Tag: FINA World Cup 2013
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Katinka Hosszu and Chad Le Clos crowned World Cup winners 2013
Read press release on fina.org Katinka Hosszu (HUN) and Chad Le Clos (RSA) finished in style at the closing leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013, held at Beijing’s iconic Water Cube from November 13-14, both obtaining their second World Cup crown. A total USD$ 2,218,000 in prize money has been distributed in this…
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Beijing Swimming World Cup 2013 LIVE stream on FinaTV
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets start on November 13 in Beijing, China, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Beijing leg are as follows: Wednesday, 13 November: Start Time: 11:15 to 13:45 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 11:30 GMT) Thursday, 14 November Start…
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Aussie relay set another 2 World Records in one day
Read SwimmingWorld and see the result lists here and here from the 2013 World Cup meet in Tokyo. The Australian foursome of Tommaso D’Orsogna (21.48), Travis Mahoney (21.59), Cate Campbell (23.10) and Bronte Campbell (23.44) nearly unified the world record and the world best in the mixed gender 200 free relay with a winning time of 1:29.61.…
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Yuliya Efimova 28.71 and new World Record in the 50 breast
Correction: Efimova’s time was 28.71, as written in the SW piece below. Not 28.17 Read SwimmingWorld and see the result list here. After a particularly rough FINA World Cup circuit during which she’s drawn disqualifications on a routine basis, Russia’s Yuliya Efimova finally had her major breakthrough as she clipped the world record in the…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake wakes up competitors for day 2 of Tokyo World Cup meet
Read SwimmingWorld Swimmers in attendance at the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup just had the experience of a lifetime as a 5.5 earthquake hit the city just a bit ago. Woah! That was a scary earth quake! I looked my window to see if the city was still there only to see a…
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Australia’s mixed 4×50 medley relay 1:37.84 and a new World Record
At the FINA World Cup leg in Tokyo today, Australia’s mixed 4×50 meter medley relay broke their own world record yet again, clocking 1:37.84 where their record from Singapore was 1:38.02. Split times were Robert Hurley 23.46, Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger (25.91), Alicia Coutts (25.19) and Cate Campbell (23.28). See the result list here.
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Chad Le Clos 1:48.56 and new World Record in the 200 SC butterfly
At the FINA Swimming World Cup leg in Singapore tonight, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos became the first ever swimmer under 1:49 in the 200 short course meter butterfly, clocking 1:48.56 where his own record from the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup leg was 1:49.04. See the result list here. Post by FINA.
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FINA warns Doha and Dubai World Cup organizers to respect all National Federations
See the full press release here on fina.org 3. Finally, FINA gave a warning to the Organisers of the two FINA Swimming World Cup meets and recalled them that the FINA rules must be equally applied by all FINA National Federations. Post by FINA.
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France 1:39.54 and new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley
At the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Doha today, France took down the mixed 4×50 medley world record. Read for instance SwimmingWorld and see the result list here. France demolished the world record that already should stand to them in the first place. Jeremy Stravius (23.25), Giacomo Perez Dortona (26.41), Melanie Henique (25.45)…