The initial day of the High Diving competition at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, including the first two rounds of preliminaries brought different results for the reigning world champions.
Steve LoBue (USA), winner in 2017, is the provisional leader, after excelling in his trademark dive, a front 5 somersaults, for which he got a massive 142.80 points from the judges. In the women’s event, Rhiannan Iffland (AUS), gold medallist two years old, is fifth.
Being the only man in the field capable of executing this combination, LoBue managed to conclude the day with an encouraging advance over his main challengers. At this stage, they are Jonathan Paredes, from Mexico, who also performed a flawless front 4 somersaults 1 ½ twists, which received two perfect 10s from the judges. But as the DD was inferior (4.7, against 5.1 for LoBue), the score of the dive for Paredes was “only†of 133.95. The Mexican great was bronze medallist in 2013 and runner-up in 2015.
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Swimming Women – 200m Medley | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
This upset opened the way for Katinka Hosszu to write history. Had Sjostrom triumphed in the 100m fly at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, she would have become the first female swimmer ever winning four straight titles in the same event.
Instead of her, the Hungarian medley queen took this distinction by adding another title to her magnificent treasury, 8th overall and 4th in a row over 200m IM (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). She also equaled compatriot Laszlo Cseh’s feat of claiming titles at the Worlds 10 years apart: Cseh got one in 2005 and another one in 2015, while Hosszu’s first gold came in 2009.
Katinka Hosszu just keeps on winning! Here at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, the 30-year-old Hungarian wins her fourth consecutive Gold in 200m Medley! #FINAGwangju2019
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Swimming Women – 100m Butterfly | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Margaret Macneil from Canada dethrones Sara Sjoestroem and surprisingly wins Gold in 100m Butterfly at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. #FINAGwangju2019
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Swimming Men – 50m Butterfly | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
US swimmer Caeleb Dressel snatches Gold with a new championship record in 50m Butterfly at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju! #FINAGwangju2019
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Swimming Men – 100m Breast | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
After his world record earlier in the 100m Breast, the British Lion won Gold for the third time in a row at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. #FINAGwangju2019
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USA’s Artistic Swimming performance to Aretha Franklin’s “Think” | Music Monday
At the London Olympics 2012, Mary Killman and Mariya Koroleva were the only American women to compete in Artistic Swimming. Enjoy their performance to Aretha Franklin’s “Think”.
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How American swimming hero Katie Ledecky stays focused on Tokyo 2020 | Top Performers
The five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky first got her start in Maryland in the shadow of Michael Phelps. Now, after dominating the field in Rio, she looks to cement her status as the most dominant female swimmer in the world in Tokyo.
https://youtu.be/4WFBUe-rQgg
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Swimming Men – 100m Breast | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Adam Peaty’s historical 100m breast at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju saw the first male ever covering this distance inside 57sec. The British Lion roared again, beat his world record from last summer by 0.22 (56.88 is the new mark), a jaw-dropping performance right on the first day.
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Highlights – Day 10 | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Enjoy the highlights of day 10 at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju! #FINAGwangju2019