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
Again, I don't deal with 'greatness' in my posts.
I spelled three times that 'greatness' is based on a list of criteria, list that I don't do.
I deal with the criteria of winning like a non-'flash-in-the-pan' in the Olympics, as I define it by who in swimming wins in one Olympics and confirms that win by winning again in other Olympics.
I call this non-'flash-in-the-pan' winning in different Olympics, longevity in being number one in a swimming event.
Salnikov qualifies as a non-'flash-in-the-pan' by this definition:
.) Salnikov won in 1980;
.) Salnikov couldn't win in 1984 when he was peaking, because Russia boycotted the Olympics;
.) at the next Olympics available to him, in 1988, Salnikov won again.
Again, I don't deal with 'greatness' in my posts.
I spelled three times that 'greatness' is based on a list of criteria, list that I don't do.
I deal with the criteria of winning like a non-'flash-in-the-pan' in the Olympics, as I define it by who in swimming wins in one Olympics and confirms that win by winning again in other Olympics.
I call this non-'flash-in-the-pan' winning in different Olympics, longevity in being number one in a swimming event.
Salnikov qualifies as a non-'flash-in-the-pan' by this definition:
.) Salnikov won in 1980;
.) Salnikov couldn't win in 1984 when he was peaking, because Russia boycotted the Olympics;
.) at the next Olympics available to him, in 1988, Salnikov won again.
