00:00:00 | 3:02:50      I went down to Long Beach last night for
the first night of the U.S Olympic Swimming Trials. As promised,
teenage sensation Michael Phelps was the story. Phelps has his
eye on matching Mark Spitz a month from now in Athens in
becoming only the second athlete in history to win seven gold
medals in one Olympics. Spitz accomplished that mind-boggling
feat 32 years ago in Munich in 1972. Watching the versatile
Phelps glide his way to yet another world record last night made
you believe seven gold are once again possible. But the buzz in
the stands last night was as much about the pool itself as it
was about wunderkind Phelps.  For the Trials, a maverick design
above-ground pool was brought over from Italy and assembled next
to the Long Beach Convention Center. Trevor Tiffany, the
president of the pool company, Myrtha Pools, explained to me why
such effort and expense was made for the Trials. First of all,
there is no outdoor or indoor swimming facility in the US that
can seat as many spect