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 Gareth Eckley
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...Mark Foster is a " Poseur". Here in the UK, he bills himself as the "fastest human in the water!" despite never having beaten Popov or Hoogie in any event. He only swims about 6 to 7 hours a week, it is no wonder that he is incapable of swimming the 100m free.
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Mark Foster seems to have a following of groupies adoring him in www.swimclub.co.uk
In 1994, I watched a workout by the British team -including Mark Foster- in Vancouver, Canada, before the British team went to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
A British butterflyer swam butterfly for two hours non-stop.
Meanwhile, this tall and slim Foster, drops by nonchalantly, talks with a teammate, gets in the water, does a 50 free in about 50 seconds, talks with another teammate, does another 50 in about 50 seconds, and so on.
To me he was:
swim to swim, to not swim to swim...
Indeed with this mentality he cannot compete on the world stage in the 100 meter freestyle.
And his 50 meter performances in big meets are inconsistent.
Sprinters Popov, Hall and Ervin work a lot at their skill of sprinting.
Originally posted by Gareth Eckley
...
...Mark Foster is a " Poseur". Here in the UK, he bills himself as the "fastest human in the water!" despite never having beaten Popov or Hoogie in any event. He only swims about 6 to 7 hours a week, it is no wonder that he is incapable of swimming the 100m free.
...
Mark Foster seems to have a following of groupies adoring him in www.swimclub.co.uk
In 1994, I watched a workout by the British team -including Mark Foster- in Vancouver, Canada, before the British team went to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
A British butterflyer swam butterfly for two hours non-stop.
Meanwhile, this tall and slim Foster, drops by nonchalantly, talks with a teammate, gets in the water, does a 50 free in about 50 seconds, talks with another teammate, does another 50 in about 50 seconds, and so on.
To me he was:
swim to swim, to not swim to swim...
Indeed with this mentality he cannot compete on the world stage in the 100 meter freestyle.
And his 50 meter performances in big meets are inconsistent.
Sprinters Popov, Hall and Ervin work a lot at their skill of sprinting.
