2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Prelims Preview
Taylor Ruck comes in with a 1:59.79, but has had some big swims to show she’s faster than she looks on paper. Earlier in the meet, she blazed to a 1:56.71 relay anchor, so look for her to challenge today.
Grieshop Wins Gold, Fa’amausili Strikes Back to Highlight Day 5 at Junior World Championships
Team USA’s Sean Grieshop blasted the final 50 of the men’s 400 I.M. in 27.94, tearing through his best time to win the event in 4:15.67.
Australia Tops Medals Table for 5th Straight Day at Junior Worlds
While the Russians and Americans have as many medals, 8 golds leaves the team from Australia atop the medals table…
Australia Breaks Junior World Record In 400m Freestyle Relay
Fresh off a silver medal performance in the 50m backstroke, Minna Atherton helped her Australian teammates to a gold medal and new junior world record in the 400m free relay to close out day 5
Fa’Amausili Beats Atherton; Takes Back Junior World Record in 50m Back
New Zealand’s Gabrille Fa’Amausili (right) retained her 50m back junior world title, and took back her junior world record from Australian rival Minna Atherton
Pedro Spajari Breaks 100m Freestyle Championship Record In Semi-Final
Brazil’s Pedro Spajari broke American Caeleb Dressel’s 100m freestyle championship record of 48.97 leading the semi-finals in a blistering 48.87
Italy’s Quadarella Breaks Four Year Old 1500m Championship Record
Slovenia’s Tjasa Oder saw her 1500m freestyle championship record get broken on the 5th night of finals at Junior World Championships by Italy’s Simona Quadarella
2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap
Team USA came out in front of the prelims of the women’s 100 fly with a 58.87 by Cassidy Bayer. That’s a new best for Bayer, who came into the meet with a 59.00 from 2015 U.S. Nationals.
FINA Bans Turkmenistani Swimmer In Doping Decision
FINA has given Hemra Nurmyradov two-year ban after testing positive for a host of banned substances.
Anton Chupkov Scrapes Under 200 Breast Junior Worlds Meet Record
Chupkhov was in a league of his own in prelims this morning. He finished in a time of 2:10.73, just enough to claim the meet record that previously belonged to Russia’s Alexander Palatov at 2:10.75.
FINA Says No Further Action Required in Sun Yang Altercation
Sun Yang absolved of any wrongdoing by FINA in relation to warm-up pool altercation at World Championships.
Brazilian Junior Worlds Day 1 Photo Vault
Guilherme Costa is one of the athletes highlighted in our Brazilian photo vault from Day 1 of the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
No Live Stream Scheduled for 2015 World Junior Championships
Frustrating news in terms of coverage for the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
2015 World Jr Championships Psych Sheets Released
Michael Andrew is set to swim an incredible eight individual events at the World Junior Championships set to begin on Tuesday, August 25th.
SwimSwam’s World Championships Honors and Superlatives
Katie Ledecky is our female swimmer of the meet, with 5 gold medals and 3 world records to show for her efforts in Kazan
