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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Well, Beard swam only two years of NCAA's is doing good. Phelps opt to not do it and he is still in high school. I don't think NCAA's makes or breaks swimmers. I think swimmers like other sports should have the opportunity to make money if they chose rather than swim for a college team. Moses problem is the media and he himself overblew his image. Spitz did the same thing back in the 1968 olympics and came back later. Also, Amanda Beard's teammate Tara Kirk swam all 4 years of NCAA's and isn't doing as good as Beard.
Well, Beard swam only two years of NCAA's is doing good. Phelps opt to not do it and he is still in high school. I don't think NCAA's makes or breaks swimmers. I think swimmers like other sports should have the opportunity to make money if they chose rather than swim for a college team. Moses problem is the media and he himself overblew his image. Spitz did the same thing back in the 1968 olympics and came back later. Also, Amanda Beard's teammate Tara Kirk swam all 4 years of NCAA's and isn't doing as good as Beard.
