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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I would endorse everything that Gareth says about British swimming.For a long time we have just regarded ourselves as breaststrokers,ie, Wilkie, Goodhew, Moorhouse, Gillingham and now James Gibson and Darren Mew.If you go to any Britsh pool you will see 90% of the swimmers doing breaststroke.Foster is history and should really let somebody who is more dedicated take his place in the team.OK he might be the fastest British guy at free but look at the rest of the world,they are miles ahead.As for Graham Smith,words fail me.Gareth is right in saying his technique is flawed.He came third in the 1500m free at the Commonwealth Games a couple of years ago behind Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens from Australia.The media really built him up on the back of that performance.He boasted that he swam 100k metres a week.So why wasn't his technique sorted out then.Maybe I am just griping because swimming is given such a low priority over here.Basically,soccer kills off all other sports here when it comes to funding and the media.I would love it if the "top" British swimmers spent some time training with Hackett and Thorpe.I think that it will very interesting to see if Jensen can get anywhere near Hackett in the 1500m free.
I would endorse everything that Gareth says about British swimming.For a long time we have just regarded ourselves as breaststrokers,ie, Wilkie, Goodhew, Moorhouse, Gillingham and now James Gibson and Darren Mew.If you go to any Britsh pool you will see 90% of the swimmers doing breaststroke.Foster is history and should really let somebody who is more dedicated take his place in the team.OK he might be the fastest British guy at free but look at the rest of the world,they are miles ahead.As for Graham Smith,words fail me.Gareth is right in saying his technique is flawed.He came third in the 1500m free at the Commonwealth Games a couple of years ago behind Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens from Australia.The media really built him up on the back of that performance.He boasted that he swam 100k metres a week.So why wasn't his technique sorted out then.Maybe I am just griping because swimming is given such a low priority over here.Basically,soccer kills off all other sports here when it comes to funding and the media.I would love it if the "top" British swimmers spent some time training with Hackett and Thorpe.I think that it will very interesting to see if Jensen can get anywhere near Hackett in the 1500m free.
