Swimming at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2024

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

Another shock as  Meilutyte misses the semifinals 

[NearPup 4,180]

Rūta Meilutytė is the first reserve for the women's 100m breaststroke O.o

[dullard 744]

This meet is chaos so far.

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

 Looks like Pan wasn't even trying during that 200 free heat. Dead last and doesn't advance.

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

38-year old Kristel Kobrich qualified to the 1500m freestyle finals.

 

What a long career for her and she's still going strong. Assuming she stays healthy she's looking to go for a 6th Olympics, tied for the most among swimmers

[justony 511]

Yes, our girls did it. With newcomer, 17 year old Hana Sekuti along Klančar, Šegel and Fain our relay is going to Paris. 

 

I hope, because we already had one misfortune, I can't recall for which Olympics, where they misinterpreted qualification and end up missing Olympics just a couple of weeks prior.

 

EDIT: One more fact, this was first ever 4x100 women relay performance by our team, previously they only competed in 4x200 twice (with Isakovič in 2007 and 2009), and already first final. Amazing. 

Edited February 12, 2024 by justony

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but Slovenia needs either one more person to get an OQT or qualify another relay or else they are at risk of losing the  relay quota. This is because they have only qualified one woman and qualifying one relay only gives you 2 relay-only athletes so they won't have enough athletes to form a relay.

 

Same thing with Serbia on the men's side.

Edited February 12, 2024 by JoshMartini007

[Cinnamon Bun 911]

Fink takes the 100m breast title. Peaty looked poor in the last 50 and had nothing left to hit back at Fink and Martenenghi, worrying times heading towards Paris. 

[Orangehair43 315]

I think  era of doing well in swimming will end soon. Because of the funding issues 4-5 medals or more is needed in Paris and I am not sure that is coming. Being in primetime will add the pressure as well (Same for Athletics)  - a shame for swimming that the finals in 2016 and 2021 were in the middle of the night UK time. 

[Adriano 836]

21 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but Slovenia needs either one more person to get an OQT or qualify another relay or else they are at risk of losing the  relay quota. This is because they have only qualified one woman and qualifying one relay only gives you 2 relay-only athletes so they won't have enough athletes to form a relay.

 

Same thing with Serbia on the men's side.

No it's  a rule that give exception for this kind of nation to send relay