2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
- Meet site
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Live results
Each and every swimmer who qualified for a semi-final or final race on Day 1 at 2019 FINA World Championships is expected to be behind his or her block on Sunday evening in Gwangju. There were no scratches as of 2:30 PM local time.
Beginning at 8:00 P.M. in Korea, the evening session of Day 1 will features the semi-finals of the men’s 50 fly, women’s 100 fly, men’s 100 breast, and women’s 200 IM, and the finals of the men’s 400 free, women’s 400 free, men’s 4×100 freestyle relay, and women’s 4×100 freestyle relay.
China’s Sun Yang and USA’s Katie Ledecky are top seeds in the respective 400 freestyle races. Sun posted a 3:44.10 in heats to take pole position in tonight’s final. On either side of him will be Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys (3:44.31 in heats) and Jack McLoughlin (3:44.79). Ledecky (4:01.84 in heats) will be challenged by Australian teenager Ariarne Titmus (4:02.42 in heats), the only other competitor who has been under 4:00 so far this season.
Caeleb Dressel of the United States and Andrii Govorov were the top qualifiers in the semi-finals of the men’s 50 fly. They both went 22.84 to win their heats and were the only sub-23s of the morning. World record-holder Sarah Sjostrom led the field through to semis in the women’s 100 fly with 56.45. Australia’s Emma McKeon also broke 57 seconds, posting the second-fastest time of 56.90.
World record-holder Adam Peaty of Great Britain went 57.59 in heats, missing his championship record by .12. While he was the only sub-58 breaststoker of the morning, all 16 semi-finalists did break a minute, and two were under 59 seconds: Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (58.91) and Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus (58.87).
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu was without rival in the 200 IM. She led the qualifying field by 2.37 seconds with her 2:07.02 in heats. That puts her within .90 of her world and championship record of 2:06.12, set in Budapest at the 2017 World Championships.
Sunday night’s session will end with the men’s 4×100 free relay, in which the United States earned top billing with their 3.11.31 in heat, and the women’s 4×100 free relay where the team to beat will be Australia (3:33.39 in heats).
An hour until I refresh swimswam 20 times to see if this is the actual finals thread or not..
Will Ledecky win?
Yes
When will they have to submit relay lineups for the finals??
Also women’s free relay is after the men’s relay? Interesting switch up
A good start..