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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Originally posted by nyswim
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Personally I would like to see Thorpe start swimming the 1500. I think he would be top 3 in the world easy.
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1) Ian Thorpe (Aus.) has a lifetime best in the 1500 free of 15:25.05, from 2000, a few months before the Australian Olympic Trials.
The 15:25.05 gave him 946 points in www.swimnews.com, and the rank #33 in the world (not "...top 3 in the world easy.") for the 1500 meter in 2000.
The rank #1 in 1500 meter in 2000 was held by Grant Hackett (Aus.) who swam 1500 meter in 14:48.33 and got 1005 points.
Hackett got even faster than that, a 14:34.56 in 2001.
Aram Kevorkian (U.S.) who swims in San Diego where I am, during the year 2000 swam the 1500 meter free in 15.30.65 for a #46 world rank of the year, and it in the same league as the 15:25.05 by Thorpe.
14.34 and 14.48 by Hackett are way out of Thorpe's league.
2) Ian Thorpe has a lifetime best in the 100 meter free of 48.73, from 2002.
The 48.73 gave him 989 points in www.swimnews.com, and the rank #3 in the world for the 100 meter free in 2002.
The rank #1 in 100 meter free in 2002 was held by van den Hoogenband (Ned.) who swam 100 free in 47.86, and got 1015 points.
The rank #2 in 100 meter free in 2002 was held by Popov (Rus.) who swam 100 free in 48.70, and got 990 points.
Thorpe is trying over the years to diversify himself for the most performances.
This 1) and 2) that I post here are always very big news in swimming.
(The part 2) is even present in one of my earlier posts in this thread, so I recommend reading).
Based on 1) and 2), Thorpe is way closer to the top in the 100 free than in the 1500 free.
This statement is also in the swimming news.
It was big news prior to the 2000 Olympics that Thorpe after considering the top world opposition in 100 free and in 1500 free, did choose the route 2) -100 meter free- over 1) -1500 meter free-.
Originally posted by nyswim
...
Personally I would like to see Thorpe start swimming the 1500. I think he would be top 3 in the world easy.
...
1) Ian Thorpe (Aus.) has a lifetime best in the 1500 free of 15:25.05, from 2000, a few months before the Australian Olympic Trials.
The 15:25.05 gave him 946 points in www.swimnews.com, and the rank #33 in the world (not "...top 3 in the world easy.") for the 1500 meter in 2000.
The rank #1 in 1500 meter in 2000 was held by Grant Hackett (Aus.) who swam 1500 meter in 14:48.33 and got 1005 points.
Hackett got even faster than that, a 14:34.56 in 2001.
Aram Kevorkian (U.S.) who swims in San Diego where I am, during the year 2000 swam the 1500 meter free in 15.30.65 for a #46 world rank of the year, and it in the same league as the 15:25.05 by Thorpe.
14.34 and 14.48 by Hackett are way out of Thorpe's league.
2) Ian Thorpe has a lifetime best in the 100 meter free of 48.73, from 2002.
The 48.73 gave him 989 points in www.swimnews.com, and the rank #3 in the world for the 100 meter free in 2002.
The rank #1 in 100 meter free in 2002 was held by van den Hoogenband (Ned.) who swam 100 free in 47.86, and got 1015 points.
The rank #2 in 100 meter free in 2002 was held by Popov (Rus.) who swam 100 free in 48.70, and got 990 points.
Thorpe is trying over the years to diversify himself for the most performances.
This 1) and 2) that I post here are always very big news in swimming.
(The part 2) is even present in one of my earlier posts in this thread, so I recommend reading).
Based on 1) and 2), Thorpe is way closer to the top in the 100 free than in the 1500 free.
This statement is also in the swimming news.
It was big news prior to the 2000 Olympics that Thorpe after considering the top world opposition in 100 free and in 1500 free, did choose the route 2) -100 meter free- over 1) -1500 meter free-.
