Federica Pellegrini Drops Italian Record in 200 Backstroke; Mizzau Impresses in 200 Free
Federica Pellegrini has broken the Italian National Record in the 200 back with a lifetime best by two seconds.
Rivolta Sets The Italian Record In The 100 Butterfly Again In Lamezia
Once again Italian Matteo Rivolta set a new standard in Italy for the 100 butterfly SCM winning the event in…
Top Swimmers Gather For Competition In Lamezia Terme
On November 9th and 10th several notable swimmers including Russian 2012 Olympic medalists Evegeny Korothinskin (silver 100 butterfly) and Anastasia…
2013 FINA World Championships Day 6 Prelims REAL-TIME Recaps
Golden girl Missy Franklin is 4 for 4 thus far here in Barcelona. She will swim her last preliminaries of the meet this morning, in her final individual event the 200 backstroke. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Euro Report – Day 5 – Spectacular Semis – Pedersen Passes Soni
For a second straight day the European contingent were not able find their way to the top of the medal podium. Tomorrow looks a lot more promising after seeing their performances in the semi-finals… (Photo Credit Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
American Pull Up One Prelims Swimmer to Join Finals 800 Free Relay
Missy Franklin and Shannon Vreeland led the way to gold in the 400 free relay; they’ll be joined by two new counterparts in the 800 free relay final, though this time they’ll come in as only the 3rd seed. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
Missy Franklin 200 Free Worlds Win – Complete Race Footage
Women’s 200 freestyle race footage is courtesy of swimswam partner Universal Sports Network. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Euro Report – Day 4 – Korzeniowski and Pellegrini Not Quite Enough For Gold
Day four was the first day of the competition that we did not see a European swimmer on top of the podium at the 2013 FINA World Championships, Pawel Korzeniowski and Federica Pellegrini came close… (photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Medal/Record Count: le Clos, van der Burgh Golden for South Africa
Chad le Clos was one of three medalists for South Africa on night four of the 2013 FINA World Championships (photo credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
2013 FINA World Day 4 Finals Photo Vault: Le Clos Defends Butterfly Crown
2012 Olympic Champion, Chad le Clos, defends his 200 fly crown at 2013 Worlds. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Missy Franklin 200 Free Worlds Win – Post Race Interview
Missy Franklin has been nothing but golden at this meet. Though she scratched the 50 backstroke semifinal, her most vulnerable event, she is now three-for-three in finals with gold medals, swimming a 1:54.81 for victory in the women’s 200 free. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Day 4 Scratches, Missy Franklin Drops the 50 Backstroke
Missy Franklin has decided to scratch the 50m backstroke to save her energy for the 200 freestyle final. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures)
2013 World Championships Day 3 FINALS Real-Time Recaps
Olympic Champion, Matt Grevers, defends his 100 back crown, going 1-2 with teammate David Plummer. (Photo Courtesy: FINA)
Agnel Gets Pumped: 2013 World Championships Day 3 Finals Photo Vault
Yannick Agnel gets pumped up after his 200 free World Championship win! (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
2013 FINA World Championships Day 3 Prelims LIVE Recap
Katinka Hosszu will swim her third individual event, but fifth race overall today in the 200 freestyle – right next to Missy Franklin. (Image courtesy of FINA)
