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Thompson Anchors U.S. Group to Gold

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) _ Jenny Thompson's performing voice demonstrated comparable to her swimming stroke.

Digging out from a deficit in the anchor leg Sunday, she helped the US win the ladies' 400-meter free-form hand-off at the big showdowns.

Thompson presently has a record-tying 10 decorations from big showdowns, in addition to eight Olympic gold awards.

In Sunday's race, she was third with around 25 meters to go.

''There is some force that comes over me when I'm doing relays,″ Thompson said. ''I don't have a clue what it is, however I get exceptionally energized. I can't let my group down. There is no alternative except for to win.″

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However, when the four Americans remained on the platform to accept their gold decorations, the public song of devotion didn't play. During the abnormal quietness, the swimmers squirmed for quite a long time, grinned to companions in the stands and looked somewhat humiliated.

They said they heard just a weak clicking, similar to a Compact disc skipping.

However, no hymn.

So as the red-white-and-blue banner was at last raised, the four colleagues _ Thompson, Natalie Coughlin, Lindsay Benko and Rhiannon Jeffery _ sang a cappella.

Coordinators apologized and surprisingly presented to re-try the function Monday. Exactly the same thing happened two years prior at the universes in Fukuoka, Japan, when the Spanish song of devotion didn't play after a gold in water polo.

''I've without exception needed to be a demigod, so beginning with the song of devotion is a decent way,″ Thompson said. ''I need to trust it was an innocent misstep and they officially apologized to us. It's anything but no joking matter. We have no hard feeling.″

Coughlin said partners in the stands got them moving.

''We were considering what was going on,″ Coughlin said.

Who has the best voice?

''I previously disclosed to them I did,″ Coughlin said.

Thompson didn't accepting that.

''It's a controversy,″ she said. ''We'll need to make a demo.″

The Americans' triumphant time was 3 minutes, 38.09 seconds. Germany won the silver (3:38.73), trailed by Australia (3:38.83).

Thompson additionally swam the top time in the 100 butterfly elimination rounds (57.99). The last is Monday.

Thompson has finished two years at Columbia clinical school and has cut her preparation. Eighteen months prior she was scarcely swimming by any means, working out in a minuscule 15-yard pool at the college.

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Less is by all accounts better for a lady many consider the best hand-off swimmer ever.

Coughlin, in the interim. is charged as the best American lady in an age and is relied upon to swim seven occasions when the universes end next Sunday. She as of now holds the world record in the 100 backstroke (59.58).

Three other award occasions in the pool featured the first of eight days of swimming.

Ian Thorpe stayed unsurpassable in the 400 free-form, completing in 3:42.58 to remain unbeaten in the occasion for a considerable length of time. Another Australian, Award Hackett, was second, with Romania's Dragos Coman third.

Thorpe was sick four months prior with an infection and has changed mentors, driving some to recommend he's not as predominant as a year prior, when he set his 400 worldwide best of 3:40.08

''I don't feel like I've arrived at my outright top in that occasion or any event,″ Thorpe said.

He's the principal swimmer to win three straight world titles in an occasion. His 10th gold award additionally made him the main man to win that numerous at big showdowns in a vocation.

Hannah Stockbauer of Germany won the ladies' 400 free-form in 4:06.75. Diana Munz of the US was third.

The Russians, moored by four-time Olympic hero Alexander Popov, won the men's 400 free-form transfer in 3:14.06, 0.74 in front of the runner up US.

The jumping wrapped up Sunday with Australia winning the men's 10-meter synchronized stage, and China taking the 3-meter ladies' springboard synchronized title.

China drove all nations with 12 plunging decorations, including four golds.