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 kaelonj
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).
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The criterion of the non-'flash-in-the-pan' winner in Olympics that I made, is who wins in an Olympics then wins again in other Olympics.
In swimming, winning in an Olympics is being number one in the most prestigious race in the world.
Winning again in other Olympics, that's longevity in being number one.
Originally posted by kaelonj
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).
...
The criterion of the non-'flash-in-the-pan' winner in Olympics that I made, is who wins in an Olympics then wins again in other Olympics.
In swimming, winning in an Olympics is being number one in the most prestigious race in the world.
Winning again in other Olympics, that's longevity in being number one.
