Tag: Barcelona 2013
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CC photo #698: Women’s 200 IM flag ceremony at BCN 2013
So this must have been the women’s 200 meter indvidual medley, at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Katinka Hosszu from Hungary gold, Alicia Coutts from Australia silver and Mireia Belmonte from Spain bronze. See the result list here.
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CC photo #694: Sun Yang greeting the photographers at BCN2013
China’s Sun Yang pointing a finger to the sky after winning the men’s 400 meter freestyle at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Beside him, Japan’s Kosuke Hagino and USA’s Connor Jaeger. See the result list here.
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CC photo #693: USA win the BCN2013 men’s 4×200 free
Americans celebrating their victory in the men’s 4×200 meter freestyle at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Last man in their relay is Ricky Berens, now retired. See the result list here
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CC photo #691: The BCN 2013 Warm-up pool
A photo from the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain, taken inside the tent that housed the warm-up pool.
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CC photo #687: BCN2013 Women’s 400 Free Medal Podium
USA’s Katie Ledecky on top of the women’s 400 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Silver to Melanie Costa Scmid from Spain and bronze to Lauren Boyle from New Zealand. See the result list here.
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BCN2013 “XOP” 1st Hall of Fame Mascot
“The Mascot of the 2013 FINA World in Barcelona, XOP, is the the first mascot to be featured into the International Swimming Hall of Fame”
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CC photo #681: Warm-up scene at BCN2013
Just a photo from the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
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Danish swim chief puzzled as no swimmer is nominated for Athlete of the Year
Story (in Danish) here on BT, via SwimNews.dk. My attempt to translate follows … An eyebrow or two were raised when the Danish Sports Federation Monday morning announced the names of the three nominees for Athlete of the Year 2013. Besides [Le Mans legend] Tom Kristensen, the two relatively unknown athletes archer Maja Jager and…
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FINA boasts BCN2013 the most ever watched World Championships
See press release here on fina.org The 15th FINA World Championships, held in Barcelona (ESP), from July 19 – August 4, 2013 were the most watched ever in the FINA history, reaching a cumulative TV audience of almost 4.5 billion viewers worldwide. According to an independent report made by the company Kantar Media, specialised in…