Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019

[heywoodu 15,147]

Just now, Canada4thewin said:

Who are the second and third in this race right now?

Sarah Köhler and Wang Jianjiahe.

[Canada4thewin 90]

à l’instant, phelps a dit :

Kohler and Wang...

Thank you.

[phelps 7,680]

unfortunately, no European record for Simona...but wonderful, wonderful win...

Edited July 23, 2019 by phelps

[Henry_Leon 1,398]

Simona Quadarella

[dcro 10,210]

How come Italy and Great Britain are considerably better than France and Germany in indoor swimming?

[Gianlu33 4,575]

Gold for Quadarella and Italian Record

[thepharoah 2,405]

this dominating performance by Quadarella is still 9 seconds far from Ledecky in 2017 final where Ledecky was under performing 

[heywoodu 15,147]

23 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

She seems to be off her best, but i don't think she is that far off. Even if she would be 20 seconds slower than her best, she should take gold. Quadarella is the favorite for silver this year, only Kesely could be dangerous for her.

She would indeed have taken gold if she was 20 seconds slower than her best, but only by 0,41 seconds  

[phelps 7,680]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

How come Italy and Great Britain are considerably better than France and Germany in indoor swimming?

 

I don't know about GBR, but in Italy there are a lot of people practicing competitive swimming and a new generation of very good coaches (and a lot of money invested by our NOC/federation, which is not the usual stuff at this latitude)...

it's one of the few sports where you can find athletes from all around the Country, while most sports are just "regional"...

Edited July 23, 2019 by phelps

[Canada4thewin 90]

So happy for her.  She is so emotional. Beautiful victory for her.