DUTCH SWIMMING OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST HOOGENBAND AT SYDNEY SKINS EVENT, 2000-12-09 (photo)

Dutch swimmer Pieter Van Den Hoogenband (L), who won gold in the 100 and 200 metre freestyle events at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, looks back at the time-clock as Australian Olympic Gold medalist Ian Thorpe prepares to ask him a question during the Sydney Skins swimming event at the International Aquatic Centre at Homebush Bay December 9, 2000. Hoogenband returned for the first time to the Olympic pool where he won his gold medals last September. Promoters lured Hoogenband and compatriate Inge De Bruijn back to Australia with a 'lucrative' package that has upset several Australian swimmers also competing in the event. DG/CC