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ATHENS STREET TALK

AFP, Athens
Australia's three-time equestrian gold medalist Andrew Hoy believes he has identified the problem after being thrown off his horse Mr Pracatan in Tuesday's cross-country section of the eventing.
"When my horse lifted his leg at the top of the fence, he threw me off the saddle. Pracatan ran to the spectators and a German photographer brought him back to me. Pracatan does not realise that he is in the Olympic Games."
Pracatan was unavailable for comment.
HACKETT WANTS TO GO THE DISTANCE
Distance king Grant Hackett has called on swimming's world governing body FINA to include the 800 metres freestyle in the men's Olympic programme as in
the women's competition and at World Championship level.
"It would be nice to see them bringing it in to the programme for Beijing," said the Australian Olympic champion over 1500m.
"I'd like to swim the 800 and 1500 instead of having to go into the 200m and swim against these guys," he said of Ian Thorpe, Michael Phelps and Pieter van den Hoogenband.
AUSTRALIAN GIRLS' PAYBACK TIME!
Australian swimmer Elke Graham said their women's 4x200m freestyle relay team would be out to set the score right after they were disqualified for a premature pool celebration at the World Championships three years ago, and the second place of their men's team to the United States on Tuesday night.
"I thought about it last night," she
said of the loss of the team anchored by Ian Thorpe to the Americans.
"It's nothing about payback time, but doing a good job. We'll see if we can take care of what happened in 2001," added Graham, of the disqualification in Fukuoka when they jumped into the pool before the final swimmer had touched the wall after winning the gold.
SLAP AND GET
'SLAPPED'
A South Korean judo coach has been expelled from the competition venue for slapping his competitor after she lost her match, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said Wednesday.
The coach, Suh Jung-Bok, was seen slapping Ye Gue-Rin after she lost to Germany's Julia Matijass in the under-48kg bantamweight
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quarterfinals on Saturday, IJF spokesman Michel Brousee said.
"We cannot tolerate such an attitude," he said.
The IJF has instructed the Korean Judo Federation to take action against Suh, he said.
OLYMPICS 'CASUALTY'
The Olympic Games equestrian tournament was stunned on Wednesday when a horse belonging to the Belgian team was put down after falling in the cross-country on Tuesday.
Over and Over, ridden by Joris Vanspringel, suffered a broken left femur after the accident and was put to sleep.
"It's a terrible blow for the team and for the rider but we will continue," said Ingmar Devos, the head of the Belgian mission.
With temperatures in the low 30s, organisers have had to organise huge water fans to keep the animals cool during the gruelling competition.
"Misting fans helped a lot in keeping the horses cool and there are also large shades and ice."