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Show he Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, July 27, 200 Crocker does Phelps one(record) better THe AssociaTeD Press BARCELONA, Spain lan Crocker lookedat the clock and thought there wasa big mistake. No mistake. Crocker, not U.S. teammate Michael Phelps, set a world record Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly finals at the World as Kivewzi.a/The Amociatead Prem American lan Crocker reacts after setting a world record in the men’s 100-meter butterfly final Saturday in Barcelona, Spain. Swimming Championships. Whenastartled Crocker saw Wor.p SWIMMIN CHAMPIONSHIPS acrossthe laneropes. “A lot of people would say I hadfull confidence in myself going into the ra Crocker said. “But deep down you've got to say: ‘Hey, it’s Michael Phelps.’ ” his time, he shouted “what,” Phelps, after all, had already broken four world records in the championships, including the lief, Phelps 100butterfly Friday gave a palms-up shrugof disbethen embraced WRESTLING Crocker was timed in 50.98 seconds for the gold medal while Phelps won thesilver in 51.10 the two fastest times in history Andrii Serdinovof Ukraine, whe held the world mark for five minutes Friday before Phelps snatched it, took the bronze in 51.58. Phelps, 18, has been invinci ble. He has upstaged Australia’s Ian Thorpe in the champion ships; he could bein line for a soft-drink endorsement; and at the Athens Olympics he expected to challenge Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals. The 100 butterfly may be Phelps’ weakest event, even though he shaved 037 seconds ff his timein each of his last two races setting a world record in me Olympic champion Hungary won the gold medal in men’s wa. ter polo, defeating Italy 11-9 in overtime. Serbia-Montenegro defeated Greece for the bronze medal. ©2001 Peete Cars ert Avera Pree show does ot eae tarsof ee MERences a, Gardner might need one more miracle for Karelin By ALAN RoBiNson The Awuxnated Pre ‘I'magoodwrestler, a big wrestler and an in-shapewrestler, but I * don't have halfthe EDINBORO, Pa. Just when Rulon Gardner thought it was no longer necessary to keep relying on miracles, he heard a rumor then another then one more from 15 time zones away in ability he [Alexander Karelin] does.” Russia Alexander Karelin is training. for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Alexander Karelin doesn't want to go out a loser Alexander Karelin wants to wrestle him. more comfortable countering certain moves or escaping from awkward predicaments than he did when hehad 10toes and nor: malbalance. In May, Karelin told the newspaperIzvestiahe isn’t plan. ninga comeback,saying, “I don’t think I havethe rightto wrestle for points, disappointing theex. pectations of the fans. I'm sure that my younger {colleagues} will make us glad in the future with victories [at] heavyweight.” RULON GARDNER For sale ...what ever you’re currently driving. We've already met your friends. The golf buddy with clubs in his Boxster. Your neighbor whose Cayenne makes her “The Mom” among soccer moms. The executive who never misses a meeting in his 911. Isn’tit time we met you? However, Karelin supposedly back on his feet, literally, after shrug, halfhearted smile and the same thought that crossed his mind when he was about to requiring months of rehabilita tion, therapy andpersistence to overcome the damage caused by wrestle the supposedly unbeat the frostbite and hypothermia able Karelin in the 2000 Olym pics. The same thought he had 17 that nearly killed him following his snowmobiling accident in nonths later while lying half. February frozen alongside a tree on a minus-25 degree night in an iso- He lost a toe and nearly lost several others on feet that even a bruise-likepurplishin Theinjury forced him to lated Wyoming valley, delirious with cold and seemingly about to die. relearn how to wrestle, to figure out a style that would work without the balance and maneu Nothing's been easyso far in his life, so why should this be? You hate to think about it verability he once had and, too, without his natural size because in life, you always want to be successful, you always want to win,” Gardner said. “If he were to be there, I think it would Since Sydney, his weight class has been lowered from 286 to 264 retired after beating American Matt Ghaffari in the 1996 Olym pics in Atlanta, only to return in 2000. Gardneralso points out that Ken Garff Porsche. Now you have a choice. no Russian has wonaworld-level heavyweight title since Karelin in the ‘99 world championships. That's why, Gardnersaid, “I have to assume he’s back in training.” “You have guys that are strong, but you're talking about an individual who doesthings to heavyweights that nobody's ever done before,” Gardner said. “I’m a good wrestler, big wrestler andan in-shape wrestler, but I Ken Garft. Porsche of Orem 195East University Parkway Orem, Utah 84058 801-714-2300 hittp://kengarfT.porschedealer.com/ don’t have half the ability he does.” pounds, meaning he had to be a bigger battle to win gold medal t would be against maintain his strength and con. ditioning while somehowlosing any other wrestler Even if it is the great Karelin, the best Greco-Roman wrestler the world has ever known, the 22 pounds So far, he is well ahead of the learning curve, defeating 2002 world champion Dremiel Byers refrigerator-sized man who is such aperfect physical specimen in a closely contested series of matches in the world teamtrials that he is known as The Experi ment. A man who speaks six lan guages but has yet to say defini jast month in Indianspolis. By winning, Gardner will try in Oc- tively in any of them that he absolutely, positively will not come jut of retirement again to tryfor the fourth Olympic gold medal tober to regain the world cham: he was expected to win in Sydney Part of me says I don’t de serve to be No. 1 because of the For now, though, the Wyoming farm boy who had never went out and made some mis: pionship he won in2001, onlya few months before his near- death experience way I represented the sport wonamajor championship until takes snowmobiling,” Gardner defeating Karelin in one of the greatest Olympic upsets in any sport has too muchon his mind to worry about a possible re match with Karelin 13 months said. But while the accident nearly ended his career, it didn’t en tirely alter it in a negative way Because of the adjustments he from now was required to make, hefeels PRIME LOWER BOWL SEATS AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME! UTAH JAZZ OEASUN TICKETS ON | OALE NOW! 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