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...
Matt Biondi is one of the greatest swimmers that has ever lived. He held the American Records in Freestyle longer than anyone in the last 50 Years. He held the American Record in the 100 Meter Free from 8-6-85 to 7-28-01. He held the World Record in this same event from 8-6-85 to 6-18-94. He held the American Record in the 100 Yard Free at :41.80 from 1987 to 2003. He still has the American Record in the 200 Yard Free at 1:33.03 which was set back in 1987. He held the American Record in the 200 Meter Free from 8-7-85 to 9-18-00. The only person currently that has records this long is Janet Evans, who is another one of the greatest swimmers that has ever lived.
Matt Biondi is one of the greatest swimmers that has ever lived. He held the American Records in Freestyle longer than anyone in the last 50 Years. He held the American Record in the 100 Meter Free from 8-6-85 to 7-28-01. He held the World Record in this same event from 8-6-85 to 6-18-94. He held the American Record in the 100 Yard Free at :41.80 from 1987 to 2003. He still has the American Record in the 200 Yard Free at 1:33.03 which was set back in 1987. He held the American Record in the 200 Meter Free from 8-7-85 to 9-18-00. The only person currently that has records this long is Janet Evans, who is another one of the greatest swimmers that has ever lived.
