Category: Competition
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High Divers are ready to fly! #FINABudapest2017
More than 20 countries are represented in the high diving competitions at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest. During the 3 days of competition men (27m) and women (20m) will compete in 4 rounds against each other. Don’t miss any action on https://www.finatv.live.
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Mireia Belmonte defeats Hosszu | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017
The Spanish Mireia Belmonte managed to confirm her 2016 Olympic title in the women’s 200m butterfly and defeated Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
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Recap Day 13 #FINABudapest2017
The 13th day of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest was full of tension! On day 4 of swimming there was a double gold for Italy and a double deception for Ledecky and Sun. In addition the USA and Spain qualified the women’s water polo final.
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Pellegrini beats Ledecky in 200m free | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017
After 12 “golden†races since Katie Ledecky first participation in 2013, the US star could not make the 13th consecutive success and lost her first event in the Worlds, the 200m free. The winner, Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, definitively became a legend in the pool, after getting her seventh consecutive medal in this event, since 2005!
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Recap Day 12 #FINABudapest2017
Day 12 of the 17th FINA World Championships was the day of the World Records! Adam Peaty became the first one who ever swam the 50m breast in less than 26 seconds, Kylie Masse set a new World Record in the women’s 100m backstroke while Lily King shone in the women’s 100m breast, also with…
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3 World Records on one day! | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017
What do Adam Peaty (GBR), Kylie Masse (CAN) and Lilly King have in common? Yes, they are all successful swimmers but all of them set a new World Record on day 3 of Swimming at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest!
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Recap Day 11 #FINABudapest2017
The 11th day of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest was full of excitement! Great Britain had a memorable day in the second swimming finals’ session winning two gold medals. Sarah Sjostrom, from Sweden, was the favorite for victory and she didn’t disappoint, touching home for gold in 55.53, a new Championships Record.
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Cate Campbell felt ‘betrayed’ after Rio flop
Australia’s Cate Campbell says she felt betrayed by swimming in the wake of her flop at last year’s Rio Olympics where she was tipped to win gold in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle events but failed to even get on the podium. The former 100 freestyle world champion later remarked that it was “possibly…
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One in three primary school leavers can’t swim, report warns, amid rise in drownings
One in three primary school leavers cannot swim one length of a pool, a report has found, amid concern that a lack of lessons is leading to rise in young people drowning. Official data shows forty people aged 19 and under drowned in the UK last year, representing an increase of 25 per cent from…