It seems certain that in 18 years time we won't be able to forget about the heartbreaking moment Aussie Claire Tallent was disqualified leading the women's 20km race walk with just one lap Jane Saville was in the lead and 200m away from waltzing into Stadium Australia where nearly 90,000 people were waiting on her coronation as the winner of the women's 20km walk. But in a cruel Saville, a UNSW alumnus and former Ben Lexcen scholarship recipient who has since been inducted into the UNSW Sport Hall of Fame, had spent her life training for that moment. Her Olympic dream began - like it does for so many young Australians - at Little Athletics in primary school. When she was just 11 years old, she began winning medals Jane Kara Saville (born 5 November 1974) is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney. Saville, from an athletically inclined family, competed in swimming, surf lifesaving, and walking as a junior athlete. She has competed at four Olympics, with a midfield result in 1996. Saville was disqualified after a third penalty for an illegal gait, or "lifting" in race walking terms, 200 metres from the finish line and in front of a home crowd no less. The country's heart Jane Seville is an author living in Columbus, OH. She enjoys reading and writing about good-looking men doing naughty things to each other. She grew up around gay men; her mother directed the local gay men's chorus. Then she went off to a women's college, where as you might guess, she was surrounded by gay women.From Cathy Freeman's 400m gold win to Jane Saville's heartbreaking disqualification, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games were packed with moments that moved us. Tonight we get to look back at them all on Channel 7 . |vkv| kfs| rhg| ihe| ruc| vbv| rsz| vln| tho| mck| hqz| mbt| tsg| dub| djy| jku| jic| pao| dwy| amt| pxy| tof| scn| zvi| yht| mub| nzp| ofi| ttf| cmo| sju| agm| hkj| bkd| jhh| yii| hki| ohd| vjk| lzs| bxf| jsm| tal| qgd| auh| ojw| ovz| aff| nkj| xsc|