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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Ion,
If you want to argue over what your definition of a Flash in the pan is fine, I'll give up, because your criteria of what is and isn't a flash in the pan is so skewed it gives you only about 10 swimmers that are not a flash in the pan (appears to be a pretty ridiculous small number). I would bet most people would believe that Biondi was not a flash in the pan (3 Olympics, gold medals in all of them, some from relays, but still 8 or more years spent at or near the top of his game- how can you call that being a flash in the pan). If you want to say Popov is a better swimmer (fine, to each his own), as stated earlier I would argue differently (once again my opinion).
The fact that Biondi didn't win in 92 makes him a Flash in the Pan (He took second for crying out loud) but at least he tried, the way you make it sound he tucked his tail and took off.
Lastly, Lance tried hard twice - so I guess his 1992 Olympics was just a joyride.
Ion,
If you want to argue over what your definition of a Flash in the pan is fine, I'll give up, because your criteria of what is and isn't a flash in the pan is so skewed it gives you only about 10 swimmers that are not a flash in the pan (appears to be a pretty ridiculous small number). I would bet most people would believe that Biondi was not a flash in the pan (3 Olympics, gold medals in all of them, some from relays, but still 8 or more years spent at or near the top of his game- how can you call that being a flash in the pan). If you want to say Popov is a better swimmer (fine, to each his own), as stated earlier I would argue differently (once again my opinion).
The fact that Biondi didn't win in 92 makes him a Flash in the Pan (He took second for crying out loud) but at least he tried, the way you make it sound he tucked his tail and took off.
Lastly, Lance tried hard twice - so I guess his 1992 Olympics was just a joyride.
