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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Moses, unlike Phelps, Beard, does not have a long background of competitive swimming. But, at the end othe day, it just might be that his "makeup" does not favor head-to-head competition. I don't think we can anticipate a Spitz like performance from Moses-or anyone else currently competing at WC. Spitz's "failure" occurred at his first attempt to race multiple individual events and three relays; at altitude at the age of 18. Moses is focused on his usual 2 events and he is in his 20s. I applaud swimmers who make money and hope that Phelps, or any other swimmer, can earn more than the lottery picks in the NBA.
Check out the articles on Kitajima in Swimming Technique.
Also for those wondering how hard Phelps works check out the January-February Swim Technique article. I think his averaging better than 9:20 for a 5,000 during a "routine" training session suggests that Mr. Phelps can swim distance.
Moses, unlike Phelps, Beard, does not have a long background of competitive swimming. But, at the end othe day, it just might be that his "makeup" does not favor head-to-head competition. I don't think we can anticipate a Spitz like performance from Moses-or anyone else currently competing at WC. Spitz's "failure" occurred at his first attempt to race multiple individual events and three relays; at altitude at the age of 18. Moses is focused on his usual 2 events and he is in his 20s. I applaud swimmers who make money and hope that Phelps, or any other swimmer, can earn more than the lottery picks in the NBA.
Check out the articles on Kitajima in Swimming Technique.
Also for those wondering how hard Phelps works check out the January-February Swim Technique article. I think his averaging better than 9:20 for a 5,000 during a "routine" training session suggests that Mr. Phelps can swim distance.
