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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I think the 200 IM will be a great race because its' a very strong field. No way Thorpe beats Phelps. He'll lose the race in the middle part of the IM. He's going to feel heavy legs going from *** to free (know how that feels) and by time he up and kicking free Phelps will be too far ahead to catch. I say Thorpe finishes 3rd. Question is how many swimmers will be under 2:00? how many under 1:59 how many under 1:58 and his name is Phelps. Fastest 200 IM field in history from top to bottom. Same thing for the 200 ***.
I think the 200 IM will be a great race because its' a very strong field. No way Thorpe beats Phelps. He'll lose the race in the middle part of the IM. He's going to feel heavy legs going from *** to free (know how that feels) and by time he up and kicking free Phelps will be too far ahead to catch. I say Thorpe finishes 3rd. Question is how many swimmers will be under 2:00? how many under 1:59 how many under 1:58 and his name is Phelps. Fastest 200 IM field in history from top to bottom. Same thing for the 200 ***.
