P246 BEEBFAX 122 Sun 16 Mar 10:54/27                                   had been when I first started. And the  last couple days I had the biggest  buzz of my life." Attracting the headlines after  scooping gold, he attended the press  conference wearing a T-shirt that  asked: 'Is the world's second-greatest  athlete gay?" in reference to American  idol Carl Lewis. He also joked that  he'd like to have Princess Anne's  babies after the royal was amongst the  crowd and greeted him after his  triumph. Always engaging and justifiably cocky,  it would be easy to under-estimate his  influence. This was a star in every   Next       Prev       Home        End