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Stephanie Rice - Three Gold Medals, Three World Records

Thursday August 14, 2008
Twenty-year-old Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice won three gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and set new world records in her races.

In the women's 200m individual medley, she finished first in the world record time of 2:08.45. She followed this with a record-breaking women's 400m individual medly in 4:29.45.

On August 14, Stephanie Rice and team mates Bronte Barratt, Linda Mackenzie and Kylie Palmer broke the women's 4x200m freestyle relay record, winnning gold over the more favored teams of China, second, and the United States, third.

Two years ago, 18-year-old Stephanie Rice won gold medals in the 200m and 400m individual medleys at the Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne.

Comments
August 23, 2008 at 2:18 am
(1) Zoe says:

Your my roll model Stephine Rice and all ways will be. Your the best.
Zoe

August 25, 2008 at 11:11 pm
(2) alex says:

wat do u fell like when u no your won three gold metlets? and good job at the olimpics

August 31, 2008 at 11:55 pm
(3) Shannen says:

Steph your’e my roll model. I hope to get to olympics just like you have

September 8, 2008 at 6:01 am
(4) gabriel says:

hi im gab ur cool when ur diving wat do u feel

September 10, 2008 at 4:13 am
(5) Emilee says:

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu rrrrooooccckkkk!!!!!!!!!!
stephanie rice and you are on of the most prettest people EVER YOU SHOULD BE A MODEL.

LOVE EMILEE (: XXX

September 10, 2008 at 9:11 pm
(6) Jeeeeeeeese says:

Your Awesome hott go on FHM again

September 11, 2008 at 5:57 am
(7) sheona says:

you are so cool steph!!!!!!

September 11, 2008 at 8:56 pm
(8) @pril : ) says:

hi steph, you are my biggest olympic hero. i wish i could swim like you can, i hope to one day be in the olympics as a swimmer. but i am only 13, wich means i have to train hard practice nearly every day.

September 14, 2008 at 9:02 pm
(9) brooke says:

i like stephaine rice so much and i am doing a project on her so go stephaine rice

October 11, 2008 at 10:13 am
(10) Katie says:

Hey Stephanie,
Your my role model, i look up to you in almost everything i do.
My parents and all my family were cheering you on during the olympics.
And also, my parents are so glad your my role model instead of Paris Hilton or Linsey Lohan!
Great job at the Olympics!!!
Always Love From
Katie xoxo
GO AUSSIE!!!!!

March 2, 2009 at 2:07 am
(11) olivia gunn says:

u rock stephanie rice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OLIVIA!!

March 16, 2009 at 2:06 am
(12) hayley says:

stephanie is the best role model

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