Monday, March 20, 2006
double gold for chris cook
Cook doubles up in Melbourne
Following his victory in the 100 metres breaststroke, South Shields man Chris Cook went on to also win the gold medal in the men's 50 metre breaststroke at the Commonwealth games in Melbourne.Despite being only sixth fastest in the semi-final he swam the length of his life to win a brace of medals for the England team. He must now be seriously harbouring ambitions of picking up two Olympic golds (like these pictured) in Beijing.
Unfortunately I have learned today that an olympic sized swimming pool is to built next to the Staium of Light in Sunderland, so it will be unlikely that South Shields will have a facility to rival this one within the next fifteen years. However, even if we do get a small "normal" sized swimming pool, I see no reason why it can't be named and dedicated after the man who put the town back on the sporting map!
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