The 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games nearly ended in heartbreak for the Australian Women’s 4x100m Relay team, who had just smashed their own world record set two years prior at the 2004 Athens Olympics. After finishing the final leg, an ecstatic Libby Lenton climbed from the pool to embrace her teammates before other swimmers had completed the race. This contravention of the rules almost earned the team a disqualification, but the judges let the mistake stand and awarded them the gold medal. Th
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The 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games nearly ended in heartbreak for the Australian Women’s 4x100m Relay team, who had just smashed their own world record set two years
NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. . The 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games nearly ended in heartbreak for the Australian Women’s 4x100m Relay team, who had just smashed their own world record set two years prior at the 2004 Athens Olympics. After finishing the final leg, an ecstatic Libby Lenton climbed from the pool to ...
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