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 kaelonj
Hey Ion,
If Biondi was a flash in the pan, then how would you rank Mark Spitz - after all he only swam in two Olympics ?
Talented, but without much longevity.
He got out of swimming at age 22 in 1972.
Could he have beaten in the 1976 Olympics, in the 200 fly, Mike Bruner (U.S.)?
Mike Bruner was tough...
Winners that confirmed themselves on top at the Olympics, are in descending order:
1.) Dawn Fraser (Aus.);
2.) Alex. Popov (Rus.) and Kieren Perkins (Aus.);
3.) Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), Tom Dolan (U.S.) and Johnny Weissmuller (U.S.).
Dolan retired last year.
Fraser, Salnikov and Perkins are retired.
Weissmuller died years ago.
Popov, kicks some rear, right now.
Originally posted by kaelonj
Hey Ion,
If Biondi was a flash in the pan, then how would you rank Mark Spitz - after all he only swam in two Olympics ?
Talented, but without much longevity.
He got out of swimming at age 22 in 1972.
Could he have beaten in the 1976 Olympics, in the 200 fly, Mike Bruner (U.S.)?
Mike Bruner was tough...
Winners that confirmed themselves on top at the Olympics, are in descending order:
1.) Dawn Fraser (Aus.);
2.) Alex. Popov (Rus.) and Kieren Perkins (Aus.);
3.) Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), Tom Dolan (U.S.) and Johnny Weissmuller (U.S.).
Dolan retired last year.
Fraser, Salnikov and Perkins are retired.
Weissmuller died years ago.
Popov, kicks some rear, right now.
