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...
In that case Peirsol had a perfect start!
I might have to reassess my thought that Thorpe has a shot in the 200 IM. He barely qualified for semifinals today. I think Phelps may win relatively easily, but Trinidadian George Bovell is one to watch. He won the 200 IM at NCAAs this year by about 1.5 seconds with an NCAA record 1:42.66.
In that case Peirsol had a perfect start!
I might have to reassess my thought that Thorpe has a shot in the 200 IM. He barely qualified for semifinals today. I think Phelps may win relatively easily, but Trinidadian George Bovell is one to watch. He won the 200 IM at NCAAs this year by about 1.5 seconds with an NCAA record 1:42.66.
