World Aquatics recently released a promotional video for the 2024 Doha World Championships, which features a compilation of clips from recent World Championship events.
The competition will begin on February 2nd and span just over two weeks, culminating on the 18th with all pool swimming events taking place from the 11th-18th.
For many athletes, it’s the last opportunity to get in high level racing before their respective Olympic Trial meets, and for several nations, it’s the final chance to qualify for the Paris Games in the six relays. Great Britain is the most notable nation that must send a strong team to Doha, specifically for the men’s 4×100 free relay, as due to a prelims disqualification in the event at Fukuoka, they do not currently have a qualifying time.
While several big names will be skipping these championships, either to focus on the Olympic Games or due to its interference with the collegiate season, many noteworthy athletes will still be making an appearance. This includes Kate Douglass, Katie Grimes, Carson Foster, and Nic Fink for the Americans, and Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Ben Proud, Abbie Wood, and Medi Harris for Great Britain. Shayna Jack and Cameron McEvoy headline Australia’s roster, while world record holders such as Sarah Sjostrom and Daniel Wiffen will also be in attendance.
Doha will feature six sports in total: pool swimming, open-water swimming, diving, water polo, high diving, and artistic swimming.
THE VIDEO:
I get the fact that people are saying the hype won’t be there cause a lot of the top swimmers arent swimming. But I believe they’re forgetting we can bet on this WC. We’re gonna be rich my fellow swimswamers
I put my money on Kate Douglas winning 3 gold or more.
Oooh interesting. 200 breast and 200IM seem like slam dunks because no one else is going (actually maybe Schoenmaker is?). Not sure where the third comes from though. 100 fly maybe?
50/100 free will have Jack who is signficantly faster than Douglass, and I don’t think KD will swim any relays
200 breaststroke she will have all his main rivals there: tatjana and tess. So, she wont have It so easy. And 100 free too (except mollie): siobhan, shayna, marrit.
200 im looks more easy apparently, but nothing bad with yiting, pickrem, wood, Gorbenko, Steenbergen, forrester, franceschi…(here It is true that 3 greats wont be)
Also, she will do 50 free and 50 fly, Sjöström, kasia, shayna…
She dont have It nothing easy, so if she achieve three golds, she Will be 🐐
“Not sure where the third comes from though. 100 fly maybe?”
Relay. Not sure which one, but surely USA women can win one where Douglas participate in
I thought she had said (or at least implied) she won’t be swimming any relays at Doha. I could be wrong though. Even so, I think Sweden wins both women’s 100 relays. USA could win a mixed relay perhaps?
Bold move to open the video with a bigger, better competition.
I must say it’s a slick video, but the hype will still be nowhere near Fukuoka when most top swimmers skip the event.
Yes, it not just “several big names skipping” the WCs, it’s most big name swimmers. Just off the top of my head – Ledecky, Regan Smith, Alex Walsh, Caeleb, Ryan Murphy, MOC, Kaylee, Ariarne, Emma McKeon, Kyle Chalmers, ZSC, San Short, Hafnoui, Milak, Leon Marchand, Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei, Grousset, Tom Dean and many others.
Also Summer McIntosh
Obviously it’s nowhere near a proper WCs and I don’t think it will really “count” in peoples mind, however, there are actually a few events that could be pretty exciting.
Wouldn’t shock me if we had some times in Doha faster than Paris
Curious to know which events could be faster in Doha. the 50 free ?
W 200 breast should be faster right? Douglass’s time from Knoxville would have won in Fukuoka.
Both 50 frees easily could with Sjostrom and Cam in Doha. Then sometimes you get a randomly slow event at Olympics like M400 free in Tokyo.
I’ll be watching, because I love swimming, but it is not a proper WCs and to say only several big names skipping is simply incorrect. But I don’t think any event will have a faster winning time than in Paris, with the possible exception of the 50 frees.
This is the same thing people said for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics, with the boycotts. For the swimmers, it’s simple – you race anyone who shows up.
Plenty more world class swimmers in 80 and 84 than will be in Doha.
Tom Dean is in the British Team for Doha
But is only swimming the relay on the first day then leaving.