Saw the swimming competition last night on TV (a rerun, because we are about 15 hours behind you). Only one word come to mind: amazing. The Australian team is something to see, especially the "Torpedo". FYI, he is making front page in many Canadian newspaper today.

I am disappointed with our performance so far (1 gold and 1 bronze). Can't wait for the men's 100m event and the men's 4X100m realy with Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin and for the canoe/cayak sprint women K1 500m event with Caroline Brunet.

No wonder you do better than us. Did you know that Australia spend about 280 millions/year in funding for the athletes while we spend only about 62 millions? Small difference... I wish that our country be as generous as you guys are with the athletes.

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>I went to the swimming last night - WOW. We were sitting right up the back of the 18000 seat stadium, but right in line with the finishing end of the pool. The atmosphere was incredible (of course, it did help that the Aussies won 2 gold and a bronze, including the 4x200m World Record)!
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>The whole city is buzzing - it's a great feeling. We went into town the night before last and watched the big screens. People are all in fantastic moods - talking to anyone who happes to be alongside them at the time. All-in-all it's an exciting place to be at the moment.