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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Well, I would add Shirley Babashoff as one of the greats. Matt Blondi didn't qualify in as many events as Shirley did in the 1976 olympics. She could swim all freestyles from 100 to 800 meters and with the East Geman ladies cheating, she still manage to get many seconds. Also, in olympic trials, she won the 400 IM. Actually, I think Thrope is better than Blondi. Thrope just placed 3rd in the 100 meter freestyle and 2nd in the 200 meter Im. Blondi could never placed 3rd in the world in the 400 meter freestyle. Blondi was a great swimmer but like Jenny Thompson, alot of medals his were earn thru relays.
Well, I would add Shirley Babashoff as one of the greats. Matt Blondi didn't qualify in as many events as Shirley did in the 1976 olympics. She could swim all freestyles from 100 to 800 meters and with the East Geman ladies cheating, she still manage to get many seconds. Also, in olympic trials, she won the 400 IM. Actually, I think Thrope is better than Blondi. Thrope just placed 3rd in the 100 meter freestyle and 2nd in the 200 meter Im. Blondi could never placed 3rd in the world in the 400 meter freestyle. Blondi was a great swimmer but like Jenny Thompson, alot of medals his were earn thru relays.
