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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Agreed GBR is doing well in this meet. Most disappointing. There's a lot to select from the US team. I think Coughlin deserves a pass due to illness--especially if she's able to come back in the 200 back later. Moses is a disappointment but this is not a big surprise. He doesn't do well when he has to race several world class swimmer--again, he pays for not swimming NCAAs. Hansen is the number #1 US breaststroker--though it will take the media a while to catch on.
Klete Keller is also a big disappointment, also. He does have a chance at redemption in a few minutes.
Maybe Phelps will give some of the underperforming US swimmers a much needed psyche up with a fast 200 free. We sure have waited a long time for a US swimmer to shine in that event.
Agreed GBR is doing well in this meet. Most disappointing. There's a lot to select from the US team. I think Coughlin deserves a pass due to illness--especially if she's able to come back in the 200 back later. Moses is a disappointment but this is not a big surprise. He doesn't do well when he has to race several world class swimmer--again, he pays for not swimming NCAAs. Hansen is the number #1 US breaststroker--though it will take the media a while to catch on.
Klete Keller is also a big disappointment, also. He does have a chance at redemption in a few minutes.
Maybe Phelps will give some of the underperforming US swimmers a much needed psyche up with a fast 200 free. We sure have waited a long time for a US swimmer to shine in that event.
