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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Aquageek, I humbly stand corrected....
Maybe we should make the criterion for a swimmer to rise above "flash in the pan" status as ONLY those that...not only swim fast, win golds in many Olympic Games, but walk on water as well....now we may be getting close to a real swimmer....
Ok, I give in ....not only MUST they walk on water...they have to run the 100 M dash on top of the water... under 9 seconds, and win track gold in 3-4 Olympic Games...Wow, now that is not flash in the pan stuff....
Aquageek, I humbly stand corrected....
Maybe we should make the criterion for a swimmer to rise above "flash in the pan" status as ONLY those that...not only swim fast, win golds in many Olympic Games, but walk on water as well....now we may be getting close to a real swimmer....
Ok, I give in ....not only MUST they walk on water...they have to run the 100 M dash on top of the water... under 9 seconds, and win track gold in 3-4 Olympic Games...Wow, now that is not flash in the pan stuff....
