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...
Gareth, I saw the BLATENT DOLPHIN KICK off the wall that Kitajima (Japan) did in the breastroke semi finals also! I can not believe he got away with it. He should have been DQ'd and not been in the finals! I hope he did not get away with doing it in finals too. That view was not shown during finals. IT'S CHEATING AND IT'S NOT RIGHT! :mad:
Gareth, I saw the BLATENT DOLPHIN KICK off the wall that Kitajima (Japan) did in the breastroke semi finals also! I can not believe he got away with it. He should have been DQ'd and not been in the finals! I hope he did not get away with doing it in finals too. That view was not shown during finals. IT'S CHEATING AND IT'S NOT RIGHT! :mad:
