2019 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE: BUDAPEST
- Group B, Match 2
- Saturday, October 26 – Saturday, October 27, 2019
- 6:00-8:00 PM Local Time – UTC+2 (12:00-2:00 PM, U.S. Eastern Time)
- Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- ESPN3 Live Stream Links:
- Group B: Iron, LA Current, London Roar, New York Breakers
- Start Lists (pre-meet)
Reported by Anne Lepesant/Jared Anderson.
WOMEN’S 50 FREE:
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo (IRO) – 23.29
- Cate Campbell (LON) – 23.35
- Beryl Gastaldello (LAC) – 23.81
- Bronte Campbell (LON)/Kim Busch (IRO) – 24.21
(TIE) - –
- Catie DeLoof (NYB) – 24.23
- Pernille Blume (NYB) – 24.32/Margo Geer (LAC) – 24.32
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Ranomi Kromowidjojo got it done for Iron this week, downing Cate Campbell after finishing 2nd to her last week. Kromo took nearly half a second off the 23.71 she clocked last week, while Cate Campbell was .02 seconds slower than last week. The win marks back-to-back for the Iron, and their 4th win of the day.
Team Iron’s Kromowidjojo flashed off her sprint capabilities as she took down Roar’s Cate Campbell in an upset win. The Roar got bumped down 3 points as Bronte Campbell finished in 4th behind LA’s Beryl Gastaldello. While LA picked up 6 points, Margo Geer unfortunately finished in 8th-place, same finish for Farido Osman last week.
She must have the worst turns in history to go SCM times that match her LCM ones.
Who would mind to be Olympic Champion in sprint swimming and be “the worst in the history” of jumping from the wall and spending a half of the race under surface?
Watch this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jJQpq8mLbm0
Does it look familiar? Hippo can not swim actually. He runs underwater.
Or you can be both, like Flo.
How illogical rules of swimming competition in short pool are. I understand what stands behind “15 meters” restriction in long pool. This competition is about swimming some particular stroke on the surface of the water. But in the short pool it doesn’t make any sense if anyway it is all about how strong your legs are when pushing you from the wall.
If it was all about how strong your legs are pushing off the wall, powerlifters would dominate ISL.
Well it’s not 25 yards. It’s 25 metres . Bit better. And exciting