Athens
With an 8-hour time difference, the upcoming Olympic Games will probably not be priority viewing chez Cross Words, and maybe with the Thorpedo out of the 400m, it’s just as well. Oh, he’ll still swim, and I’m sure he’ll do well. He’s a fine sportsman, Thorpey, and it’ll take some pretty big shoes to fit his feet, er, it’ll take, oh, never mind. Mainly, I find it a little disturbing that everyone keeps going on about Craig Stevens stepping down. Ian Thorpe had a false start there’s no room in the rules for, so Stevens goes to Athens in the 400. The Olympics are laughable enough over the amateur/professional divide without individual countries or competitors remixing the rules as they please. Advance, Australia, fairly.