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CHIARA CASSIN, ITALY (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"WE FELT REALLY GOOD. WE COME FROM DIFFERENT SWIM CLUBS IN ITALY BUT WE WERE UNITED IN OUR EFFORT TODAY. OUR SCORE DOESN’T MATTER MUCH, WE’VE REALLY ENJOYED THE GOODWILL GAMES."

AGNES BERTHET, FRANCE (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"THE ROUTINE WAS PHYSICALLY HARDER THAN YESTERDAY BUT WE SWAM WITH OUR HEARTS. WE WISH WE COULD STAY AND ENJOY MORE OF THE U.S. BUT WE HAVE THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TWO DAYS."

HO-KYUNG SON, KOREA (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"WE WERE THE YOUNGEST TEAM. WE THOUGHT OUR PERFORMANCE WAS GOOD. AND WE GOT MORE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ASIAN GAMES IN DECEMBER."

BILL MAY, USA, (TEAM SYNC/SWIM)
"AS A TEAM, I FEEL WE MOVED UP INTERNATIONALLY AND I THINK THE OTHER FEMALES ATHLETES NOW SEE ME AND RESPECT ME NOT AS A MALE, BUT AS AN ATHLETE."

EMILY MARSH, USA (TEAM SYNC/SWIM)
"WE WERE REALLY EXCITED AND INTO THE ROUTINE. THIS IS THE MOST FUN WE HAVE HAD AT AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER ATHLETES THAT COMPETED."

CLAIRE CARVER, CANADA (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"GREAT PERFORMANCE. I ENJOYED THE COMPETITION. BILL (MAY) IS AMAZING. HE PRESENTS A NEW CHALLENGE TO OUR SPORT. THERE ARE VERY FEW SPORTS WHERE MEN AND WOMEN COMPETE EQUALLY. MOST OF ALL, BILL IS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE US SYNCRO TEAM."

ALEXANDRA VASSINA , RUSSIA (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL FOR RUSSIA. THE GOODWILL GAMES WERE VERY WELL ORGANIZED. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH BILL’S SKILLS AND TECHNIQUE. BUT I DO NOT HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT HIM

General Quotes

OLGA BROUSNIKINA, RUSSIA (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
(WAS IT UNIQUE TO HAVE TO DO BOTH ROUTINES IN ONE DAY?) "WE HAVE DONE THE DUET, TEAM AND ALSO HAVE DONE SOLO ROUTINES. IT IS NOT LIKE FIGURE SKATING, WHICH IS COMMON TO DO JUST ONE EVENT."

(HOW MANY COMPETITIONS HAVE YOU PERFORMED THIS ROUTINE?) "THIS IS THE SECOND TIME FOR THE GROUP PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE DUET FOR ABOUT A YEAR-SINCE THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS."

MARIA KISSELEVA, RUSSIA (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
(IS IT COMMON TO DO BOTH OF THE EVENTS IN ONE DAY?) "NO. IT DEPENDS ON THE ORGANIZATION. SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IT ON DIFFERENT DAYS. I PREFER TO HAVE IT ON DIFFERENT DAYS SO I CAN CONCENTRATE ON EACH DIFFERENT EVENT.

"WE HAVE LIKED OUR TIME IN AMERICA. WE FEEL THAT IN AMERICA THE CLIMATE HINDERED OUR PERFORMANCE A LITTLE BIT. BUT, AMERICA IS WONDERFUL. I HAVEN’T BEEN TO NEW YORK BEFORE. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK, BUT WE DIDN’T REALLY GET TO SEE MUCH BECAUSE WE SPENT OUR TIME EITHER AT OUR HOTEL OR AT THE POOL. IF WE HAD A CHANCE WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, BROADWAY AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS OTHERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT."

LENA POLYANSKAYA, RUSSIA TRAINER (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
(WHAT WAS THE MUSIC FOR THE TEAM PERFORMANCE?) "THE MUSIC WAS THE THEME FROM THE MOVIE TITANIC. WE WANTED TO SHOW OUR TITANIC WAS NOT SINKING."

BILL MAY, UNITED STATES, (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"IT FEELS GREAT TO BE HERE COMPETING IN THE UNITED STATES. WE MOVED UP A STEP IN THE COMPETITION. WE KEEP IMPROVING AND WILL KEEP ON IMPROVING. WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW WE DID."

"THE THEME OF OUR MUSIC WAS NATIVE AMERICAN. THE NATIVE AMERICAN THEME IS SPECIAL TO US. I THINK OUR ROUTINE REALLY DOES DEAL WITH AMERICAN HISTORY. WE ALMOST HAVE A HISTORY LESSON WITH OUR SWIM."

"THE NEXT TIME WE FACE RUSSIA WILL BE AT A PRE-OLYMPIC MEET. WE WILL FACE THEM AT THE FINA WORLD CUP IN OCTOBER OF 1999."

BRIDGET FINN, UNITED STATES (FREE TEAM FREE SYNC/SWIM)
"I THINK WE DID REALLY WELL. WHEN WE CAME HERE WE REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE UP. WE ARE REALLY HAPPY. THIS IS A BIG JUMP FOR US."

"THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL TO BE HERE WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ROOTING US ON. HE (BILL MAY) IS A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TEAM. WE HAVE ALL ACCEPTED HIM."

"WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE RUSSIANS AND HAVE BEEN COMPARING OURSELVES TO THEM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK AS A TEAM AND MOVE UP WITH OUR OWN STYLE. WE WILL BE FACING THEM AT THE FINA CUP. I’M NOT SURE IF WE WILL BE USING THE SAME PERFORMANCE AGAIN. IT IS GOOD TO CHANGE. WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD".