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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I read Gold in the Water.
Yeah, I compare 4:09.09 by Phelps and 4:10.79 by Laszlo Cseh (Hun.), and they are comparable.
Also in the 100 fly, Crocker's 50.98 and Phelps' 51.10 are comparable.
Today, Crocker swam in the 4x100 medley relay, the butterfly leg in 50.39.
(Man, 4:09 in 400 I.M. and 50 in 100 fly, before today I thought they must be inhuman...)
I think that these youngsters are almost different species than the hard working swimmers who are just a little bit older than them -like Wilkens and Dolan-, and these older hard working swimmers themselves are different than most people.
One of the older hard working swimmers, Popov, takes everyone in sprints to the task, though.
I read Gold in the Water.
Yeah, I compare 4:09.09 by Phelps and 4:10.79 by Laszlo Cseh (Hun.), and they are comparable.
Also in the 100 fly, Crocker's 50.98 and Phelps' 51.10 are comparable.
Today, Crocker swam in the 4x100 medley relay, the butterfly leg in 50.39.
(Man, 4:09 in 400 I.M. and 50 in 100 fly, before today I thought they must be inhuman...)
I think that these youngsters are almost different species than the hard working swimmers who are just a little bit older than them -like Wilkens and Dolan-, and these older hard working swimmers themselves are different than most people.
One of the older hard working swimmers, Popov, takes everyone in sprints to the task, though.
