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...
Originally posted by Ion Beza
for the third time now -and I have patience in your special case for a few more thousands times-, it is stated Bond for the 1984 U.S. 4x100 freestyle relay in the Guinness book;
I didn't write the Guinness book;
I swear, I didn't write the Guinness book;
I am saying here what the Guinness book writes.
Ion,
It is not uncommon for published works to have misprints. In fact, there are very few published works that DON'T have misprints. Other almanacs correctly spell Matt's name as BIONDI (check www.infoplease.com/.../A0114836.html for example). Don't assume that because Guinness misspelled his name that that means he began his Olympic swimming career under an assumed name!
Meg
Originally posted by Ion Beza
for the third time now -and I have patience in your special case for a few more thousands times-, it is stated Bond for the 1984 U.S. 4x100 freestyle relay in the Guinness book;
I didn't write the Guinness book;
I swear, I didn't write the Guinness book;
I am saying here what the Guinness book writes.
Ion,
It is not uncommon for published works to have misprints. In fact, there are very few published works that DON'T have misprints. Other almanacs correctly spell Matt's name as BIONDI (check www.infoplease.com/.../A0114836.html for example). Don't assume that because Guinness misspelled his name that that means he began his Olympic swimming career under an assumed name!
Meg
