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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Ion-you need to put the beer away. Biondi a flash in the pan. No way! Maybe he didn't live up to his hype, maybe he was a better college swimmer than olympic or maybe he was a better relay swimmer than individual swimmer. But not a flash in the pan. I didn't look for times but here is a quick look at what i found on google:
3 Olympics- 8 golds, 2 silver, 1 bronze
WC's- 7 medals 1986
4 time all american swimming and water polo (3 times NCAA champs in polo)
NCAA champ 50,100 and 200 1986 and 87 (still holds record in 200 and i think he is tied w/ ervin in 100)
anyone that can compete in 3 olympics in my opinion is the real deal. your popov bias is showing:)
Ion-you need to put the beer away. Biondi a flash in the pan. No way! Maybe he didn't live up to his hype, maybe he was a better college swimmer than olympic or maybe he was a better relay swimmer than individual swimmer. But not a flash in the pan. I didn't look for times but here is a quick look at what i found on google:
3 Olympics- 8 golds, 2 silver, 1 bronze
WC's- 7 medals 1986
4 time all american swimming and water polo (3 times NCAA champs in polo)
NCAA champ 50,100 and 200 1986 and 87 (still holds record in 200 and i think he is tied w/ ervin in 100)
anyone that can compete in 3 olympics in my opinion is the real deal. your popov bias is showing:)
