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 Tom Ellison
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...I think it is vulgar to mention the term "Flash in the pan" when talking/writing about swimmers of his ability, class and standing! Gosh, a zillion of us swimmers couldn't carry that guys lunch pale, let alone talk about "flash in the pan" type nonsense....or worse yet, write it...
Swimmers "...of his ability, class and standing..." are Olympians, so talking about them is talking about the Olympics and the Olympians.
Like Matt Biondi (U.S.), Shirley Babashoff (U.S.), Sandra Neilson (U.S.), Shane Gold (Aus.), Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), Alex. Popov (Rus.), Inge de Bruijn (Ned.), Tamas Darnyi (Hun.), Kieren Perkins (Aus.), etc., all discussed in this thread.
Originally posted by Tom Ellison
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...I think it is vulgar to mention the term "Flash in the pan" when talking/writing about swimmers of his ability, class and standing! Gosh, a zillion of us swimmers couldn't carry that guys lunch pale, let alone talk about "flash in the pan" type nonsense....or worse yet, write it...
Swimmers "...of his ability, class and standing..." are Olympians, so talking about them is talking about the Olympics and the Olympians.
Like Matt Biondi (U.S.), Shirley Babashoff (U.S.), Sandra Neilson (U.S.), Shane Gold (Aus.), Vladimir Salnikov (Rus.), Alex. Popov (Rus.), Inge de Bruijn (Ned.), Tamas Darnyi (Hun.), Kieren Perkins (Aus.), etc., all discussed in this thread.
