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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Ion,Shirley Bashashoff was a better female freestyle than Matt Blondi was a man. For one thing in 1976, she swam all freestyles from 100 meter to 800 meter and she did the 400 Im and won that at olympic trials. Two reasons why he gets more credit than she does-he won a little more medels went she did. He went to three olympics and swam 3 relays versus 2 for her. Number two,he won more gold medals but he didn't have to compete against steriod swimmers. Bashashoff was the most dominated female swimmer of the 1970s. Matt Blondi only dominated sprint freestyle events and sometimes the 100 meter fly.
Ion,Shirley Bashashoff was a better female freestyle than Matt Blondi was a man. For one thing in 1976, she swam all freestyles from 100 meter to 800 meter and she did the 400 Im and won that at olympic trials. Two reasons why he gets more credit than she does-he won a little more medels went she did. He went to three olympics and swam 3 relays versus 2 for her. Number two,he won more gold medals but he didn't have to compete against steriod swimmers. Bashashoff was the most dominated female swimmer of the 1970s. Matt Blondi only dominated sprint freestyle events and sometimes the 100 meter fly.
