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12/22/2000
Swimming
Star Makes Goodwill Games Splash
 Olympic
gold medallist Grant Hackett took time out from a sweltering
Queensland summer day on December 13, for a cooling
swim to promote the 2001 Goodwill Games.
The 1500m Australian swimming star
joined a group of excited Petrie Terrace State School
students as they travelled in a new Goodwill Games promotional
bus to Brisbane's Centenary Pool.
 Emblazoned
with giant images of Hackett and United States 100m
sprinter Maurice Greene, the bus will be seen across
the city in the lead up to the August 29 to September
9 event.
A second promotional bus will hit
the streets early in the new year.
The buses are sponsored by Brisbane
City Council, which together with the Queensland State
Government, has pledged a A$5.5 million venues upgrade
and city beautification package to prepare for the sporting
extravaganza.
Hackett, who is depicted punching
the air in a victory salute, said he was looking forward
to the Games.
 ``I
hope I'll be doing that (victory salute) at the Goodwill
Games,'' he told the assembled group of reporters and
cameramen.
Hackett's visit forms part of an
exciting promotional campaign in the lead up to the
2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane.
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