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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The worlds are great. It is so good to watch the swimming on tv. The most amazing performance so far must be watching Matt Welsh, a Backstroker, win the 50m Fly from lane 8. The other swimmers did not know what had hit them.
Did anyone notice the Blatent Dolphin Kick on Kitajima's (Jpn.), breakout in the Breaststoke Semi. I can't believe that he was not disqualified for that. I did not see that phase on the final, but he should not have even been there.
Thorpe is really the Best Swimmer, he is on another level. Watching him swim is like watching a Zen master next to his students. He has great Rhythym, timing and a small glide in his stroke. The size 17 feet must help a lot, I would like to see him without his body suit tho. Just to see the difference.
Does anyone know what happened to Inge De Bruin, I missed why she is not there. I am looking forward to seeing Phelps as i have heard a lot about him but have never seen him swim.
The worlds are great. It is so good to watch the swimming on tv. The most amazing performance so far must be watching Matt Welsh, a Backstroker, win the 50m Fly from lane 8. The other swimmers did not know what had hit them.
Did anyone notice the Blatent Dolphin Kick on Kitajima's (Jpn.), breakout in the Breaststoke Semi. I can't believe that he was not disqualified for that. I did not see that phase on the final, but he should not have even been there.
Thorpe is really the Best Swimmer, he is on another level. Watching him swim is like watching a Zen master next to his students. He has great Rhythym, timing and a small glide in his stroke. The size 17 feet must help a lot, I would like to see him without his body suit tho. Just to see the difference.
Does anyone know what happened to Inge De Bruin, I missed why she is not there. I am looking forward to seeing Phelps as i have heard a lot about him but have never seen him swim.
