Disappointing from Miley & Wallace, they can do alot better.
Fantastic effort from the relay boys and I can only see that team getting stronger, given the ages of Peaty, Guy & Proud. And there's talented youngster Luke Greenbank in the backstroke too.
Generally we have done well whilst overall the USA bounced back after a bad start to the week but relied on one or two swimmers a bit?
GB did very well - in Olympic-class disciplines, 7 medals (3G 1S 3B) is the most they've won since 1975, and 3 victories is a record.
USA just about denied AUS the top spot in the long-course medal table, whether or not you include non-Olympic disciplines.
They dominated the synchronized swimming events, and in any case they've never been a long-course superpower in relatively recent memory (at their best, just slightly more successful than GB have been this past week).
Men's relay splits:
Chris Walker-Hebborn 53.20 (solid, but slower than in mixed medley)
Adam Peaty 57.74 (superb! Even faster than in mixed medley, and fastest in field by over a second)
James Guy 51.62 (very solid for a mid-distance racer)
Ben Proud 48.08 (comparable to Brown in 2012 Olympics, again very solid)
Fastest in field for the 4 styles were Larkin (52.41), Peaty (57.74), Metella (50.35) & McEvoy (46.60)
Apparently (despite winning just 2 titles) Sun Yang has been named male swimmer of the champs! WTF?!
Around 2400 athletes from 190 countries have taken part in these World Aquatics Championships of 2015, and 31 nations have put themselves on the medal table, which is a good spread.
For the first time in 14 years, the United States does not top the overall medal table - they are second behind China. Russia finish in third; the other top-fivers are Australia and (for only the second time ever) Great Britain.
GB's overall tally of a record 14 medals consists of 7 golds, a solitary silver (the other 13 aren't!) and 6 bronzes. They've never achieved a double-figure tally before, and now 10 have been won in Olympic-class disciplines* alone, outperforming the combined UK Sport targets for diving & swimming (long-course and 10km open water) by two medals.
There have been some disappointments and Olympic medals in 2016 will be harder to come by - that said, the signs are looking good. Regarding swimming, the Americans know they'll have to step up or the Aussies might top them - they've made a big turnaround since their 2012 disaster.
[* I've said that a lot, haven't I?]
Another fact about the M4x100MED - read and weep:
In the 2012 Olympics, Japan clocked 3:31.26 to win a silver medal - only the United States had gone faster in textile suits. Today, they swam 16 hundredths quicker and still got leapfrogged by FOUR nations - they came sixth!!
Though the world's premier aquatics-only meet is finished for another 2 years, some competitors will be back in action very soon, with 2 World Cup meetings happening in the next week.
The world's best juniors will convene in Singapore later this month, as the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships take place between 25 and 30 August inclusive.
What a ridiculous decision to give Sun Yang the award for Male swimmer of the champs. A lot of people not happy about it and incredibly bad PR for the sport
What a ridiculous decision to give Sun Yang the award for Male swimmer of the champs. A lot of people not happy about it and incredibly bad PR for the sport
That's FINA all over. Should probably have gone to Mitch Larkin.
A great championships though, the highlight, of course, the magnificent Katie Ledecky.
From a British perspective, excellent stuff really. Although would be nice to see the women emerging on the world scene in the way the British men are. Not quite happening at the moment, with the exception of Siobhan.
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Fantastic effort from the relay boys and I can only see that team getting stronger, given the ages of Peaty, Guy & Proud. And there's talented youngster Luke Greenbank in the backstroke too.
Generally we have done well whilst overall the USA bounced back after a bad start to the week but relied on one or two swimmers a bit?
We finished ahead of France whilst Japan and China have some stars of the future..
Russia had a really poor meet as hosts.
USA just about denied AUS the top spot in the long-course medal table, whether or not you include non-Olympic disciplines. They dominated the synchronized swimming events, and in any case they've never been a long-course superpower in relatively recent memory (at their best, just slightly more successful than GB have been this past week).
Men's relay splits:
Chris Walker-Hebborn 53.20 (solid, but slower than in mixed medley)
Adam Peaty 57.74 (superb! Even faster than in mixed medley, and fastest in field by over a second)
James Guy 51.62 (very solid for a mid-distance racer)
Ben Proud 48.08 (comparable to Brown in 2012 Olympics, again very solid)
Fastest in field for the 4 styles were Larkin (52.41), Peaty (57.74), Metella (50.35) & McEvoy (46.60)
Apparently (despite winning just 2 titles) Sun Yang has been named male swimmer of the champs! WTF?!
Looks amazing for 52.
For the first time in 14 years, the United States does not top the overall medal table - they are second behind China. Russia finish in third; the other top-fivers are Australia and (for only the second time ever) Great Britain.
GB's overall tally of a record 14 medals consists of 7 golds, a solitary silver (the other 13 aren't!) and 6 bronzes. They've never achieved a double-figure tally before, and now 10 have been won in Olympic-class disciplines* alone, outperforming the combined UK Sport targets for diving & swimming (long-course and 10km open water) by two medals.
There have been some disappointments and Olympic medals in 2016 will be harder to come by - that said, the signs are looking good. Regarding swimming, the Americans know they'll have to step up or the Aussies might top them - they've made a big turnaround since their 2012 disaster.
[* I've said that a lot, haven't I?]
Another fact about the M4x100MED - read and weep:
In the 2012 Olympics, Japan clocked 3:31.26 to win a silver medal - only the United States had gone faster in textile suits. Today, they swam 16 hundredths quicker and still got leapfrogged by FOUR nations - they came sixth!!
The world's best juniors will convene in Singapore later this month, as the 2015 World Junior Swimming Championships take place between 25 and 30 August inclusive.
Suggestion here rather than it being health related there was some sort of Pre-race bust up?
That's FINA all over. Should probably have gone to Mitch Larkin.
A great championships though, the highlight, of course, the magnificent Katie Ledecky.
From a British perspective, excellent stuff really. Although would be nice to see the women emerging on the world scene in the way the British men are. Not quite happening at the moment, with the exception of Siobhan.
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Very true.
Her first 300 in London were kinda mediocre though, but its very strange...
Wonder if we ever find out truth...