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 nyswim
"Cynthia points out this relay business that benefits Biondi's tally of Olympic medals." (actually she calls him Blondi the entire post)
...and her point is?
A couple of random thoughts and then I've got to get off this subject, it's driving me nuts!
1. To me relays can be hit or miss. If you screw up there are 3 other people to pick up the slack. On the other hand there are 3 other people you must depend on. Of course individual events are a better test of one's ability.
2. Why did Biondi swim on so many relays? In Free relays he was one of the top six freestylers in the US. In Medley relays he was one of the top 2 Freestylers and Butterflyers in the US.
3. Why did Popov not swim/medal in more relays? Don't have any idea.
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The point is that relay medals counting as one medal per participant, should count 1/4 medal per participant.
Originally posted by nyswim
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4. 1984. Biondi was not in the top 50 US going into the Trials. He placed 4th to make the team.
5. Why did Biondi leave the sport at age 26? See #3.
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Biondi left the sport at age 26, because he is not the Michael Jordan or the Pete Sampras of the sprint swimming.
Popov won the double (50 free, 100 free) in two Olympics (1992 and 1996), won a silver in the 100 free in another Olympics (2000), and here in 2003 at age 31 he won again the double (50 free, 100 free), because like I said he is the Michael Jordan or the Pete Sampras of the sprint swimming.
In sprint swimming consistency over time, Popov wins more than Biondi.
In times, Popov is faster than Biondi.
Here, Popov's 48.42 at age 31 equals Biondi's lifetime best of 48.42 at age 22.
Popov went faster than 48.42 (Biondi's best), three times.
The most recent ones were in 2000, a 48.27 and a 48.34 at age 28.
Originally posted by nyswim
"Cynthia points out this relay business that benefits Biondi's tally of Olympic medals." (actually she calls him Blondi the entire post)
...and her point is?
A couple of random thoughts and then I've got to get off this subject, it's driving me nuts!
1. To me relays can be hit or miss. If you screw up there are 3 other people to pick up the slack. On the other hand there are 3 other people you must depend on. Of course individual events are a better test of one's ability.
2. Why did Biondi swim on so many relays? In Free relays he was one of the top six freestylers in the US. In Medley relays he was one of the top 2 Freestylers and Butterflyers in the US.
3. Why did Popov not swim/medal in more relays? Don't have any idea.
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The point is that relay medals counting as one medal per participant, should count 1/4 medal per participant.
Originally posted by nyswim
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4. 1984. Biondi was not in the top 50 US going into the Trials. He placed 4th to make the team.
5. Why did Biondi leave the sport at age 26? See #3.
...
Biondi left the sport at age 26, because he is not the Michael Jordan or the Pete Sampras of the sprint swimming.
Popov won the double (50 free, 100 free) in two Olympics (1992 and 1996), won a silver in the 100 free in another Olympics (2000), and here in 2003 at age 31 he won again the double (50 free, 100 free), because like I said he is the Michael Jordan or the Pete Sampras of the sprint swimming.
In sprint swimming consistency over time, Popov wins more than Biondi.
In times, Popov is faster than Biondi.
Here, Popov's 48.42 at age 31 equals Biondi's lifetime best of 48.42 at age 22.
Popov went faster than 48.42 (Biondi's best), three times.
The most recent ones were in 2000, a 48.27 and a 48.34 at age 28.
