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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Cynthia,
by my criterion of who wins the biggest swimming competition, the Olympics, then who repeats winning in the next Olympics, then who wins for a third time in a third Olympics,
Shirley Babashoff (U.S.) didn't win the Olympics, not because of the steroid enhanced East Germans in two cases, but because she got defeated fair and square in the Olympics by competition in these two cases:
1.) in 1972, in the 100 free, Sandra Neilson (U.S.) defeated Babashoff;
2.) in 1972, in the 200 free, Shane Gould (Aus.) defeated Babashoff.
In fact, Shane Gould is the only person in swimming who got all the world records in freestyle.
From 100 up until 1500.
In the early 70s.
In 1976, in the 200 free, Kornelia Ender (GDR.) defeated Babashoff, and here indeed is a case of a steroid enhanced East German taking the gold away from Babashoff, but only in this case.
The 1980 Olympics were boycotted by U.S., and this denied Babashoff to have a reaction to the 1976 Olympics.
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Cynthia,
by my criterion of who wins the biggest swimming competition, the Olympics, then who repeats winning in the next Olympics, then who wins for a third time in a third Olympics,
Shirley Babashoff (U.S.) didn't win the Olympics, not because of the steroid enhanced East Germans in two cases, but because she got defeated fair and square in the Olympics by competition in these two cases:
1.) in 1972, in the 100 free, Sandra Neilson (U.S.) defeated Babashoff;
2.) in 1972, in the 200 free, Shane Gould (Aus.) defeated Babashoff.
In fact, Shane Gould is the only person in swimming who got all the world records in freestyle.
From 100 up until 1500.
In the early 70s.
In 1976, in the 200 free, Kornelia Ender (GDR.) defeated Babashoff, and here indeed is a case of a steroid enhanced East German taking the gold away from Babashoff, but only in this case.
The 1980 Olympics were boycotted by U.S., and this denied Babashoff to have a reaction to the 1976 Olympics.
