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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jarrod Poort<\/strong> had an idea. It was different, it was crazy, but if he executed his strategy, it might just pay off with his first Olympic medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hatched this plan after my qualifying race in Portugal,\u201d Poort said. \u201cI knew I was fit\u2014I\u2019d done a lot of work. Everyone trains to finish fast\u2014no one trains to go from the start\u2014so I thought I\u2019d switch it around.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so he did. Whatever the final result of Tuesday\u2019s men\u2019s open water 10k race at Copacabana Beach, Poort ensured one thing early on: the 22-year-old Australian would be the name on everyone\u2019s lips when it was over.<\/p>\n

He sprinted from the very beginning. Poort led by more than 57 seconds over his nearest competition after one lap of the 2.5k course and then by 1:14 after two laps\u2014while everyone else in the field was bunched within 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

But the chase was on, and the margin was down to 40 seconds three-quarters of the way through<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I\u2019d get through 5k pretty well, the third lap would be hard, and then I thought the last lap, with a gold medal in sight, that would drive me through it,\u201d Poort said.<\/p>\n

A good plan, in theory. Such was not things turned out. Not even halfway into the fourth lap, Poort saw trouble in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I was in a little bit of trouble, but I tried not to second-guess myself,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to stay mentally strong. I was checking to try to see where they were. I tried to go a bit wide and maybe pick up a bit of current to help me.\u201d<\/p>\n

But with the change in direction, Poort veered off-line, and he just had nothing left in reserve. Eventual gold medalist Ferry Weertman<\/strong> and a collection of others soon ran down Poort, and he ended up falling all the way 21st place\u2014out of the 23 swimmers that finished legally. Weertman ended up touching out Greece\u2019s Spiros Gianniotis<\/strong> in a photo-finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bummer,\u201d Poort said. \u201cI used a lot of heart and a lot of balls. I was hurting at the end. I could smell it\u2014couldn\u2019t quite taste it. Just couldn\u2019t hang on. It\u2019s a shame\u2014I\u2019m better than that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI laid it all on the line. I guess that\u2019s sport\u2014you\u2019ve gotta take those big risks, and it was going to be a big reward, but that\u2019s the way it is. I knew they\u2019d be coming, and they were just too quick at the end. I just couldn\u2019t hang in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poort was crushed with the way things turned out\u2014\u201c It was a fun day at the office, but I\u2019m pretty shattered,\u201d he said\u2014but he had plenty of time to accept the result as he slugged his way around the final few turn buoys. So by the time he arrived in the mixed zone, he could at least share a laugh with reporters about his gutty effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cKlimy (Michael Klim<\/strong>) always talked about the grand piano falling on him,\u201d Poort said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I had fall on me, but it was more than a grand piano. I\u2019ll tell you that much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with the final result, Poort has no regrets for his radical approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had a gap, I knew someone had to work freaking hard to come and catch me. I hope I made it hard for them.<\/p>\n

Maybe he will even try the same thing again four years from now in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take a big break, I\u2019ll celebrate what was\u2014the effort\u2014and then start planning for 2020,\u201d Poort said. \u201cThat\u2019s the big one. There\u2019s little steps in between, but that\u2019s definitely going to be my goal, 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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