Sjostrom, Hosszu Among Stars Confirmed For 1st Stop of FINA World Cup

2018 FINA World Cup – Leg 1

Several prominent names have been confirmed by FINA for the opening leg of the 2018 World Cup in Kazan, including current LCM world record holders Sarah Sjostrom and Katinka Hosszu. This stop, along with the second leg in Doha, will both be raced long course metres, with the rest of the circuit being contested the traditional short course.

Sjostrom and Hosszu went 1-2 on the women’s side in World Cup points last year, and 3rd place finisher Ranomi Kromowidjojo, along with the men’s top-3 in Chad Le ClosVlad Morozov and Kirill Prigoda will also be in attendance in Kazan.

Other notable names slated to compete include American Michael Andrew, who’s coming off a breakout summer where he won four U.S. National titles and followed up with a Pan Pac gold medal in the 50 free, and Russian Yuliya Efimova, who’s the fastest woman in the world this year in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke.

Confirmed Swimmers For Kazan:

Entries for the event will be available closer to the competition.

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running start to touch backstroke flags
6 years ago

MA has a serious shot to take the overall title if he just swims a couple events and makes most the world cups. This is exciting.

Philip Johnson
6 years ago

Wished more big named Americans showed.

Hswimmer
Reply to  Philip Johnson
6 years ago

Busy training for when it really matters

Bob
Reply to  Hswimmer
6 years ago

Right. Obviously Sjostrom and Hosszu have never showed up big when it really mattered. It’s not like over the past two world championships and the rio games they broke individual lc word records a total of 7 times between the two of them or anything… In all seriousness just trying to point out that there is more than one path to success

Hswimmer
Reply to  Bob
6 years ago

Every swimmer trains differently

running start to touch backstroke flags
Reply to  Philip Johnson
6 years ago

Saw Tom “beefyT” Sheilds in Doha last year. He was the only American there. It was SCM. Most these meets are so not many yanks..

Yozhik
6 years ago

Katinka Hosszu is back to business. What’s the good use of these cheap with tough competition meets like Mare Nostrum and European Championships?

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Yozhik
6 years ago

well , preparing the summer big meets i suppose ….

Bear drinks beer
6 years ago

I’m most interested in whether Michael Andrew can challenge Chad and Vlad for overall title.

Bear drinks beer
Reply to  Bear drinks beer
6 years ago

Or ‘whether Chad and Vlad can challenge Michael Andrew for overall title’.😆

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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