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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No, Bert:
Originally posted by Bert Bergen
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If a swimmers worth and place in history is based upon Olympic success along (in Ion's eye: gold medals),...
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A swimmer's "...place in history..." must be judged on about 50 different criteria, who knows...
My 'flash-in-the-pan' criterion, is a criterion.
For me.
A criterion for me to claim this, on July 24:
Originally posted by Ion Beza
Confidential Information:
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Still, Popov went undefeated in the 100 meter free for eight years, got defeated a little in some major meets but kept in touch with challenging for #1 in major meets, and unlike a flash in the pan (see Matt Biondi (U.S.) before and after 1992) raised himself again to nail this one here.
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It then triggered the discussion of me defining the 'flash-in-the-pan' Olympic winner, as being an Olympic winner who doesn't win in other Olympics.
No, Bert:
Originally posted by Bert Bergen
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If a swimmers worth and place in history is based upon Olympic success along (in Ion's eye: gold medals),...
...
A swimmer's "...place in history..." must be judged on about 50 different criteria, who knows...
My 'flash-in-the-pan' criterion, is a criterion.
For me.
A criterion for me to claim this, on July 24:
Originally posted by Ion Beza
Confidential Information:
...
Still, Popov went undefeated in the 100 meter free for eight years, got defeated a little in some major meets but kept in touch with challenging for #1 in major meets, and unlike a flash in the pan (see Matt Biondi (U.S.) before and after 1992) raised himself again to nail this one here.
...
It then triggered the discussion of me defining the 'flash-in-the-pan' Olympic winner, as being an Olympic winner who doesn't win in other Olympics.
