China’s Jian Yang is the winner of the 10m Platform Diving at the FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju with a total of 598,65 points. His compatriot Hao Yang came in 2nd by scoring 585,75 points, bronze went to Russian Aleksandr Bondar (541,05 points).
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Artistic Swimming – Team Free Combination | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
The final event in Artistic Swimming at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju was the Free Combination event. The Free Combination is swum by eight to ten swimmers, and each routine is a combination of all the other events: solos, duets, trios, and team segments.
In the preliminary round, due to a penalty Russia received for being over the 4:00 minutes time limit, the difference between their score and the score for the Chinese team was 0.5000 points. The Russian Combo swimmers depicted warriors and concubines in their routine which was based upon the Russian Opera “Knyaz (prince) Igorâ€.
Having cut enough time from their preliminary routine, the Russians were within the allowed time and claimed their 9th gold medal at the 2019 World Championships with 98.0000 points.
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This Egyptian swimmer broke boundaries for women | Words of Olympians
Rania Elwani broke boundaries and inspired the world. In “The Golden Fishâ€, the Egyptian tells how she became the first Arab woman to swim in an Olympic final.
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Artistic Swimming – Mixed Duet Free | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Spectacular entertainment as Russia’s Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev took the gold medal at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. Italy won silver and Japan came in third.
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Diving Mixed – 3m Synchro | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Nerve racking drama in the 3m Mixed Synchro at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju as Australia’s Matthew Carter and Maddison Keeney win the gold medal by 0,78 points ahead of Francois Imbeau-Dulac and Jennifer Abel of Canada.
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Cool off with Ithaca’s favorite swimming holes
Summer in New York can be sweltering, so finding top spots to escape the heat are important. Three swimming holes in Ithaca deliver cool dips to splash the time away.
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Mongolian swimmers participating at the FINA World Championships
More and more new countries participate at the FINA World Championships. Mongolia, for example, has 4 swimmers participating. We were curious where Mongolia stands in water sports and their plans are for the future.
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A real-life mermaid
The average person can hold their breath for two minutes; Beth Neale can hold hers for six. The South African plans to put the skill to use in September when she will attempt to free dive 164ft without fins, to raise $20,000 for the Bermuda Zoological Society.
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Tupelo hosting state long course swimming championships