尽管琼斯在悉尼奥运会上夺得5枚奖牌,是本届奥运会夺得奖牌最多的人,但是最耀眼的明星却是澳大利亚游泳小将索普。琼斯的5枚奖牌中有3枚金牌,但没有世界纪录,索普3枚金牌都创造了世界纪录,外加一枚银牌,如果按奖牌的“质量”评分的话,索普超过了琼斯。 澳大利亚人的偶像 索普在本届奥运会成了澳大利亚人的偶像,澳大利亚邮局在奥运 Although Jones won five medals at the Sydney Olympics, winning the most medals at this Olympics, the most dazzling star is Thorpe, an Australian swimmer. Jones has three gold medals out of the five medals but no world record. Thorpe’s three gold medals have all set world records plus a silver medal, and Thorpe surpasses Jones if the medal’s “quality” rating is used. Australian idol Thorpe became the idol of the Australian Olympic Games this year, the Australian post office in the Olympic Games