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...
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Lefty--I made the claim that it was likely that Thorpe is figuring out how to medal in multiple events to prepare for the Olympics. I believe he can swim faster in the 400/200.
Re Ion's speculation that Thorpe elected the 100 versus the 1500 based on his reported 1500 swim. It might be more likely that he spoke to his countryman Perkins. You might remember when someone asked Perkins why he selected the 1500 as his event he told the inquirer that it was because he couldn't sprint! Thorpe can sprint.
Lefty--I made the claim that it was likely that Thorpe is figuring out how to medal in multiple events to prepare for the Olympics. I believe he can swim faster in the 400/200.
Re Ion's speculation that Thorpe elected the 100 versus the 1500 based on his reported 1500 swim. It might be more likely that he spoke to his countryman Perkins. You might remember when someone asked Perkins why he selected the 1500 as his event he told the inquirer that it was because he couldn't sprint! Thorpe can sprint.
