One hundredth of a second
Milt Nelms and US gold medalist Dana Vollmer In swimming, the difference between ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ is maddeningly small. Australian James Magnussen knows this only too well. One of his country's main gold medal hopes for London 2012, he was beaten into second place by a single hundredth of a second in the final of the 100m Men’s Freestyle. Subsequently thrashed and humiliated by the press, his silver medal was largely dismissed as a badge of failure. (Click here to read on
