Ian Thorpe mentioned at the end of his retirement speech that "[he's] enjoyed racing against who [he] would probably consider [his] two biggest rivals - both Grant Hackett and Pieter van den Hoogenband."

sooo what did Pieter have to say about it?...

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( Dutch star to quit in 2008... )

Well, Pieter finished 3rd in 100m race. Congrats to him anyway! He must be so proud that he managed to get 2 medals, he's done amazing job!

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Hello dear friends, I just found this  Hoogie coverage from NOS Studio which is a TV network from the Netherlands. The video is all in Dutch :-(
Well here's the link

http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2006/7/31/31071421ekzwemmenlivetevolgen.html

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( Beautiful Pieter..... )

Hi, everybody!

I am another Pieter-fan who recently found this great community ;) I have one question for you guys: do you know if there are any websites with any Pieter-related videos to download? I'm especially interested in the ones from the Olympics :) Thank you!

Hello friends, I'm Esther,20 years old and another Hoogenband fan. Here I bring pictures of our fav swimmer training at Cyprus with his team and getting a break on a Cruise. The pictures were taken from May until last week. He'll be competing at the 2006 European Swimming Championships.

Pictures over here


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thanks to tsuma who shared this link from the Pieter messageboard

http://www.vpro.nl/programma/hollandsport/afleveringen/25675716/

mmmmmmm, 45 minutes of Piet in a delightful, bright pinkish/purple shirt. enjoy!