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...
Parents
Former Member
ok how about this:
1) You have no way of knowing why Biondi retired at 26. Unless you talk to him personally it is pure speculation. He retired before you (key word you, not he) wanted him to. Get over it.
2) Why doesn't Popov have more relay medals? Because he is a great individual swimmer that swims for a medicore swimming program. Bye bye Iron Curtain, Bye bye Russian and East German dominance.
3) Biondi won Olympic medals in the 200 Free and 100 Fly. Biondi is versatile, Popov is one dimensional.
ok how about this:
1) You have no way of knowing why Biondi retired at 26. Unless you talk to him personally it is pure speculation. He retired before you (key word you, not he) wanted him to. Get over it.
2) Why doesn't Popov have more relay medals? Because he is a great individual swimmer that swims for a medicore swimming program. Bye bye Iron Curtain, Bye bye Russian and East German dominance.
3) Biondi won Olympic medals in the 200 Free and 100 Fly. Biondi is versatile, Popov is one dimensional.
