Swimming at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[rybak 2,694]

Two 4th places today and third overall, yey! We became new Canada or what?

[intoronto 4,244]

4 hours ago, rybak said:

Two 4th places today and third overall, yey! We became new Canada or what?

I mean same flag colours so not too hard to see why 

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Men's 800m Freestyle
Final Results

 

 Daniel WIFFEN

7:40.94

 

 Elijah WINNINGTON

7:42.95

 

 Gregorio PALTRINIERI

7:42.98

Full Final Result HERE

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Women's 200m Freestyle
Final Results

 

 Siobhan HAUGHEY

1:54.89

 

 Erika FAIRWEATHER

1:55.77

 

 Brianna THROSSELL

1:56.00

Full Final Result HERE

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Men's 200m Butterfly
Final Results

 

 Tomoru HONDA

1:53.88

 

 Alberto RAZZETTI

1:54.65

 

 Martin ESPERNBERGER

1:55.16

Full Final Result HERE

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Men's 50m Breaststroke
Final Results

 

 Sam WILLIAMSON

26.32 (OC)

 

 Nicolo MARTINENGHI

26.39

 

 Nic FINK

26.49

Full Final Result HERE

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Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Final Results

 

 United States of America

Hunter Armstrong

Nic Fink

Claire Curzan

Kate Douglass

Jack Aikins*

Jake Foster*

Rachel Klinker*

Addison Sauickie*

3:40.22

 

 Australia

Bradley Woodward

Sam Williamson

Brianna Throssell

Shayna Jack

Alexandria Perkins*

Abbey Harkin*

3:43.12

 

 Great Britain

Medi Harris

Adam Peaty

Matthew Richards

Anna Hopkin

James Wilby*

Duncan Scott*

3:45.09

Full Final Result HERE

[Makedonas 1,584]

I'm glad we qualified in the mixed medley relay, and 5th in the final is pretty good for our standards regardless of it being a weak year 

 

Great also for Drakou to not only be apart of that team and secure a quota for her 4th Olympics, but also to make the final in the 50m backstroke. She hadn't made a World Championships final since 2015, so to make two (even if one is a relay) this year is nice to see, especially since this will likely be her last World Championships.

 

Looking forward to tomorrow to see how our 18 yo talent Siskos does (men's 200 backstroke), after he was 12th last year, this can be a good chance for a final!

 

Also looking forward to our women's 4x200 freestyle relay. They are really young and I expect a new NR. Two of the girls are 16 and one is 17 (the other is 21), and I'm glad our federation is supporting these girls so much and giving them this chance. I hope this support will continue and that they will continue to improve in the next years. They won't make it to Paris but I think we are really aiming for Los Angeles 2028 with this team (3 of them set our women's NR in this event at the World Junior Championships last year).

 

It will also be good for Greek women's swimming, because Drakou and Ntountounaki aren't getting any younger. They won't be around forever and we need others to step up. I mentioned that Greek swimming is really improving but it's mostly on the men's side...

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PB and new OQT for  Kai van Westering. Nice meet for him so far.

 

 Zheltiakov surprisingly finishing 22nd in heats.

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 Zmushka qualified for the 200m breaststroke semis from heat 1. Don't think I've seen that before.

 

Granted, the only reason she was in heat one was because she didn't have an entry time. She's definitely a good breaststroker.