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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Former Member
Originally posted by lefty
ION,
In your analysis of Thorpe did you consider the fact that he is pacing himself throughout the meet?
...
He does pace himself.
A bet lefty:
.) $20 that Thorpe is not going to break his 800 meter free world record of 7:39.16 from 2001, during the rest of his career;
.) around 2005, he will start to specialize in the 100 meter free.
Originally posted by lefty
ION,
In your analysis of Thorpe did you consider the fact that he is pacing himself throughout the meet?
...
He does pace himself.
A bet lefty:
.) $20 that Thorpe is not going to break his 800 meter free world record of 7:39.16 from 2001, during the rest of his career;
.) around 2005, he will start to specialize in the 100 meter free.
