2017 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
Several World Record holders will compete in their respective events tonight, including Great Britain’s Adam Peaty in his signature 100 breast.
ASIA: After 2IM Drop, Ohashi’s Improvement Makes Her a Threat to Hosszu in 400 IM
Many swim fans would argue that Ohashi is even better in the 400 IM than the 200 IM, and after her showing in the shorter IM event, she’s now emerged as a serious threat for gold in the 400 IM.
Olympic Champ Hosszu Scratches 100 Back Semifinals
Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu has scratched the 100 back final, an event in which she’s the reigning Olympic champion, after qualifying 2nd through prelims with a 58.80.
Soundbites: Australians Discuss Day 2 Prelims at Worlds
Defending World Champion Emily Seebohm cruised through the women’s 100 back heats this morning in a quick 58.95.
IU’s Lanza Rewrites 100 Fly Meet Record on Day 4 of IN Senior Champs
Lanza took a sizeable lead in the 200 IM as he took gold in 2:03.31. Lanza then won another gold in Meet Record time with his 53.07 in the 100 fly.
Dressel Scorches 47.2 100 Free for New American Record
The former American Record of 47.33 done by Dave Walters in 2009 finally went down, as Dressel flipped in a scorching 22.2 en route to a record-breaking 47.26 on the 400 free relay leadoff.
Comerford Downs 100 Free American Record as USA Downs 400 FR Relay American Record
After Comerford’s record-breaking 52.59 leadoff, the Americans went on to win the 400 free relay and take down the American Record in 3:31.72.
2017 FINA Worlds: USA Takes Early Lead in Medal Table
The USA broke ahead in the medal table on night 1 of pool swimming competition at the 2017 FINA World Championships.
ASIA: Sun Yang Breaks Tie with Peirsol, Hackett for 3rd Highest Number of Worlds Titles
Tonight’s win was historic for Sun as it makes him the solo 3rd most decorated performer ever in terms of World Championships gold medals, breaking the former tie he shared with Aaron Perisol (7) and Grant Hackett (7).
Kevin Cordes Breaks American Record with 58.6 100 Breast
Cordes is now tied as the 4th fastest performer in history with his 58.64 from semifinals.
Caeleb Dressel Downs American Record with 22.7 50 fly
Dressel popped off the start to take the lead over Great Britain’s Ben Proud, holding him off in the final few meters to take top seed for finals in 22.76.
2017 FINA World Champs: Schooling out of 200 Fly
Though the original entries list for the 2017 FINA World Championships included Singapore’s Joseph Schooling in the men’s 200 fly, we won’t get to see the Olympic 100 fly champ compete in the event after all.
2017 Worlds Previews: Cseh, Kenderesi Battle for Home Gold in 200 Fly
Hungary’s defending World Champion Laszlo Cseh seeks to keep the host nation on top of the podium in front of the home crowd at the 2017 FINA World Championships, but we could see a new Hungarian with a gold medal around his neck.
2017 Worlds Previews: Rylov to Challenge Murphy in M. 200 Back
While Murphy and Larkin are 2 of the big names that come to mind in the gold medal conversation, Russia’s Evgeny Rylov is definitely in the picture as well.
2017 Worlds Previews: USA vs. GBR in Men’s 800 Free Relay
We’re just one day away from the 2017 FINA World Championships, and the battle between the USA and Great Britain in the 800 free relay is one of the most anticipated relay races of the meet.
