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...
Originally posted by Ion Beza
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.
By saying "people who just train hard" I imagine you mean those who aren't phenomenally talented. Did you read Gold in the Water? In it the author asserts that Wilkens isn't as talented as some of the other swimmers. My position is that anyone who gets to that level is extraordinarily talented. I could never swim as fast as Wilkens no matter how hard I trained. Phelps is just in a completely different world in terms of talent, though. He's amazing.
One other thing. I wouldn't say Phelps is out of reach. The silver medalist, Laszlo Cseh, was nipping at his heels. I see they were both born in 1985.
Overall, wow, what a meet. It seemed like things started out a little slowly, but by the end it's got to be considered one of the great meets of all time.
Originally posted by Ion Beza
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.
By saying "people who just train hard" I imagine you mean those who aren't phenomenally talented. Did you read Gold in the Water? In it the author asserts that Wilkens isn't as talented as some of the other swimmers. My position is that anyone who gets to that level is extraordinarily talented. I could never swim as fast as Wilkens no matter how hard I trained. Phelps is just in a completely different world in terms of talent, though. He's amazing.
One other thing. I wouldn't say Phelps is out of reach. The silver medalist, Laszlo Cseh, was nipping at his heels. I see they were both born in 1985.
Overall, wow, what a meet. It seemed like things started out a little slowly, but by the end it's got to be considered one of the great meets of all time.
