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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Originally posted by MegSmath
Ion,
It is not uncommon for published works to have misprints. In fact, there are very few published works that DON'T have misprints.
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Don't assume that because Guinness misspelled his name that that means he began his Olympic swimming career under an assumed name!
Meg
Point taken.
My inclination (when not being sure of what to think) was to trust the information in the Guinness book since it seemed to know how to write Biondi for 1988 and 1992, and Bond for 1984.
Originally posted by MegSmath
Ion,
It is not uncommon for published works to have misprints. In fact, there are very few published works that DON'T have misprints.
...
Don't assume that because Guinness misspelled his name that that means he began his Olympic swimming career under an assumed name!
Meg
Point taken.
My inclination (when not being sure of what to think) was to trust the information in the Guinness book since it seemed to know how to write Biondi for 1988 and 1992, and Bond for 1984.
