blocks tonight,'' he said, jokingly.
On the deck, though, Thorpe was all business. He walked out barefoot wearing a full black body suit, with his cap and goggles already on. Most swimmers remove layers of clothing, jackets and shoes in the moments before a race.
Larsen Jensen of Bakersfield, Calif., chased Thorpe to the wall in their heat and was third quickest in 3:46.90. Massimiliano Rosolino of Italy, the 2000 silver medalist, also made the eight-man evening final in 3:47.72. Klete Keller of Phoenix, the bronze medalist four years ago, was fifth in 3:47.77.
Rachel Komisarz of Louisville, Ky., was eighth in 59.38. The top 16 women qualified.
Thompson, the most decorated female U.S. Olympian, will get a chance to win her record-tying ninth in the 400 freestyle relay final Saturday night.
The American coaches saved Thompson for the night swim, even though she finished fifth in the 100 free at the U.S. trials, which determines the pool of relay swimmers.
The Australian team of Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Sarah Ryan and Jodie Henry qualified first in 3:38.26. Americans Amanda Weir, Colleen Lanne, Lindsay Benko and Maritza Correia were second in 3:39.46.
Petria Thomas of Australia led the way in the 100 fly, qualifying in 54.47 seconds. Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland was second in 57.84.
Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands, the 30-year-old defending Olympic champion, was third in 58.47. Martina Moracova of Slovakia, the 2000 silver medalist, was fourth in 58.48.
"We wanted to do whatever it took to beat Thomas, but it didn't happen,'' said Paul Bergen, De Bruijn's coach.
Phelps is nearly four seconds faster than anyone else in the world this year. The 19-year-old from Baltimore lowered his own world record at last month's U.S. trials.
He won his heat by three body lengths over teammate Erik Vendt of North Easton, Mass., who qualified sixth for the final in 4:16.68.
Phelps wiped off the starting block with a USA towel, then stripped down to his jammer suit that ended just above his knees. He removed the large headphones that covered his ears and climbed atop the block.
Bob Bowman, his coach, said Phelps told him he could go much faster in the final.
Laszlo Cseh of Hungary was second quickest in 4:14.26 and Alessio Boggiatto of Italy was third in 4:15.76. Greek fans cheered loudly for countryman Ioannis Kokkodis, who made the final in fifth place.
As expected, the men's 100 breaststroke will be a showdown between Kosuke Kitajima of Japan and Brendan Hansen of Havertown, Penn. Kitajima, who lost his world record to Hansen last month, advanced to the evening semifinal in an Olympic record time of 1:00.03.
Hansen, whose world mark is 59.30, was second quickest in 1:00.25. Mark Gangloff of Akron, Ohio, was third in 1:00.81. Roman Sludnov of Russia, the 2000 bronze medalist, was 10th among 16 swimmers who advanced.
The Greeks were on their feet chanting when Spyridon Gianniotis qualified for the 400 free final. Their revelry broke out again after Vasiliki Angelopoulou qualified in the women's 400 individual medley.
Defending Olympic champion Yana Klochkova was the top qualifier for the evening final in the 400 IM. The world record holder finished in 4:38.36. Kaitlin Sandeno of Lake Forest, Calif., was second in 4:40.21.
Katie Hoff, the 15-year-old who swims at the same North Baltimore club as Phelps, failed to make the final and vomited after her heat. She was 17th in 4:47.49 after winning the event at the U.S. trials last month.
There were pockets of empty seats at the stadium on the first day of competition. Swimmers and fans contended with a searing sun that pushed temperatures to 88 degrees at the 10 a.m. start of preliminaries 400m自應該係thorpe既
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