There have been some almighty performances by Australian athletes, but the win by Kieren in the 1500m freestyle at Atlanta may be the greatest.

In the first form slump of his career, Perkins was last to be selected on the team when he laboured home in second behind Daniel Kowalski to qualify for the 1500m.

In Atlanta, the doom and gloom failed to lift but he made the final by 0.23 seconds.

What happened hext, is the stuff of legend.

On Road To Paris, the inside story of Kieran Perkins' spine chilling olympic defence, the fallout to his greatest triumph and will he go on to Sydney?

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