Yeah - Nick doesn't know what he is talking about - he made his debut at the commonwealth games as a 15 year old - he had great expectations placed on him, and he has certainly lived up to those expectations...
And yes - I made and won a $50 bet in year 9!!! I am just stupidly arrogant when it comes to Australia and Australia winning events - in this case, it paid off!!!
Barcelona was 92 - and he was an unknown quantity back then, we knew he would do well, but to break the world record was amazing... 1996 was wehen he SMASHED his own world record against the pundits opinions... it was classic Aussie underdog stuff... even though in my book, he was never the underdog - i had $50 riding on the sucker!!!
BAM!!!