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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This is true:
Originally posted by kaelonj
Ion,
I think its kind of sad how you once considered Biondi a great swimmer (idol, hero - whatever you choose) only to turn on this because he decided to retire rather than defend his title. Why he retired, don't know, I would expect he wanted to move along with his life (maybe there was a pact with his now wife that she would support his swimming to a point and then he would support her to finish law school - whatever its all speculation,...
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Jeff
Man, I make an effort to come to the U.S., where my hero -who showed character in winning repeatedly- is living.
But what does my hero do then?
He quits, shortly after Popov beats him in 1992.
With no more character in winning repeatedly, than a flake.
Since 1990, he was paid by U.S. Swimming, $50,000 per year to stay in swimming and win.
This is true:
Originally posted by kaelonj
Ion,
I think its kind of sad how you once considered Biondi a great swimmer (idol, hero - whatever you choose) only to turn on this because he decided to retire rather than defend his title. Why he retired, don't know, I would expect he wanted to move along with his life (maybe there was a pact with his now wife that she would support his swimming to a point and then he would support her to finish law school - whatever its all speculation,...
...
Jeff
Man, I make an effort to come to the U.S., where my hero -who showed character in winning repeatedly- is living.
But what does my hero do then?
He quits, shortly after Popov beats him in 1992.
With no more character in winning repeatedly, than a flake.
Since 1990, he was paid by U.S. Swimming, $50,000 per year to stay in swimming and win.
