Swimming at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2023

[thepharoah 2,405]

Leon Marchand in his own world , 3rd gold for him 

[Josh 10,504]

Excellent time too, 1:54.82 and only a couple of tenths off Lochte's WR. 

[Josh 10,504]

Women's 50m Backstroke

 

Gold- Kaylee McKeown  (27.08)

Silver- Regan Smith  (27.11)

Bronze- Lauren Cox  (27.20)

[Josh 10,504]

Men's 200m Individual Medley

 

Gold- Leon Marchand  (1:54.82)

Silver- Duncan Scott  (1:55.95)

Bronze- Tom Dean  (1:56.07)

[OlympicsFan 858]

Interesting stat for GB:

They had 8 finalists in olympic disciplines so far:

Men's 200 free: 2 finalists (Richards and Dean) -> Both won a medal
Men's 100 free: 1 finalist (Richards) -> No medal

Men's 100 breast: 1 finalist (Wilby) -> No medal

Men's 200 IM: 2 finalists (Scott and Dean) -> Both won a medal

Women's 200 free: 1 finalist (Anderson) -> No medal

Women's 200 fly: 1 finalist (Stephens) -> No medal

 

Not sure if there is any other event where they could have 2 finalists, maybe men's 50 free or women's 400 IM.

[OlympicsFan 858]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

and Paltrinieri is on his way home

 

he won't even try to defend his 1500m free title...he's gone for this year (and maybe forever in the pool) 

Time catches up with everyone eventually. Amazing that he was able to win gold as a 28 year old last year, very rare to see old guys who are still competitive in distance events. Maybe he should try the 50 free ...

[OlympicsFan 858]

55 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Milák, Dressel, Peaty out and now Popovici failing. All the biggest male stars with the exception of Marchand are in deep trouble one year before the Games. 

Super Greg as well.

[phelps 7,672]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Time catches up with everyone eventually. Amazing that he was able to win gold as a 28 year old last year, very rare to see old guys who are still competitive in distance events. Maybe he should try the 50 free ...

naaa...the problem is that he's been sick all year long

 

he had to stop training for at least a week/10 days 6 different times

 

if he can stay healthy, I think he can still be at the top of the game in the 1500m (the 800m should be abandoned, given the insane amount of people going below 7.40 and with margin), even if, personally, I'd like him to focus only on the 10km in Paris

[phelps 7,672]

however, it's clear that something went wrong in the Italian training camp

 

basically, we didn't swim a single PB in all the championship (the only people close to that were Ceccon, Quadarella and Miressi in the relay -but then he miserably failed the individual event)

 

that's not normal

[phelps 7,672]

3 minutes ago, phelps said:

however, it's clear that something went wrong in the Italian training camp

 

basically, we didn't swim a single PB in all the championship (the only people close to that were Ceccon, Quadarella and Miressi in the relay -but then he miserably failed the individual event)

 

that's not normal

correction, 1 single PB (Ceccon in his winning race over 50m fly)

 

that's it