Swimming Finals at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain
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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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Originally posted by lefty
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Regarding Biondi being a flash in the pan. Here are a couple of non—swimmers to add to that list: Al Oerter...and Carl Lewis.
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I don't care about defending the others, but Carl Lewis (U.S.) won golds in track in the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
Al Oerter (U.S.) won gold for discus throwing in four Olympics.
Now, this is character.
Originally posted by lefty
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Regarding Biondi being a flash in the pan. Here are a couple of non—swimmers to add to that list: Al Oerter...and Carl Lewis.
...
I don't care about defending the others, but Carl Lewis (U.S.) won golds in track in the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
Al Oerter (U.S.) won gold for discus throwing in four Olympics.
Now, this is character.
