Swimming Finals at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain
Former Member
The finals of the first day, show:
.) in the men 400 meter free final, Thorpe (Aus.) went 3:42.58 for #1, Hackett (Aus.) went 3:45.17 for #2, and Coman (Rom.) went 3:46.8x for #3;
Coman -who is my fellow countryman, and I was telling you about him for years-, defeated Rossolini (Ita.) of the 2000 Olympics fame, Keller (U.S.) and Carvin (U.S.);
.) in the women 400 meter free final, Simona Paduraru (Rom.) finished #7, with a fast time;
.) in the 4x100 men free relay, Russia won;
the fastest split was by Frenchman Frederic Bousquet at 47.03 -which is the second fastest split in history-, and fast splits (in the 47s) were recorded by Alex. Popov (Rus.) and Jason Lezak (U.S.);
.) in the 4x100 women free relay, U.S. won, anchored by an ace 53.xx from Jenny Thompson (U.S.).
He! he! he! :D ho! ho! ho!
I post this, ahead of www.swiminfo.com and www.swimnews.com who are sandbagging...
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Vocabulary fails,
Michael Phelps: 3 individual events, 2 gold medals, 4 world records (with 2 event finals and 2 more preliminary swims on deck). Spitzian! AND, he is swimming the 200 & 400 IM instead of the 100 & 200 free, AND this is the prelim-semi-final format instead of prelim-final. Mere words do not suffice.
Ian Thorpe: defends his world title in 2 events where he holds the world record, passes on the 3rd event where he holds the world record, to finish 3rd in the fastest 100 free race in history, and 2nd (!!) in the fastest 200 IM race in history, the last in an event he has been competing in for less than one year, and is composed 75% of strokes outside his area of expertise. My imagination is staggered.
AND, oh BTW, we have a Russian who has regained his form in the freestyle sprint races he first started dominating in 1996, AND a Japanese breaststroker who is breaking stardards that were considered astounding, first time ever under a psychological barrier records when they were set, AND an Aussie who is head and shoulders the best ever at 1500m, and would be everything in freestyle swimming that Ian Thorpe is if he were not competing at the same time as Thorpe, AND an American swimmer who is threatening to become the female version of Czar Popov, AND a U.S. Backstroker who is threatening to become as dominant as the other U.S. Backstroker who is the defending Olympic Champion in both the 100 & 200, AND many other amazing swims that are as deserving as anything I have mentioned above, but my mind can only grok the fullness of so many wonders at one time...
Hey, what do we do if they measure the pool, and find it was 0.01 meters short of 50m? (I'll leave now, before everyone finds the ripening produce...)
Vocabulary fails,
Michael Phelps: 3 individual events, 2 gold medals, 4 world records (with 2 event finals and 2 more preliminary swims on deck). Spitzian! AND, he is swimming the 200 & 400 IM instead of the 100 & 200 free, AND this is the prelim-semi-final format instead of prelim-final. Mere words do not suffice.
Ian Thorpe: defends his world title in 2 events where he holds the world record, passes on the 3rd event where he holds the world record, to finish 3rd in the fastest 100 free race in history, and 2nd (!!) in the fastest 200 IM race in history, the last in an event he has been competing in for less than one year, and is composed 75% of strokes outside his area of expertise. My imagination is staggered.
AND, oh BTW, we have a Russian who has regained his form in the freestyle sprint races he first started dominating in 1996, AND a Japanese breaststroker who is breaking stardards that were considered astounding, first time ever under a psychological barrier records when they were set, AND an Aussie who is head and shoulders the best ever at 1500m, and would be everything in freestyle swimming that Ian Thorpe is if he were not competing at the same time as Thorpe, AND an American swimmer who is threatening to become the female version of Czar Popov, AND a U.S. Backstroker who is threatening to become as dominant as the other U.S. Backstroker who is the defending Olympic Champion in both the 100 & 200, AND many other amazing swims that are as deserving as anything I have mentioned above, but my mind can only grok the fullness of so many wonders at one time...
Hey, what do we do if they measure the pool, and find it was 0.01 meters short of 50m? (I'll leave now, before everyone finds the ripening produce...)
