World Swimming Championships

Germany Is Flying Lisa Graf to Barcelona to Replace Hocke on the Medley Relay

Germany is flying Lisa Graf to Barcelona to replace Selina Hocke on the medley relay after gaining a second and a half in her 100m backstroke. (Photo Credit: TIm Binning, TheSwimPictures)

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Asian Report – Day 2 – Swan Sets Second Pakistani Record of Meet

Kosuke Hagino finished second last night in the 400m freestyle. He will advance to two finals tomorrow night after his solid semi-final performances on day 2. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Africa Report, Day 2, Cameron Van Der Burgh Wins Silver Medal In the 100 Breaststroke

Cameron Van Der Burgh wins a silver medal and Marwan El Kamash breaks his second Egyptian National record of the meet. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 2: Real-Time Recaps

Ruta Meilutyte reacts with great emotion after breaking the 100m breaststroke Lithuanian, European, World Championship, and World Records in 1:04.35. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Day 2 Latin America Report: Cielo Wins Gold, Kobrich Schimpl In Final

Cesar Cielo celebrating his win in the 50 meter butterfly on night two of the 2013 FINA World Championships (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Oceania Report, Day 2, Christian Sprenger Wins Gold In the 100 Breaststroke

Christian Sprenger and Alicia Coutts combine for three medals on the day for the Australians. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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United States Report Day 2: Eugene Godsoe’s Rise to Prominence

Eugene Godsoe is going to make the medley relay choice very, very interesting. (Photo: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Medal Count: Australia “Wins” Day 2, U.S. Still Holds Lead

With three individual medals in tonight’s evening session, Australia came away with the W in the day 2 medal count. The Aussies garnered a medal in three of the four individual finals tonight, led by Christian Sprenger’s gold in the men’s 100 breast. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Verschuren Withdraws From Finals Swimoff with McEvoy

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy will safely navigate to the final without a swim-off against the Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ruta Meilutyte Breaks World Record in 100 Meter Breaststroke

Ruta Meilutyte is now the youngest World Record holder in the world. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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History Repeats Itself in Men’s 4x100m Free

From the start, this was a back-and-forth, wild race at the 2013 FINA World Championships, but ultimately the outcome was the same as we saw in London. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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EUROPEAN RECORD: Ruta Meilutyte Breaks Continental; Meet Records

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte went the second-fastest 100 meter breaststroke in history on Tuesday morning, and that was just prelims. (Photo: VIctor Puig/Victorpuig.com)

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2013 FINA World Championships Day 2 Prelims LIVE Recap

Ruta Meilutyte rips a 1:04.52 in the 100 meter breaststroke prelim, .6 tenths faster than the rest of the field! (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)

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Day 2 Scratches, Katinka Hosszu Pulls Out Of The 100 Backstroke

After breaking the Hungarian National Record with a 59.40 in the 100 backstroke, Katinka Hosszu is scratching the event. She finished second this morning behind American, Missy Franklin. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures)

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World Championships Free Relays, The Buzz On The Web

There’s been plenty of differing opinions on who should have been left off of the American relay in finals, but most agree on who they would’ve liked to have seen on it. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures,com)

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