2020 FINA CHAMPIONS SWIM SERIES – BEIJING
- January 18th-19th
- Beijing, China
- 5om (LCM)
- Meet Info
- Full Entry List
- Live Stream (FINA.tv)
- US Live Stream (NBC Sports)
- Live Results
- Full Day 1 Recap
Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto had arguably the best day of swimming in his career to date on Friday in Beijing, swimming a new Asian Record in the 200 fly and a new lifetime best in the 200 IM. He now ranks as the 3rd-best swimmer in history in the 200 fly and tied for the 7th-best swimmer in the history of the 200 IM.
And now, thanks to the generosity of FINA, you can watch the last 20 meters of each of those races. FINA has made a few select race videos from Beijing available via their YouTube channel, and those are below as well.
Women’s 50 Backstroke – China’s Liu Xiang tops a deep field with a 27.58 to win (FULL RACE VIDEO):
Women’s 100 Butterfly – Italy’s Elena Di Liddo swims a 58.09 to win the women’s 100 fly. (PARTIAL RACE VIDEO):
Men’s 100 Backstroke – Japan’s Ryosuke Irie and China’s Xu Jiayu tied in 52.97 in the men’s 100 backstroke. That also ties them as the world’s fastest swimmers this season in the event. (PARTIAL RACE VIDEO):
Daddy Daiya is showing the kids how it’s done
What’s scary or sad, idk, is that 1:52.5 / 1:55.5 in a jammer would be a legendary meet for peak-Michael Phelps
On the ‘ 5 top races to watch’ thread Ragnar said she was not at all interested & it was a flop .. And nothing is happening till spring .
So there Seto .
Lol
“And now, thanks to the generosity of FINA, you can watch the last 20 meters of each of those races”
The salt in that statement is not lost on me
2021- FINA launches FINA+, a complete archive of all Olympic and world championship swimming and diving since the beginning of time. $11.99 a month, no contract.
2024- Each Olympic sport has their own streaming service, if you want to watch the full Olympics it’ll be $50 a week for the Peacock/Hulu/MickeyMouse bundle.
The things we do for on demand/no commercials.
P.S.- you know we’ll pay for SwimSwam+, but only for what’s really happening in Olympic Village
Thank you for your generosity and kindness all mighty FINA!
Those 2 backstrokers enjoyed it – great to watch