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ATHENS STREET TALK

AFP, Athens
Ioannis Kokkodis was thrilled to become the first Greek swimmer to make a modern Olympic final, finishing sixth in the 400 metres medley won by US phenomenon Michael Phelps in world record time.
"I feel proud to be the first Greek in an Olympic final, in a race of this level," Kokkodis said. "The sixth place was a dream come true. I don't know if would ever achieve a better result than this."
Kokkodis was one of three Greek swimming finalists on Saturday's opening day of swimming. Spyridon Gianniotis finished seventh in the men's 400m free and Vasiliki Angelopoulou was eighth in the women's 400m individual medley.
BARDACH BRONZE PUTS ARGENTINA BACK IN SWIM
Georgina Bardach's bronze medal in the women's 400 metres medley was Argentina's first Olympic swimming medal since Jeanette Campbell won the women's 100m free in 1936.
"When I looked up and saw the clock, I said 'Oh my god, my father's going to have a heart attack,'" Bardach said after Saturday's final.
AUSSIE GYMNAST EYES BEIJING AFTER FALL
Australian Philippe Rizzo, the 2001 world horizontal bar champion, saw his hopes of gold end on Saturday when he fell on his mainstay event in qualifying.
But the Aussie veteran immediately began pondering Beijing in 2008 and a fourth Olympic bid.
"My warm-up routine was pretty bad and that kind of shook me up," he said.
"After the fall I knew it was over. But I'd like to try for the next Olympics."
KICK THE HABIT -- WITH AN ASHTRAY
Journalists are being urged to give up smoking at the Athens Olympics -ironically with the help of 40,000 dispos-
able ashtrays being distributed to the media 'army' covering the Games.
The cone-shaped ashtrays, made of biodegradable paper, can be covered by a lid bearing the slogan "Think Clean and Green."
UNEP says the chemicals in cigarettes can pollute the environment and are commonly found in the stomachs of birds, sea turtles and other marine life.
"We certainly don't want to be seen as promoting smoking, but since we know it is not possible to stop all journalists from lighting up, we would like to make sure they do so in a way that will be less detrimental to the environment," UNEP's Communications Director Eric Falt said.
CYCLIST'S DAD HAS BRUSH WITH LAW
OVER PAINT JOB
The father of British cyclist Nicola Cooke, a potential medallist in the Olympic Games women's road race, was arrested on Sunday after painting slogans on the course.
Cooke senior, along with another Welshman, was picked up by police in the diplomatic area of the Greek capital as he was painting messages of support for his daughter.
Both were released after their identities were checked.
US GYMNAST ACCUSES JUDGE OF CHEATING
American gymnast Blaine Wilson accused Japanese judge Sawao Kato and Olympic gymnastics technical director Adrian Stoica of cheating after lastminute notification of reduced credit for a favored US release move.
Wilson's comments will add spice to Monday's men's team final in which qualifying leaders Japan and the United States will try to
dethrone reigning Olympic and world champion China.
US team officials were told Wednesday by Stoica and Kato, the high bar head judge, that the Stadler Hop Full would be scored lower than World Championships in recent years by as much as two-tenths of a point.