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 mattson
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If a three-time Olympian like Biondi is a "flash", then Ion is setting an unreasonable standard that almost every swimmer would fail (except for a handful like Popov and Jenny Thompson). I can understand why Ion might feel disappointed that Biondi turned away from swimming after '92,...
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The standard that I set for the not a 'flash-in-the-pan' winner in Olympics, is updated here:
Originally posted by Ion Beza
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Winners that confirmed themselves on top at the Olympics, are in descending order:
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1.)
Dawn Fraser (Aus.), winner of the 100 free in 1956, 1960 and 1964;
2.)
Alex. Popov (Rus.) winner of the 50 and 100 free in 1992, winner of the 50 and 100 free in 1996, second in the 100 free in 2000,
Kieren Perkins (Aus.) winner in the 1500 free in 1992, winner in the 1500 free in 1996, second in the 1500 free in 2000;
Tamas Darnyi (Hun.) winner of the 200 and 400 I.M. in 1988, winner of the 200 and 400 I.M. in 1992;
3.)
Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), winner of the 1500 free in 1980, winner of the 1500 free in 1988;
(Russia boycotted the 1984 Olympics);
Tom Dolan (U.S.) winner of the 400 I.M. in 1996 and winner of the 400 I.M. in 2000;
Johnny Weissmuller (U.S.) winner of the 100 free in 1924 and winner of the 100 free in 1928.
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Dolan retired last year.
Fraser, Salnikov, Darnyi and Perkins are retired.
Weissmuller died years ago.
Popov, kicks some rear, right now.
Originally posted by mattson
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If a three-time Olympian like Biondi is a "flash", then Ion is setting an unreasonable standard that almost every swimmer would fail (except for a handful like Popov and Jenny Thompson). I can understand why Ion might feel disappointed that Biondi turned away from swimming after '92,...
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The standard that I set for the not a 'flash-in-the-pan' winner in Olympics, is updated here:
Originally posted by Ion Beza
...
Winners that confirmed themselves on top at the Olympics, are in descending order:
............................................................
1.)
Dawn Fraser (Aus.), winner of the 100 free in 1956, 1960 and 1964;
2.)
Alex. Popov (Rus.) winner of the 50 and 100 free in 1992, winner of the 50 and 100 free in 1996, second in the 100 free in 2000,
Kieren Perkins (Aus.) winner in the 1500 free in 1992, winner in the 1500 free in 1996, second in the 1500 free in 2000;
Tamas Darnyi (Hun.) winner of the 200 and 400 I.M. in 1988, winner of the 200 and 400 I.M. in 1992;
3.)
Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), winner of the 1500 free in 1980, winner of the 1500 free in 1988;
(Russia boycotted the 1984 Olympics);
Tom Dolan (U.S.) winner of the 400 I.M. in 1996 and winner of the 400 I.M. in 2000;
Johnny Weissmuller (U.S.) winner of the 100 free in 1924 and winner of the 100 free in 1928.
............................................................
Dolan retired last year.
Fraser, Salnikov, Darnyi and Perkins are retired.
Weissmuller died years ago.
Popov, kicks some rear, right now.
