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Article: Wet, eyes and all/ Of four Oly qualifiers, one waited longest
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- August 10, 2000
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INDIANAPOLIS - Three of the four swimmers holding spots of honor
at the Olympic swim trials Wednesday night - first or second in the
two races completed - were bright-eyed, overwhelmed and undeniably
young. They cried tears of innocence, of being handed an Olympic
berth like being handed a puppy at Christmas.
Chad Carvin was the fourth, holding that all-important second
place in the 400-meter freestyle, and his tears were entirely
different. They were joyful but knowing and experienced tears, that
came from realizing how far he'd come.
"When I finished and realized I was second, I was filled with so
much emotion," Carvin said. "All the things I've gone through just