2011 14th Fina World Swimming Championships
Shanghai, China
Sat July 24 - Sun Aug 1st
Schedule
Results
Pretraining
there's Six pretraining venues has already prepared for the teams and athletics who arrive in shanghai ahead of the scheduled time. & the cheapest they charge the athletes to train is $20 per hour per swimmer.
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Well, the WR was never in danger. Sun Yang swam well below his personal best. There were several lead exchanges in the middle laps. Park Tae-Hwan sped up from 250m and held on to his large lead towards the end. Sun beat Biedermann in the last 50m and grabbed the silver.
Video from CCTV5:
video.sina.com.cn/.../185461423045.html
It's a silly Question to ask why swimmer "X" didn't swim in the final. They lost by a second, not a tenth. Both guys that went 48's needed to go 47's to make it even close for Adrian. Either they aren't capable or they both had bad swims. GWG won't get the chance to prove he can. Lezak will. Both Lochte and Walters have been faster, but in tech suits.
It will be interesting to see how Phelps's lead off would hold up in the individual. I can't see him trading the 200 Fly for the 100 Free to be honest, but who knows.
Well, the WR was never in danger. Sun Yang swam well below his personal best. There were several lead exchanges in the middle laps. Park Tae-Hwan sped up from 250m and held on to his large lead towards the end. Sun beat Biedermann in the last 50m and grabbed the silver.
Video from CCTV5:
video.sina.com.cn/.../185461423045.html
I was expecting Yang to go at least 3:41, since he has done it this season. Oh well, maybe in London :)
Was surprised at Kitajima losing the 100Br to Oen. And Magnussen's opening 100m for the 4x100 Free relay were blazing fast: 47.46!
Personally, I don't like the way they introduce the swimmers before the races.
And andvroski you're right, Sun Yang isn't swimming the 200 free but it's gonna be tight anyway with those other big names :D I'll enjoy the semifinals tomorrow, luckily I don't have to wake up in the middle of the night to watch the evening session.
Watch for yourself.
‪Mondiali Nuoto Shanghai 2011 - ORO PELLEGRINI Finale 400 SL D 24/07/2011‬ - YouTube
I couldn't disagree more. These introductions are great. Much more like track events. You get to see the order of qualifying along with the qual. times Usually swimming race intro's are so haphazard and disjointed. And the poor favorites have a camera right in their face until the last moment. I also like the relay intro's. It's not just clusterf*** mayhem behind the blocks. I'd like to see USA Swimming adopt this for our Olympic Trials.
Usually swimming race intro's are so haphazard and disjointed. And the poor favorites have a camera right in their face until the last moment.
I agree with Rich. With this format you get to see each swimmer individually and not when they're swinging their arms or pushing their goggles against their face.
Ah, I see. I can see the positive and negative aspects of such a system. Seems like it would take a little getting used to if you are not used to the close-up or don't like your pre-race ritual disturbed.
