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
I saw "the kick" by Kitajima and in a way I think it is unfair that he was not dq'd for that (esp. becasue I wanted to see Brendan Hansen win the gold -- Go Horns!) But at the same time, I have this perspective -- I don't think the kick was an attempt to cheat, he was already leading the heat and had the finals in hand. It was more likely a mental error of engaging a bad practice habit. If he did not do it in the finals (which we coudn't see) then he clearly deserved to take the gold. It's a tough call. Also a reminder to practice good form!!
I saw "the kick" by Kitajima and in a way I think it is unfair that he was not dq'd for that (esp. becasue I wanted to see Brendan Hansen win the gold -- Go Horns!) But at the same time, I have this perspective -- I don't think the kick was an attempt to cheat, he was already leading the heat and had the finals in hand. It was more likely a mental error of engaging a bad practice habit. If he did not do it in the finals (which we coudn't see) then he clearly deserved to take the gold. It's a tough call. Also a reminder to practice good form!!
