Kitajima 'sticks it' to Americans

History-maker Kosuke Kitajima got even, not mad - at least, not too mad. After destroying arch-rival Brendan Hansen for the second time in four days to win his second gold of the Athens Olympics he told the Americans: "Now keep quiet!"

Kitajima stormed to the 100 metres breaststroke title last weekend but was angry at American accusations that he had used an illegal dolphin kick at the start of the final.

That bottled-up frustration exploded on Wednesday when the 21-year-old stormed to victory in a grudge 200 final, winning in an Olympic record of two minutes, 09.44 seconds.

"That talk about the kick just motivated me all the more to stick it to them," said Kitajima, who became the first Japanese swimmer to win two gold medals at a single Olympics.