Swimming Finals at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain

Okey dokey. I will bite into Thompson's challenge. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... The statement about the flake has no pride, no dignity, no honor to it at all. Especially from a person who at the USMS level of championship swimming has never won repeately, never made a National Top Ten, and has consistenly placed at the lower 20% level at Nationals. Do you know of swimmers who started swimming in their late 20s -like I did- and overtake me? I don't. I must be very good then, when factoring this in. Because, who gets me in USMS races, developed swimming VO2Max prior to USMS, in kiddie age-group swimming like you did, but doesn't outdo me in USMS alone where my swimming is. For example, you don't outdo me in USMS alone: think about the body fat that you carry at meets where I see you, and in contrast to this sloppy body shape you see me slim and strong. By now, dragging yourself on this board to read enough times that I posted that the swimming VO2Max is developed in most USMS winners prior to USMS (at least in men 40 to 44), should make it within your comprehension also. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... So Lie #1 "I didn't like when in 1992 he splashed around for one more year and a half then quit instead of raising to the challenge". ... "I didn't like when in 1992 he splashed around for one more year and a half then quit instead of raising to the challenge", has no lie in it: I didn't like it, indeed. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... Lie #2 "Since 1990 he was paid by U.S. Swimming $50,000 per year to stay in swimming and win". Again this is documented in the November, 1991 issue of Swimming World Magazine, "Biondi receives $2000 a month from the athletes assistance program of U.S. Swimming, got a one time payment this year of $3000 from the U.S. Olympic Committee and has earned $56,851 in prize money". It went on to say that he is represented by agent Parkes Brittain of the Advantge International whose responsibility was to set up the swim meets, endorsements, and public appearances and collect the earnings from the appearance money. He was in no way subsidized that amount from U.S. Swimming. ... I remember that I read about $50,000. It might be a mixture of U.S. Swimming and prize money, like Nashville in March 1990... In my recollection it stayed and it stays as being $50,000 from U.S. Swimming. I have to refresh my memory from the source of this information. The point though, even for your comprehension, is that the money to support oneself and raise to challenges, was obviously there. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... Lie #3 "With no more character than winning repeately than a flake". ... I refer to defending in 1992, the 1988. When 1992 failed, raising to the challenge and defending 1988 later on, say in 1996. I spelled this. Comprehension? I speak about this style of raising to the challenge, because I live in this style.

Okey dokey. I will bite into Thompson's challenge. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... The statement about the flake has no pride, no dignity, no honor to it at all. Especially from a person who at the USMS level of championship swimming has never won repeately, never made a National Top Ten, and has consistenly placed at the lower 20% level at Nationals. Do you know of swimmers who started swimming in their late 20s -like I did- and overtake me? I don't. I must be very good then, when factoring this in. Because, who gets me in USMS races, developed swimming VO2Max prior to USMS, in kiddie age-group swimming like you did, but doesn't outdo me in USMS alone where my swimming is. For example, you don't outdo me in USMS alone: think about the body fat that you carry at meets where I see you, and in contrast to this sloppy body shape you see me slim and strong. By now, dragging yourself on this board to read enough times that I posted that the swimming VO2Max is developed in most USMS winners prior to USMS (at least in men 40 to 44), should make it within your comprehension also. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... So Lie #1 "I didn't like when in 1992 he splashed around for one more year and a half then quit instead of raising to the challenge". ... "I didn't like when in 1992 he splashed around for one more year and a half then quit instead of raising to the challenge", has no lie in it: I didn't like it, indeed. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... Lie #2 "Since 1990 he was paid by U.S. Swimming $50,000 per year to stay in swimming and win". Again this is documented in the November, 1991 issue of Swimming World Magazine, "Biondi receives $2000 a month from the athletes assistance program of U.S. Swimming, got a one time payment this year of $3000 from the U.S. Olympic Committee and has earned $56,851 in prize money". It went on to say that he is represented by agent Parkes Brittain of the Advantge International whose responsibility was to set up the swim meets, endorsements, and public appearances and collect the earnings from the appearance money. He was in no way subsidized that amount from U.S. Swimming. ... I remember that I read about $50,000. It might be a mixture of U.S. Swimming and prize money, like Nashville in March 1990... In my recollection it stayed and it stays as being $50,000 from U.S. Swimming. I have to refresh my memory from the source of this information. The point though, even for your comprehension, is that the money to support oneself and raise to challenges, was obviously there. Originally posted by Frank Thompson ... Lie #3 "With no more character than winning repeately than a flake". ... I refer to defending in 1992, the 1988. When 1992 failed, raising to the challenge and defending 1988 later on, say in 1996. I spelled this. Comprehension? I speak about this style of raising to the challenge, because I live in this style.