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...
"Think about the body fat you carry at meets where I see you and in contrast to this sloppy body shape you see me slim and strong". Ok on the body fat issue I a working on it. In fact at last years Long Course Nationals Jim McConica said I was looking better. Compared to say Rob Copeland, Michael Heather, Rich Burns, Jim Matysek, well we are all in the same league. Bill Volenckening used to be in our league but he now inspires us to be better.
The point I was trying to make about your swimming or take anybodys swimming for that matter is that Matt Biondi is in the Hall of Fame for his swimming accomplishments and I respect that. Who are we to question that. Now I know that you think he should have stuck around for 4 more years and try to go to the next Olympics at the age of 31 but in November of 1991 he told the swimming community that he did not intend to be a professional swimmer. That he was going to try and make history and win 10 or more gold medals in a career. He didn't win the 50 and 100 Free so he retired at the age of 27. That he fell short of his goal, he felt he accomplished all that could be done in his career in swimming. Mike Barrowman retired in 1992 and he was younger than Matt Biondi and he was 24.
Professional swimming in America was a fairly new concept in the beginning of the 1990's. Matt did it for 4 years made some fairly decent money but was not guartanted that he would be able to earn that much in next 4 years if he continued to swim. He may also have realized that his best days were past in 1988 and it was time to move on to things he wanted to do. He also did want to risk the time and effort to put into this.
People like Popov, Esposito, and Foster have been around since the 1992 Olympics and are truly succesful professional swimmers otherwise they would not be doing it. But that is there choice. If they quit tomorrow that is there right.
I will be in San Diego from September 10 until September 14 and I invite you to the Town & Country where the USAS convention is and I will show you these old Swimming Worlds. You will also see many of the people that you communicate with on this forum. I look forward to continued dialog with you.
"Think about the body fat you carry at meets where I see you and in contrast to this sloppy body shape you see me slim and strong". Ok on the body fat issue I a working on it. In fact at last years Long Course Nationals Jim McConica said I was looking better. Compared to say Rob Copeland, Michael Heather, Rich Burns, Jim Matysek, well we are all in the same league. Bill Volenckening used to be in our league but he now inspires us to be better.
The point I was trying to make about your swimming or take anybodys swimming for that matter is that Matt Biondi is in the Hall of Fame for his swimming accomplishments and I respect that. Who are we to question that. Now I know that you think he should have stuck around for 4 more years and try to go to the next Olympics at the age of 31 but in November of 1991 he told the swimming community that he did not intend to be a professional swimmer. That he was going to try and make history and win 10 or more gold medals in a career. He didn't win the 50 and 100 Free so he retired at the age of 27. That he fell short of his goal, he felt he accomplished all that could be done in his career in swimming. Mike Barrowman retired in 1992 and he was younger than Matt Biondi and he was 24.
Professional swimming in America was a fairly new concept in the beginning of the 1990's. Matt did it for 4 years made some fairly decent money but was not guartanted that he would be able to earn that much in next 4 years if he continued to swim. He may also have realized that his best days were past in 1988 and it was time to move on to things he wanted to do. He also did want to risk the time and effort to put into this.
People like Popov, Esposito, and Foster have been around since the 1992 Olympics and are truly succesful professional swimmers otherwise they would not be doing it. But that is there choice. If they quit tomorrow that is there right.
I will be in San Diego from September 10 until September 14 and I invite you to the Town & Country where the USAS convention is and I will show you these old Swimming Worlds. You will also see many of the people that you communicate with on this forum. I look forward to continued dialog with you.
