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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Thorpe has the 4th fastest time in the 100 prelims @ :49.17. But I guess he won't be "best all-around" because he only swims one stroke on a regular basis.
The 200 IM is going to be a hell of a race! Don't think he can beat Phelps but I sure hope so. Also don't think he can win the public opinion forum unless he wins with a WR. If not it will be a) "He didn't win so he is not best" (even if he medals) or b) "So he won the 200, the 400 is the real test".
Personally I would like to see Thorpe start swimming the 1500. I think he would be top 3 in the world easy. He sort of reminds me of Dolan-don't know if he trains as hard. Dolan once did a 16,000 IM in practice!!!- both are absolute machines in the pool.
Thorpe NY Times article:
www.nytimes.com/2003/07/23/sports/othersports/23swim.html
Thorpe has the 4th fastest time in the 100 prelims @ :49.17. But I guess he won't be "best all-around" because he only swims one stroke on a regular basis.
The 200 IM is going to be a hell of a race! Don't think he can beat Phelps but I sure hope so. Also don't think he can win the public opinion forum unless he wins with a WR. If not it will be a) "He didn't win so he is not best" (even if he medals) or b) "So he won the 200, the 400 is the real test".
Personally I would like to see Thorpe start swimming the 1500. I think he would be top 3 in the world easy. He sort of reminds me of Dolan-don't know if he trains as hard. Dolan once did a 16,000 IM in practice!!!- both are absolute machines in the pool.
Thorpe NY Times article:
www.nytimes.com/2003/07/23/sports/othersports/23swim.html
