Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019

[heywoodu 16,004]

Just now, Canada4thewin said:

Thank you.

 

You don't seem to be a fan of the mixed relay lol 

No, I like to see what is happening  

[dcro 10,210]

So it's time for the race where nothing makes sense until the last moment, kind of. Because that is... fun?

[Canada4thewin 90]

il y a 1 minute, heywoodu a dit :

No, I like to see what is happening  

Ah ok, lol my mistake.  

[Canada4thewin 90]

il y a 1 minute, dcro a dit :

So it's time for the race where nothing makes sense until the last moment, kind of. Because that is... fun?

lol you crack me up

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I can somewhat understand, since open water swimming and long course swimming is also treated separately by FINA, IOC etc. Could have it as a sidenote though, here they usually say something like "first medal in the pool at these championships".

 

One of the commentators today tried to remedy the situation adding that this is the first time two Brazilians earned a medal at the "long course world championships". I still don't like this because:

 

1) This is the World Aquatics Championships, not the Long Course Swimming World Championships, so every medal earned here should be treated the same way in my opinion.

2) I understand FINA treats LC swimming and OW swimming differently, but we have people like Paltrinieri participating at both, so it's just the same sport, albeit with wildly different strategies and approaches to get a medal. Still, the objectives and skills necessary for a medal are the same. I mean, it's not like an artistic swimmer could win a medal on the pool, but LC, SC and OW swimming are three variants of the same sport, in my opinion. Artistic swimming is a completely different sport.
 

 

Edited July 24, 2019 by thiago_simoes

[Canada4thewin 90]

à l’instant, thiago_simoes a dit :

 

One of the commentator today tried to remedy the situation adding that this is the first time two Brazilians earned a medal at the "long course world championships". I still don't like this because:

 

1) This is the World Aquatics Championships, not the Long Course Swimming World Championships, so every medal earned here should be treated the same way in my opinion.

2) I understand FINA treats LC swimming and OW swimming differently, but we have people like Paltrinieri participating at both, so it's just the same sport, albeit with wildly different strategies and approaches to get a medal. Still, the objectives and skills necessary for a medal are the same. I mean, it's not like and artistic swimmer could win a medal on the pool, but LC, SC and OW swimming are three variants of the same sport, in my opinion. Artistic swimming is a completely different sport.
 

Artistic swimming is a total mess.  

[OlympicsFan 860]

55 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Holy crap on a stick

 

Yesterday the Dutch commentator said Phelps' record had been deemed as 'pretty much unbreakable' by some study

Maybe he was talking about the world records in mens 200 free, mens 800 Free or womens 200 fly...

I think everyone who follows swimming thought that either this year or next year Milak or Urlando would break this record.

[Henry_Leon 1,588]

These Mixed Medley could be more sense in "Jeux sans Frontieres" than in a World Championship but the show must go on........

 

 

PS: for the young people Jeux Sans Frontières

[OlympicsFan 860]

55 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Yeah, no. Women's shot put record will not be beaten in thousand years.  

Same is true for womens discus and womens 400 m.

[dcro 10,210]

Dressel will race against women-only?