Sunday, March 19, 2006
Cook wins gold
Gold for Cook!26 year old Chris Cook from South Shields took the Gold Medal in the 100 metres men's breastroke event at the Commonwealth Games and dedicated the win to the memory of a pal who died in a deep sea diving accident.
Chris was lying in fourth place at the turn but his second length of the pool produced a time almost equalling the record he set himself in the semi-final.
Speaking at the Melbourne Aquatic Centre
"A year and a half ago I was thinking of jacking it in," the City of Newcastle swimmer confided, after surging from fourth to snatch victory by 0.12sec. "I was in the shadow of the other guys and dropping away. I lost a good friend of mine. That made me realise there's more to life than this. It's just two lengths of a pool. Looking at it that way has changed my whole outlook.
"He was killed at sea in a diving accident, Mick Jackson. He was a fantastic guy. I'd like to dedicate this victory to him."
It may be tempting to award some special memento to Chris on his return after the games, some might even be thinking of offering him the Freedom of the Borough, however, as I suggested in the previous post, our Council must show true ambition and the same level of determination and dedication as Chris has, in order to fulfill it's plans to develop a swimming pool in the town centre area. What better motivation now than to have a pool bearing the name of our Gold medal winner?
"The Chris Cook Swimming Centre" - has a certain appeal to it, don't you think?
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