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
Mark, i hear you! Those Breaststrokers are also, in my pool, the 'head-up' swimmers. These are the ones who will swim up and down for 30 mins without once getting their hair wet and they rule our pool.
This year my ASA " instructor " told us that: " backstrokers should look towards their feet", "in fly & *** you should raise your head & jut your chin forward to breathe", and that in free " the waterline should be on your Forehead to allow hydroplaning to occur". All of which is total crap and was dismissed over 10 years ago.
He had no understanding of the elements of 'Australian crawl' that are being used to great effect in modern freestyle and had never heard of 'front end butterfly' which is now the dominant technique amongst ELITE fly swimmers.
If this is the standard prevelant in the UK then it will take a very long time to change it. I am racing to get my Level 4 Coach qualifications as fast as I can and then I will " piss off " a lot of people to try to change things over here.
My view in life is that you never stop learning and if you coach or teach others then you have a DUTY to keep your knowledge up to date.
Mark, i hear you! Those Breaststrokers are also, in my pool, the 'head-up' swimmers. These are the ones who will swim up and down for 30 mins without once getting their hair wet and they rule our pool.
This year my ASA " instructor " told us that: " backstrokers should look towards their feet", "in fly & *** you should raise your head & jut your chin forward to breathe", and that in free " the waterline should be on your Forehead to allow hydroplaning to occur". All of which is total crap and was dismissed over 10 years ago.
He had no understanding of the elements of 'Australian crawl' that are being used to great effect in modern freestyle and had never heard of 'front end butterfly' which is now the dominant technique amongst ELITE fly swimmers.
If this is the standard prevelant in the UK then it will take a very long time to change it. I am racing to get my Level 4 Coach qualifications as fast as I can and then I will " piss off " a lot of people to try to change things over here.
My view in life is that you never stop learning and if you coach or teach others then you have a DUTY to keep your knowledge up to date.
