Olympic Games
He arrived in Beijing as a medal contender and a serious threat for the gold medal in all 3 of his events. He set Australian, Commonwealth and Oceanic records, capturing silver medals in the 200m breaststroke and 4×100m medley relay, and finished 5th in the 100m breaststroke.
- Beijing Olympics (China) :
- 200m breaststroke.
- 4×100m medley relay.
- (5th) 100m breaststroke.
Read more about this topic: Brenton Rickard
Famous quotes containing the words olympic and/or games:
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“As long as lightly all their livelong sessions,
Like a yardful of schoolboys out at recess
Before their plays and games were organized,
They yelling mix tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch,
And leapfrog in each other’s way all’s well.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)