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Article: PARA: Australians crack landmark of 50 gold medals
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- October 27, 2000
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-27-2000
PARA: Australians crack landmark of 50 gold medals
By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent
SYDNEY, Oct 27 AAP - Australian cerebral palsy sprinter Tim Sullivan won his fourth
gold medal tonight, taking Australia to its 50th gold for the first time at a Paralympics.
Gold medals and world records go hand in hand for the 25-year-old Canberra student
who won the T38 400m in a new world mark of 50.30s after also notching victory in the
100m, 200m and 4x400m.
Sullivan confessed after the race that he never thought he would enjoy this much success.
"I got the 100m and that was my weakest event and I had hoped for the 400m but I didn't
expect the ...