Ian Thorpe had captured two gold medals on the opening night of the swimming competition and all eyes were on him to see if he could pull off a gold medal hat-trick by winning the men’s 200m freestyle.
Sydney 2000 Relived: Day 3, 18 September 2000

Ian Thorpe had captured two gold medals on the opening night of the swimming competition and all eyes were on him to see if he could pull off a gold medal hat-trick by winning the men’s 200m freestyle.