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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Former Member
"Popov got the 21.64 World Record in 50 meter free in 2000, in a time trial during the Russian Olympic Trials.
Still the time trial was on choppy water, because it was a time trial comprising of five racers."
Ion-
This is total BS. Please explain to me how Popov swam "on choppy water" when there were only 5 swimmers in the race. What he did was swim in the middle lane with both lanes on either side of him empty to create ideal conditions for a WR swim. I have no problem with Popov, just tell the whole story when you post.
"Popov got the 21.64 World Record in 50 meter free in 2000, in a time trial during the Russian Olympic Trials.
Still the time trial was on choppy water, because it was a time trial comprising of five racers."
Ion-
This is total BS. Please explain to me how Popov swam "on choppy water" when there were only 5 swimmers in the race. What he did was swim in the middle lane with both lanes on either side of him empty to create ideal conditions for a WR swim. I have no problem with Popov, just tell the whole story when you post.
