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...
Using Ion's logic wouldn't Tom Dolan be a "flash in the pan".
Afterall didn't he splash around last year and swim the 200 Back and watch from the deck of the pool at Ft. Lauderdale as Michael Phelps and Eric Vendt broke his 400 IM World Record. So what did my hero do when challenged at the age of 26? He QUIT instead of RAISING TO THE CHALLENGE brought on by higher competition. He never went head to head against Michael Phelps, Eric Vendt, or Tom Wilkens after the 2000 Olympics. He just QUIT like Matt Biondi did at 26.
Oh what a shame because I recall that he wanted to become the first person to win 3 Olympic 400 IM titles and be considered the best in the IM. Unfortunately he will always be in the shadow of Tamas Darnyi because Tamas was a better IM swimmer. You say why? Prove it.
Tamas won 2 World Championships in both the 200 IM and 400 IM. Tamas won 2 Olympic Gold Medals in both the 200 IM and 400 IM. Tom Dolan never won at the World Championships or Olympics in the 200 IM and never held the World Record in that event. So he will never be the best and he QUIT at 26 and was just a "flash in the pan" like Matt Biondi.
Using Ion's logic wouldn't Tom Dolan be a "flash in the pan".
Afterall didn't he splash around last year and swim the 200 Back and watch from the deck of the pool at Ft. Lauderdale as Michael Phelps and Eric Vendt broke his 400 IM World Record. So what did my hero do when challenged at the age of 26? He QUIT instead of RAISING TO THE CHALLENGE brought on by higher competition. He never went head to head against Michael Phelps, Eric Vendt, or Tom Wilkens after the 2000 Olympics. He just QUIT like Matt Biondi did at 26.
Oh what a shame because I recall that he wanted to become the first person to win 3 Olympic 400 IM titles and be considered the best in the IM. Unfortunately he will always be in the shadow of Tamas Darnyi because Tamas was a better IM swimmer. You say why? Prove it.
Tamas won 2 World Championships in both the 200 IM and 400 IM. Tamas won 2 Olympic Gold Medals in both the 200 IM and 400 IM. Tom Dolan never won at the World Championships or Olympics in the 200 IM and never held the World Record in that event. So he will never be the best and he QUIT at 26 and was just a "flash in the pan" like Matt Biondi.
