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 comes from the thread 'USMS Ad on ESPN World Swimming Championships':
Originally posted by Frank Thompson
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Jim, I don't think that is Ion Beza wearing disguises. I don't want to say anything here because he is being pounced on in the other threads namely the World Championships Swimming one.
I am not aware of being "...pounced on...".
I guess the confusion has to do with a culture of local stereotypes:
not being "...pounced on...", locally means to be a servile 'yes man'.
To me, not being "...pounced on..." means to assert what I think, to discuss at the level of what I think (not below this level, so I weed out what comes below this level), and to build further on this level.
It works:
it generates progress.
As opposed to the make-believe polite but stale and servile in action, 'yes man'.
This comes from the thread 'USMS Ad on ESPN World Swimming Championships':
Originally posted by Frank Thompson
...
Jim, I don't think that is Ion Beza wearing disguises. I don't want to say anything here because he is being pounced on in the other threads namely the World Championships Swimming one.
I am not aware of being "...pounced on...".
I guess the confusion has to do with a culture of local stereotypes:
not being "...pounced on...", locally means to be a servile 'yes man'.
To me, not being "...pounced on..." means to assert what I think, to discuss at the level of what I think (not below this level, so I weed out what comes below this level), and to build further on this level.
It works:
it generates progress.
As opposed to the make-believe polite but stale and servile in action, 'yes man'.
