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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Phelps beats Hackett head-to-head in the 200 and sets a new US record! Also his swim was good enough for third place in the 200 earlier in the meet--not bad considering he just finished a 200 fly less than an hour ago. Wonder if Phelps is the first American to beat Hackett head-to-head? Wonder how Hackett feels right now?
Thorpe wins the relay for the Aussies with a pretty very good split. Keller swims a good leg. The problem for the US was in the middle. They had not confidence in Carvin or Dusing (if he did a 1:47 they win the relay) and must rely upon a backstroker. Peirsol is having a great meet but isn't trained or mentally ready to swim a 200 free.
Phelps beats Hackett head-to-head in the 200 and sets a new US record! Also his swim was good enough for third place in the 200 earlier in the meet--not bad considering he just finished a 200 fly less than an hour ago. Wonder if Phelps is the first American to beat Hackett head-to-head? Wonder how Hackett feels right now?
Thorpe wins the relay for the Aussies with a pretty very good split. Keller swims a good leg. The problem for the US was in the middle. They had not confidence in Carvin or Dusing (if he did a 1:47 they win the relay) and must rely upon a backstroker. Peirsol is having a great meet but isn't trained or mentally ready to swim a 200 free.
