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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Honest to goodness, I attempted to stay out of this and not get sucked into this, but....I could not let this go bye...
He is my point in a nut shell....If a swimmer like Matt Biondi has the following career highlights (credentials) it is vulgar (in my opinion), to utter the nonsense about "Flash in the pan" when talking about his standing. Not only is it vulgar...it is down right ignorant!
Matt Biondi
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Captured eight Olympic gold medals during his illustrious Olympic career.
• The most decorated U.S. Olympian ever (tied with Mark Spitz), winning 11 total medals during his career.
• Anchored three world-record setting relay teams at the 1998 Seoul Olympics; 4 x 100 freestyle, 4 x 100 medley & 4 x 200 freestyle.
• The first swimmer in history to capture seven medals at the World Championships; 1986.
• Honored as the United States Olympic Committee’s Male Athlete of the Year; 1986 & 1988.
• Four-time All-American in both swimming and water polo; 1983-87.
• The first swimmer in 56 years to sweep the 50-,100-, and 200-yard freestyle events at the 1986 NCAA Championships and the only swimmer to repeat the feat the following year.
Honest to goodness, I attempted to stay out of this and not get sucked into this, but....I could not let this go bye...
He is my point in a nut shell....If a swimmer like Matt Biondi has the following career highlights (credentials) it is vulgar (in my opinion), to utter the nonsense about "Flash in the pan" when talking about his standing. Not only is it vulgar...it is down right ignorant!
Matt Biondi
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Captured eight Olympic gold medals during his illustrious Olympic career.
• The most decorated U.S. Olympian ever (tied with Mark Spitz), winning 11 total medals during his career.
• Anchored three world-record setting relay teams at the 1998 Seoul Olympics; 4 x 100 freestyle, 4 x 100 medley & 4 x 200 freestyle.
• The first swimmer in history to capture seven medals at the World Championships; 1986.
• Honored as the United States Olympic Committee’s Male Athlete of the Year; 1986 & 1988.
• Four-time All-American in both swimming and water polo; 1983-87.
• The first swimmer in 56 years to sweep the 50-,100-, and 200-yard freestyle events at the 1986 NCAA Championships and the only swimmer to repeat the feat the following year.
