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
Before following for a few years now Ryk Neethling' stats, namely:
.) 15:00.48 in the 1500 meter free in the 2000 Olympics, for #6 in the world in 2000,
and
.) 22.49 in the 50 meter free in 2002, for #13 in the world in 2002,
I couldn't have believed that someone like him possibly does exist.
But amazingly he does exist, and he made the final of the 100 meter free here.
Ryk is also competing in open water races like the La Jolla Rough Water in San Diego (in 2001, which I remember that he won it while Todd Robertson -who I swim with- finished fourth) or like the San Francisco Triburon, I guess so that he can grab the prize money for placing and run.
Before following for a few years now Ryk Neethling' stats, namely:
.) 15:00.48 in the 1500 meter free in the 2000 Olympics, for #6 in the world in 2000,
and
.) 22.49 in the 50 meter free in 2002, for #13 in the world in 2002,
I couldn't have believed that someone like him possibly does exist.
But amazingly he does exist, and he made the final of the 100 meter free here.
Ryk is also competing in open water races like the La Jolla Rough Water in San Diego (in 2001, which I remember that he won it while Todd Robertson -who I swim with- finished fourth) or like the San Francisco Triburon, I guess so that he can grab the prize money for placing and run.
