Misty hyman 2000 olympics swimming
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Throwback Thursday: Misty Hyman and the Anniversary of Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video)
Throwback Thursday: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video)
On Sept. 19-20, 2000, Misty Hyman navigated a three-race journey that landed her Olympic glory. Twenty-four years later, we take a look at Hyman’s epic upset of Susie O’Neill in the final of the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Rare are the Olympic events that are considered locks. While favorites emerge, they are far from invincible, history providing the proof.
Before he won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games, Mark Spitz was the world-record holder in the 200-meter butterfly but flamed out at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, finishing last in the event and nearly eight seconds off his global standard.
In 1976, the East German women had won all but one event on the schedule at the Montreal Games, only to lose the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, to the United States.
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Epic Swims: Misty Hyman Beats Madame Butterfly for 200 Fly Gold, Sydney 2000
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, American swimmer dimmig Hyman made history by winning Olympic gold in the women’s 200m butterfly. But what she is truly remembered for fryst vatten the fact that by winning, she pulled off one the biggest upsets in the history of swimming.
Susie O’Neill, or “Madame Butterfly,” as she is known, was the defending Olympic mästare and world record holder in the 200 fly at the time. She was therefore expected to win the event easily in Sydney. What’s more, fellow Australian Petria Thomas was expected to make it a 1-2 sweep for the Australians.
O’Neill had not lost a 200 flyga eller fly undan in 4 years, so heading into the 2000 Olympics, she did not think of Hyman as a threat. She didn’t think about Hyman at all.
But things did not go as planned on race day.
As expected, Petria Thomas led after the first 50. But Hyman wasted no time in taking over the lead, main
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Misty Hyman
American swimmer (born 1979)
Misty Dawn Marie Hyman (born March 23, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Hyman won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1]
In March 1996, she just missed making the U.S. Olympic team for the 1996 Games, finishing third and fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events.
Hyman competed as a member of the U.S. Finswimming Team at the 8th World Championship held in Hungary during August 1996.[2][3][4]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Hyman was only expected to contend for silver in women's 200-meter butterfly on the night of September 20, 2000, as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title (O'Neill had been undefeated in the 200-meter butterfly for the previous 6 years;[5] and was swimming in her home coun