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...
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My fellow countrywoman Beatrice Caslaru (Rom.), got bronze in 400 I.M..
I was worried about her intensity when I saw her #7 in 200 I.M..
Also, the 2000 Olympics big gun double backstroke gold (100 and 200) Diana Mocanu (Rom.) is not here, as well as big gun in the 200 free Camelia Potec (Rom.).
Maybe they are tired of training hard like they mentioned once, I don't know...
Phelps (U.S.) with a new world record of 4:09.09 in 400 I.M. is out of reach right now.
People who just train hard -like Tom Wilkens (U.S.)-, are relegated.
Inge de Bruijn (Ned.) is still talented in 50 free, no matter her moods in training for the longer 100.
Peirsol (U.S.) doesn't have the most raw speed in 50 back, but he sure comes close these days to the world record in 100 back.
My fellow countrywoman Beatrice Caslaru (Rom.), got bronze in 400 I.M..
I was worried about her intensity when I saw her #7 in 200 I.M..
Also, the 2000 Olympics big gun double backstroke gold (100 and 200) Diana Mocanu (Rom.) is not here, as well as big gun in the 200 free Camelia Potec (Rom.).
Maybe they are tired of training hard like they mentioned once, I don't know...
Phelps (U.S.) with a new world record of 4:09.09 in 400 I.M. is out of reach right now.
People who just train hard -like Tom Wilkens (U.S.)-, are relegated.
Inge de Bruijn (Ned.) is still talented in 50 free, no matter her moods in training for the longer 100.
Peirsol (U.S.) doesn't have the most raw speed in 50 back, but he sure comes close these days to the world record in 100 back.
