Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019

[Canada4thewin 90]

Il y a 8 heures, JoshMartini007 a dit :

Quite happy for Hong Kong women for getting a quota.

 

Very sad for Canadian men for failing, finishing in 13th. Our men's team is so weak now.

Yes, our men team is very weak.

[OlympicsFan 860]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

No 7th consecutive medal for the Dutch team, as expected. And it's not gonna get any better anytime soon.

At least you guys are not alone, i don't see any european nation winning a relay medal on the women's side here. Of course it doesn't help that Steenbergen (so far) didn't develop into the star most people expected her to be.

[Joshi 127]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This has all the feels of Australia peaking completely wrong and failing at the Olympics  

Hah judging by past Olys you're right. But judging by previous WC's they're on the right track at least lol.

[Canada4thewin 90]

il y a une heure, orangeman a dit :

Yay MacNeil going to the final! 

Very impressive with a really good time. 

[Vektor 3,326]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Get what? A medal?

 

Yeah, she's getting better and better every year:

 

2017 WCh: 4:05.75 (6th)

2018 ECh: 4:03.57 (2nd)

2019 WCh: 4:01.31 (4th)

 

I wouldn't be surprised if she goes under 4:00 at the Olympics, which should be enough for a medal. I doubt that she can beat Ledecky and Titmus, unless some miracle happens. 

[Canada4thewin 90]

il y a une heure, Майкл a dit :

Ledecky lost

I like Ledecky but she is not unbeatable.  Very happy for the Australian girl.  Very deserving 

[dcro 10,210]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This has all the feels of Australia peaking completely wrong and failing at the Olympics  

 

I don't think so, because they did make some changes recently. For example their trials will now be held 5 weeks before the championships, and not months / years ahead.

[OlympicsFan 860]

10 minutes ago, orangeman said:

 

Oleksiak is rounding back into form and Ruck is only getting better.  Watch out for Canada in Tokyo.  

Sure ... if i remember correctly Oleksiak hasn't improved since 2016 (when she was 16 years old), i don't see why that should change. In most other sports you would be almost certain that a 16 year old can only get better, but not in swimming. Ye Shiwen and Missy Franklin both peaked in 2012 at the age of 16/17.

Edited July 21, 2019 by OlympicsFan

[orangeman 2,344]

Where are people seeing the detailed results?  The FIna page is not being updated.  

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

Brazil's 3:11.99 would have been enough for a bronze medal (tied with Hungary) last year in the last edition of the championships (2017). The fact that they finished only 6th now is a wake up call to our federation, since everyone though this medal was won even before the race started. 

 

Edited July 21, 2019 by thiago_simoes