Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2022

[thepharoah 2,405]

WOW Gold medal for Romania  Congrats @vlad

[vlad 351]

1 minute ago, thepharoah said:

WOW Gold medal for Romania  Congrats @vlad

I just found the news cause I was at work till now That's absolutely a huge performance for Romania. The future looks great for the next Olympics

[Vektor 3,326]

Always nice to see other nations win from our region because it happens so rarely at the WCh and the Olympics. Popovici is so young, I very much hope he can keep this up for at least two more years and win that Olympic gold. 

[orangeman 1,980]

Aaaaaaaand there goes Penny's chances in the 200.  

[Grassmarket 3,377]

FINA grateful for the visit of His Majesty The 1976 Fencing Gold Medallist.

 

https://www.fina.org/news/2650312/fina-president-thanks-ioc-president-thomas-bach-for-visit-to-budapest

[NMQ 243]

1 hour ago, vlad said:

I just found the news cause I was at work till now That's absolutely a huge performance for Romania. The future looks great for the next Olympics

Popovici is a generational talent. Now is the 4th fastest ever after Biedermann, Phelps and Agnel. Hope he can challenge the WR in a few years. And I wouldn't be surprised if he beats Dressel in the 100 free here tbh.

 

Talking about generational talents, Ledecky swam the 6th fastest 1500 free ever to win her 17th gold medal and 13th individual, 2 away from the record of Phelps. The craziest part for me was that she swam the first 800 in 8.13.06, fastest than any other woman ever... In the 800 free 

 

And Thomas Ceccon WR in the 100 BK!

[Federer91 2,727]

Italy on fireeeeee    Majestic swim by Ceccon and now a second gold with Pilatto and in the 100, which isn't her best distance. 

[Grassmarket 3,377]

12 minutes ago, NMQ said:

Popovici is a generational talent. Now is the 4th fastest ever after Biedermann, Phelps and Agnel. Hope he can challenge the WR in a few years. And I wouldn't be surprised if he beats Dressel in the 100 free here tbh.

 

I’m guessing  will be claiming him.  

[Werloc 3,161]

Can't put into words how absolutely insane and unprecedented this comeback is.

 

She told everyone to not expect anything of her and that she is only swimming for herself now.

 

She is not pushing herself too hard for results and she's only been training for half a year after a three year hiatus.

 

She is no longer dealing with the bullshit of journalists that were one of the primary reasons she fell into depression and decided not to pursue professional sports.

 

And now she is back, with a bronze medal at the World Championships, only 0.09s away from the gold.

 

We don't know how long we'll have her, she might even say that she quits swimming again tomorrow, but as long as she's in the sport, I'm going to continue to support her, because she is capable of so many great things and is an absolute fighter.

 

I'm hoping she'll go for Paris OG, but I definitely understand if she decides not to. I'm just happy that she gave us the comeback that many of us Lithuanian fans were secretly hoping for, especially when the rumours started flying that she's swimming in Kaunas again.

 

What a star. 

[Federer91 2,727]

3 hours ago, dodge said:

TV schedules aren't about relevance. They're about the cost of acquiring the rights versus the amount of viewers they'll get. And while us sports nuts mightn't like it, repeats of sitcoms or reality shows get more viewers per dollar/pound/euro than most sports

This is true and this time i'm on the side of the TV networks. The past couple of years all the governing bodies and whatnot thought they were the Champions League or the Premier League in their demands and greed and lost track of their place in the (sporting) world... 

 

Case in point, FINA, who are rather delusional of their importance in the grande scheme of things. IAAF (pardon WA..) are next in line. 

 

When this was on Eurosport it was treated like a big thing, like a jewel for many, many years. It was getting promotion months in advance and was a staple of the summer along with the Tour, the tennis Slams and the athletics Worlds.. I was crossing the days on the calendar half a year in advance in anticipation. And look at it now.. Last time there was no airing here and now it's on our national broadcaster BNT   That tells it all, when broke BNT has the rights. This means that no one else wanted them, because swimming is irrelevant and they have donated the rights. And by the other comments here, there are countries, bigger swimming countries, that don't even air it at all.