Coughlin vying for the big five.

From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) | Date: August 9, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Elliott Almond

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Four years ago, Natalie Coughlin left youth swimming, a few laps from becoming another teenage burnout in a sport that's tough on its young.

At the time, Coughlin couldn't have guessed what swimming would make her: the Bay Area's most visible Olympian heading to the Athens Games.

Beginning Saturday, Coughlin will attempt to become the first U.S. woman to win five gold medals in swimming in one Olympics. She has been billed as the female counterpart to Michael Phelps, who will try to eclipse Mark Spitz's record of seven gold ...

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