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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Former Member
Neither Popov and Perkins won gold in 2000. By your own standards, even though they were repeat champions (and tremendous swimmers) in 1992 and 1996, you shouldn't consider them great based upon what they did (or didn't do) in Sydney 2000. They won as many gold medals at that Olympics as Biondi!
So you are saying that part of what defined Salnikov's greatness (and inclusion to your list) was his dominance in the 1500 between 1980-1984?
Neither Popov and Perkins won gold in 2000. By your own standards, even though they were repeat champions (and tremendous swimmers) in 1992 and 1996, you shouldn't consider them great based upon what they did (or didn't do) in Sydney 2000. They won as many gold medals at that Olympics as Biondi!
So you are saying that part of what defined Salnikov's greatness (and inclusion to your list) was his dominance in the 1500 between 1980-1984?
