2013 FINA World Championships Day 1 Real-Time Recaps
“France celebrates the men’s 4×100 free relay as Adrian looks on…” (File Photo: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Australia’s Emily Seebohm Scratches 200 IM Final
Emily Seebohm has scratched the women’s 200 IM final as the 6th seed, pulling in Great Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Day 1 Latin America Report: Santos, Cielo Carry 1-2 Into 50 Fly Final
Nicolas Santos is the top seed heading into the men’s 50 fly final.
Africa Report, Day 1, Ismail Breaks Egyptian National Record
The African continent puts two swimmers into finals and breaks one National Record on day 1 of the World Championships.
Medal Count: U.S. Takes Early Lead with Four Day One Medals
Connor Jaeger was one of two individual medal winners for the United States on night one in Barcelona. Team USA also won two relay medals. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Day 1 United States Report: Ledecky Breaks American Record; Takes Another Step in Development
Katie Ledecky’s swim stood out as the top story for the Americans, even with the exciting finish of the women’s 400 free relay. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)
USA Women Smashes 4×100 American Record in Finals
Missy Franklin, Megan Romano and Shannon Vreeland celebrate their win and new American Record in the women’s 4×100 free relay (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Oceania Report, Day 1, Campbell Leads Off In Australian Record, Shows Leadership to Devastated Coutts
Cate Campbell not only was apart of two record breaking swims, she showed incredible leadership to Alicia Coutts, who was devastated after being touched out at the finish, during her post race interview. (Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell Hugging – Photo courtesy of Swimming Australia / Delly Carr)
Asian Report – Day 1 – Peng Wu from China sets new Asian Record in the Men’s 50 Butterfly
Peng Wu was one of the five Asian swimmers to set new Asian Records today. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com)
Lochte, Feigen to Swim on American Men’s 400 Free Relay in Finals
Ryan Lochte got his spot on finals, but he took the spot of who swam very well in prelims. That means that he needs to swim fast to prove it wasn’t a bad decision by the American coaches. (File Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
Americans Pull Up Romano; Coughlin for Finals in 400 Free Relay
YOU CANNOT QUESTION MEGAN ROMANO’S RELAY ABILITIES! Megan Romano stepped up on Sunday morning’s prelims at the 2013 FINA World…
Hey Michael, What Happened to Your Foot?
This photo of Michael Phelps was Tweeted by FINA today: visual evidence that the GOAT is in Barcelona. (Photo Courtesy: FINA/@fina1908
2013 FINA World Championships Day 1 Prelims LIVE Recap
Sun Yang was your world leader coming into Barcelona and it looks like he is set to repeat his Olympic title from London. Yang will be in the middle lane in tonight’s final at 3:44.67. (Photo Credit: Victor Puig, victorpuig.com)
Double Olympic Silver-Medalist Herasimenia Not Entered at World Championships
(Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
What’s the Buzz On The Web: Twas the Night Before Swimming
Rowdy Gaines’ view of the pool for the upcoming World Championships. (Courtesy: Rowdy Gaines)
