some of us might enjoy following the world championships
you can find worlds results at
http://www.omegatiming.com/
first click on
"XI FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS"
then click on
"Swimming"
on the top middle of the page
July 24 Day 8
Preliminaries
SESSION 1 09:30
100 m Butterfly (W)
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)
50 m Butterfly (M)
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 mFree (M)
Finals
SESSION 2 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)– Semi
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 m Free (M)
July 25 Day 9
Preliminaries
SESSION 3 09:30
100 m Back (W)
200 m Free (M)
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
1500 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 4 18:00 - 20:00
50 m Butterfly (M)
100 m *** (W)– Semi
100 m *** (M)
100 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Free (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)– Semi
100 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m IM (W)
July 26 Day 10
Preliminaries
SESSION 5 09:30
50 m *** (M)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Free (W)
800 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 6 18:00 - 20:10
1500 m Free (W)
50 m *** (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
200 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m Free (M)
July 27 Day 11
Preliminaries
SESSION 7 09:30
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m IM (M)
Finals
SESSION 8 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Free (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m *** (M)
200 m Free (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)– Semi
800 m Free (M)
July 28 Day 12
Preliminaries
SESSION 9 09:30
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m *** (W)
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 10 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
July 29 Day 13
Preliminaries
SESSION 11 09:30
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
800 m Free (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Back (W)
4x200 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 12 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m Free (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (M)
July 30 Day 14
Preliminaries
SESSION 13 09:30
50 m Free (W)
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
1500 m Free (M)
4x100 m Medley (W)
Finals
SESSION 14 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
200 m Back (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
50 m *** (W)– Semi
50 m Free (W)– Semi
50 m Back (M)– Semi
800 m Free (W)
4x100 m Medley (W)
July 31 Day 15
Preliminaries
SESSION 15 09:30
400 m IM (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
Finals
SESSION 16 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
400 m IM (M)
50 m Free (W)
1500 m Free (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
CLOSING CEREMONY
Parents
Former Member
Aquageek,
I think we may be in violent agreement. Let's review the salient points:
1) TV is about making money. Oh yes, I am 100% in agreement with you on that one. I also happen to believe that sometimes networks make choices out of ignorance because they don't know every sport as well as its fans know it, and they take a pass on opportunities.
2) Swimming is a boring spectator sport; the production required to make it interesting takes work and money. I'm down with you on this point too. The one quibble I have is that you seem to think FINA and US Swimming have sole responsibility to sex up the meets and make them more spectator friendly, and only then will TV come. I happen to believe that TV coverage can take a swim meet as it is currently run, and with good editing and commentary, make it compelling TV viewing. I believe this because they do so, every 4 years, for the Olympic competition. The lost opportunity is that the networks don't see and/or choose not to make other meets into media events. But, this is where your point is very well taken. Why should they when FINA and US Swimming won't do anything to liven things up? You or I could explain to a TV network exec why the FINA World Championships are not just another meet, and describe to them the opportunities, but you or I are not going to get five minutes with a TV network exec.
3) Rerunning a tape of the World's Strongest Man has zero production cost. OOPS, you got me. I had not observed closely enough to tell that these were reruns of a finite number of competitions. However, this is true for rerunning a tape that already exists for ANY athletic competition. The production value is decidedly NOT zero when you make the tape for the first time it will run. So, why was this drivel so much more compelling the first time around?
Back to my original point. TV can create demand for the sporting events it choses to televise. So, the question is why do they chose to create demand for some sports, and not others? An existing fan base is a big factor (hence the reason why basketball is seen more than water polo, despite the fact they have about the same level of watchability, because hey, they are practically the same dang sport). In some other "new" sports, like bikini beach volleyball, the initial hook is obvious.
The difference between our opinions is small. Does it matter? I think it does in this respect. You think TV will never come if we do anything the way we have done it in the past, and we have to change everything to get them to notice. I think we are closer to being a money making proposition for them than you think. With a few strategically selected changes, and a little effective advocacy to point out the opportunities, I think they will come.
Matt
Aquageek,
I think we may be in violent agreement. Let's review the salient points:
1) TV is about making money. Oh yes, I am 100% in agreement with you on that one. I also happen to believe that sometimes networks make choices out of ignorance because they don't know every sport as well as its fans know it, and they take a pass on opportunities.
2) Swimming is a boring spectator sport; the production required to make it interesting takes work and money. I'm down with you on this point too. The one quibble I have is that you seem to think FINA and US Swimming have sole responsibility to sex up the meets and make them more spectator friendly, and only then will TV come. I happen to believe that TV coverage can take a swim meet as it is currently run, and with good editing and commentary, make it compelling TV viewing. I believe this because they do so, every 4 years, for the Olympic competition. The lost opportunity is that the networks don't see and/or choose not to make other meets into media events. But, this is where your point is very well taken. Why should they when FINA and US Swimming won't do anything to liven things up? You or I could explain to a TV network exec why the FINA World Championships are not just another meet, and describe to them the opportunities, but you or I are not going to get five minutes with a TV network exec.
3) Rerunning a tape of the World's Strongest Man has zero production cost. OOPS, you got me. I had not observed closely enough to tell that these were reruns of a finite number of competitions. However, this is true for rerunning a tape that already exists for ANY athletic competition. The production value is decidedly NOT zero when you make the tape for the first time it will run. So, why was this drivel so much more compelling the first time around?
Back to my original point. TV can create demand for the sporting events it choses to televise. So, the question is why do they chose to create demand for some sports, and not others? An existing fan base is a big factor (hence the reason why basketball is seen more than water polo, despite the fact they have about the same level of watchability, because hey, they are practically the same dang sport). In some other "new" sports, like bikini beach volleyball, the initial hook is obvious.
The difference between our opinions is small. Does it matter? I think it does in this respect. You think TV will never come if we do anything the way we have done it in the past, and we have to change everything to get them to notice. I think we are closer to being a money making proposition for them than you think. With a few strategically selected changes, and a little effective advocacy to point out the opportunities, I think they will come.
Matt
