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
Swimming is one of the most poplular sports there is. When compared to other sports, it is usually in the top five in daily participation. Many people who swim, even lap swimmers, never conpete. Therefore, since so few people compete in it & the major competitions tend to last over several days that networks do not see any reason to cover it. It would be very expensive to cover the event live. Think of the number of comercials that would be necessary if a network were to cover just 4 hours a day. Also, many meets do not move quickly. Highlight shows are about the most, I think, we can expect. Generally though, by the time a highlight show can be put together, the general public is no longer interested.
This creates a true downward spiral. People don't get to see swimming. People don't know about swimming's competitive nature. People don't know swimmers. People aren't interested. People don't get to se swimming.
Also, the image of swimming with most of the young boys (7 to 14 yrs old) is very bad. they see swimming as somehting you do for fun. Few people know that there are now prizes that include money for world records. They see it as a waste of tiem. why swim?
Swimming is one of the most poplular sports there is. When compared to other sports, it is usually in the top five in daily participation. Many people who swim, even lap swimmers, never conpete. Therefore, since so few people compete in it & the major competitions tend to last over several days that networks do not see any reason to cover it. It would be very expensive to cover the event live. Think of the number of comercials that would be necessary if a network were to cover just 4 hours a day. Also, many meets do not move quickly. Highlight shows are about the most, I think, we can expect. Generally though, by the time a highlight show can be put together, the general public is no longer interested.
This creates a true downward spiral. People don't get to see swimming. People don't know about swimming's competitive nature. People don't know swimmers. People aren't interested. People don't get to se swimming.
Also, the image of swimming with most of the young boys (7 to 14 yrs old) is very bad. they see swimming as somehting you do for fun. Few people know that there are now prizes that include money for world records. They see it as a waste of tiem. why swim?
