I think this meet will be a real mixed bag for the U.S. We'll win plenty of medals, but there will be quite a few events where we won't even advance a swimmer to finals.
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Let me be the first to say... GO USA! :canada:
Er... oops... where's an American flag when you need one?
I found this helpful. Thought others might as well....(copy/pasted) From SwimNetwork.com:
2009 FINA World Championships
Event Start Date:
Sun 07/26/09 12:00 AM
Event End Date:
Sun 08/02/09 11:59 PM
Description:
Swimnetwork.com will be at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, bringing you highlights, recaps, results and more. For the latest, click here.
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OPEN WATER
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Swimnetwork.com's Open Water Expert Steve Munatones will report live from Ostia along with Olympic open water champion Maarten van der Weijden. Together, they will report from the media boat via twitter (twitter.com/swimopenwater) during the 5K races .
After an unanticipated two-day delay due to weather conditions, U.S. team leader Paul Asmuth said, “They all feel good. They enjoyed the light training session at the beach this morning. The water was a bit cooler and there was a bit of a swell left over, but they are looking forward to racing tomorrow.”
Coverage via Twitter will begin at 8 am Rome time (2 am ET Tuesday or 11 pm PT Monday).
Official event site | FINA
Meet the U.S. Worlds Team:
MEN
Nathan Adrian (50 Free, 100 Free)
Ricky Berens (4x100 Free Relay, 4x200 Free Relay)
Tyler Clary (400 IM, 200 Fly)
Fran Crippen (5K, 10K)
Mark Gangloff (50 ***,100 ***)
Andrew Gemmell (5K, 10K)
Matt Grevers (50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Fly)
Cullen Jones (50 Free)
Adam Klein (50 ***, 200 ***)
Ryan Lochte (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Back)
Daniel Madwed (400 Free)
Tyler McGill (50 Fly,100 Fly)
Alex Meyer (25K)
Brennan Morris (1500 Free)
Aaron Peirsol (50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back)
Michael Phelps (200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly)
Sean Ryan (25K)
Eric Shanteau (100 ***, 200 ***, 200 IM)
Davis Tarwater (4x200 Free Relay)
Peter Vanderkaay (400 Free, 800 Free)
David Walters (100 Free, 200 Free)
Garrett Weber-Gale (4x100 Free Relay)
Jackson Wilcox (800 Free, 1500 Free)
WOMEN
Alyssa Anderson (4x200 Free Relay)
Haley Anderson (800 Free)
Elizabeth Beisel (400 IM, 200 Back)
Emily Brunemann (5K, 10K)
Kasey Carlson (50 ***, 100 ***)
Mary Descenza (200 Fly)
Kate Dwelley (4x100 Free Relay)
Eva Fabian (10K, 25K)
Caitlin Geary (4x100 Free Relay)
Emily Hanson (5K, 25K)
Keri Hehn (200 ***)
Kathleen Hersey (200 Fly)
Ariana Kukors (200 IM, 4x200 Free Relay)
Dagny Knutson (4x200 Free Relay)
Christine Magnuson (50 Fly, 100 Fly, 4x100 Free Relay)
Hayley McGregory (50 Back, 100 Back)
Lacey Nymeyer (4x200 Free Relay)
Elizabeth Pelton (50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back)
Allison Schmitt (200 Free, 400 Free)
Julia Smit (200 IM, 400 IM, 4x100 Free Relay)
Rebecca Soni (50 ***, 100 ***, 200 ***)
Chloe Sutton (400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free)
Dara Torres (50 Free)
Dana Vollmer (50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free)
Amanda Weir (50 Free, 100 Free)
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Andrew Gemmel from Wilmington, DE placed 5th in the 5K while Fran Crippen from Philadelphia placed 7th. Who knew that the Middle Altantic region was such a Open Water Mecca!
In the 10K event for the men's,
From maswim.org,
Andrew Gemmell and Fran Crippen closed with tremendous finishes to capture the silver and bronze behind winner Thomas Lurz of Germany. Soon after the completion of the race, Italy and Greece filed a protest of Crippen's finish. According to the protest, Crippen allegedly swam outside the lane lines of the finish chute.
The protest has been accepted by the FINA judge, and the U.S. contingent has filed an appeal. The appeal will be adjudicated by tomorrow morning, and as early as later this evening. FINA will not confirm or post official results until the protest and subsequent appeal are concluded.
