2013 FINA World Championships Day 6 Finals Photo Vault: Florent Favorite in Finals of 50 Free
Florent Manaudou, men’s 50 freestyle semi final, 2013 FINA World Championships (Photo Credit: Victor Puig)
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)
Cielo and Godsoe 50 Butterfly Worlds – Compete Race Footage
Cesar Cielo’s complete race footage is courtesy of swimswam partner Universal Sports Network. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Cesar Cielo 2013 Worlds 50 Butterfly Winner, Post Race Interview
The first finisher was Brazil’s Cesar Cielo, who defended his title in 23.01. Cielo can’t rely on his start like he once did, and so he had to have a perfect finish, which it appeared that he did. He also did the race in a no-breather, which he says is the first time he’s ever done that on the 50 fly. (Image Courtesy of Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Upsets Looming in Day 2 Finals Session (World Championships Finals Preview)
If the rest of the field doesn’t wake-up in the 100 backstroke semifinals, Missy Franklin could be swimming alone on her way to gold. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
European Report Day 1 – Hosszu Impressive in the 200 IM; Costa Schmid Gives the Crowd a Reason to Cheer
Katinka Hosszu, who has been having an extremely impressive year… (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
2013 World Champs Previews: Men’s 400 Medley Relay Closer than London
There’s a lot of weight on Kevin Cordes’ shoulders in the 400 medley relay, as he’ll need to be competitive with Australia’s Christian Sprenger.
Muffat and Boyle provide a thriller at the French Open
Camille Muffat and Lauren Boyle provided the fans at the French Open in Vichy with an incredible race where the two…
Magnussen Impressive in 100 freestyle win at French Open
Australian James Magnussen who leads the world in the 100 freestyle this year having posted a time of 47.53 in…
2013 Worlds Preview: Men’s 50 freestyle, Familiar Faces with New Expectations
Can Nathan Adrian go from not qualifying in 2012 to gold in 2013? (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Cielo, Manaudou, Magnussen to Square Off at French Open
Cesar Cielo is part of a very impressive men’s sprint field at the 2012 French Open. (Photo: Satiro Sodre/SSPress)
Manaudou Swims Lifetime Best 100 Free; Muffatt Now Holds World’s Top Two in 200
Day one of the 2013 Sette Colli Trophy in Rome was a scorcher. Day two was still quality, but not the…
Muffat Swims World Best 400 Free Again, Manaudou Beats Bousquet in 50
Day 1 of the 2013 Sette Colli Trophy did not disappoint, with a handful of Meet Records and a World Leader going on the boards. (Photo: Aidan Pongrace)
Australians Name 43 Swimmers to World Championship Roster; 19 For Montreal
Swimming Australia put 62 total swimmers on their World Championship rosters on Friday: 43 will go to Barcelona, and 19 will go to Montreal. (Photo: Swimming Australia)
Missile blasts 50 freestyle; Hocking tops in 200 backstroke
After posting a world’s best in the 100 freestyle, James Magnussen knew that he was ready to do something special…