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The World Championships have ended aquatic species sports. The last to finish was the classic pool swimming tournament, which presented both a number of memorable events (world records and historical achievements) and a slight disappointment (Ukrainian athletes again never stood on the podium). Let's focus on the most bright moments Barcelona 2013.
I would like to immediately note that compared to the World Championships two years ago, our swimmers have taken a step forward (they have reached more finals), installed several national records, but, alas, none of them had a real chance to compete for a medal. Other athletes ruled the roost in the Catalan capital.
The first world record in swimming this calendar year was set last Monday. Already in the semifinals of the 100-meter breaststroke, Lithuanian Ruta Meiliutyte showed a record time of 1:04.35.
The next day, everyone was talking about American Katie Ledecky, who became the world champion in the 1,500-meter freestyle with a new world record of 15:36.53. The previous record holder was another American, Kate Ziegler, who showed a time of 15:42.54 in June 2007.
There were no world records on Wednesday, but the future heroine of the entire championship, American Melissa Franklin, climbed to the highest step of the podium for the third time.
Thursday proved to be another competitive day, with at least one world record broken in Barcelona's fast waters. The 200m breaststroke semi-final was won by Denmark's Rikke Møller Pedersen in 2:19.11. Thus, the Odense native broke the previous world record of American Rebecca Soni (2:19.59), set in London Olympics.
It is interesting that on Friday the world record holder from Denmark did not become the world champion, losing the final to the Russian Yulia Efimova. She became the first Russian team who won the world championships in Olympic disciplines over the past ten years. The last was the legendary Alexander Popov, who in 2003, at the World Championships also in Barcelona, soloed in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle, as well as in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay.
Saturday began with the world record of Russian Yulia Efimova in the qualifying swim at a distance of 50 meters breaststroke (29.78). The previous achievement of 29.80 seconds belonged to American Jessica Hardy and had stood since August 2009. Already in the evening after the semi-finals, she became a former record holder. Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte did her best, covering the distance in 29.48 seconds.
On the same day, the London Olympic champion in the 800-meter freestyle, American Katie Ledecky, showed a time of 8:13.86. The previous world record was set by Briton Rebecca Edlington in August 2008 and was 8:14.10.
On Sunday, the history of world swimming was rewritten by the phenomenal American Melissa Franklin, who at the age of 18 became the first woman on the planet to win six gold medals at one world championship. Interestingly, the FINA Trophy ( best swimmer) at the end of the competition was awarded not to the prodigy from Pasadena, but to her compatriot Katie Ledecky and the Chinese Song Yan.
Sergey SEMENOV, Sport.ua
World Championship. Swimming. Barcelona
Freestyle. 400 m. 1. Song Yan (China) - 3.41.59 2. Hagino (Japan) - 3.44.82 3. Yager (USA) - 3.44.85.
Freestyle. 4x100 m. 1. France - 3.11.18 2. USA - 3.11.42 3. Russia - 3.11.44.
Breaststroke. 100 m. 1. Sprenger (Australia) - 58.79 2. Van der Burg (South Africa) - 58.97 3. Lima (Brazil) - 59.65.
Butterfly. 50 m. 1. Filho (Brazil) - 23.01 2. Godsoe (USA) - 23.05 3. Bousquet (France) - 23.11 …5. Govorov (Ukraine) - 23.22.
Freestyle. 200 m. 1. Agnel (France) - 1.44.20 2. Dwyer (USA) - 1.45.32 3. Izotov (Russia) - 1.45.59.
Back. 100 m. 1. Gravers (USA) - 52.93 2. Plummer (USA) - 53.12 3. Straveu (France) - 53.21.
Butterfly. 200 m. 1. Le Clos (South Africa) - 1.54.32 2. Korzeniewski (Poland) - 1.55.01 3. Wu Peng (China) - 1.55.09.
Breaststroke. 50 m. 1. Van der Burg (South Africa) - 26.77 2. Sprenger (Australia) - 26.78 3. Zorzi (South Africa) - 27.04.
Freestyle. 800 m. 1. Song Yan (China) - 7.41.36 2. McBroom (USA) - 7.43.60 3. Cochran (Canada) - 7:43.70.
Complex. 200 m. 1. Lochte (USA) - 1.54.98 2. Hagino (Japan) - 1.56.29 3. Pereira (Brazil) - 1.56.30.
Freestyle. 100 m. 1. Magnussen (Australia) - 47.71 2. Feigen (USA) - 47.82 3. Adrian (USA) - 47.84.
Back. 200 m. 1. Lochte (USA) - 1.53.79 2. Kawiecki (Poland) - 1.54.24 RE 3. Clary (USA) - 1.54.64.
Breaststroke. 200 m. 1. Gyurta (Hungary) - 2.07.23 RE 2. Koch (Germany) - 2.08.54 3. Mattsson (Finland) - 2.08.95.
Freestyle. 4x200 m. 1. USA - 7.01.72 2. Russia - 7.03.92 3. China - 7.04.74.
Freestyle. 50 m. 1. Filho (Brazil) - 21.32 2. Morozov (Russia) - 21.47 3. Bowell (Trinidad and Tobago) - 21.51.
Butterfly. 100 m. 1. Le Clos (South Africa) - 51.06 2. Czech (Hungary) - 51.45 3. Cherniak (Poland) - 51.46.
Back. 50 m. 1. Lacour (France) - 24.4 2. Straveu (France) and Gravers (USA) - 24.54 each.
Complex. 400 m. 1. Seto (Japan) - 4.08.69 2. Kalisz (USA) - 4.09.22 3. Pereira (Brazil) - 4.09.48.
Freestyle. 1,500 m. 1. Song Yan (China) - 14.41.15 2. Cochrane (Canada) - 14:42.48 3. Paltrinieri (Italy) - 14:45.37.
France - 3.31.51 2. Australia - 3.31.64 3. Japan - 3.32.26.
Freestyle. 400 m. 1. Ledecky (USA) - 3.59.82 2. Schmid (Spain) - 4.02.47 3. Bile ( New Zealand) - 4.03,89.
Freestyle. 4x100 m. 1. USA - 3.32.31 2. Australia - 3.32.43 3. Holland - 3.35.77.
Butterfly. 100 m. 1. Sjöström (Sweden) - 56.53 2. Coutts (Australia) - 56.97 3. Volmer (USA) - 57.24.
Complex. 200 m. 1. Hoshu (Hungary) - 2.07.92 2. Coutts (Australia) - 2.09.39 3. Garcia (Spain) - 2.09.45.
Back. 100 m. 1. Franklin (USA) - 58.42 2. Seebohm (Australia) - 59.06 3. Terakawa (Japan) - 59.23 …7. Zevina (Ukraine) - 1.00.16.
Freestyle. 1,500 m. 1. Ledecky (USA) - 15.36.53 MR 2. Friis (Denmark) - 15.38.88 EP 3. Boyle (New Zealand) - 15:44.71.
Breaststroke. 100 m. 1. Meilutyte (Lithuania) - 1.04.42 2. Efimova (Russia) - 1.05.02 3. Hardy (USA) - 1.05.52 …6. Solntseva (Ukraine) - 1.06.81.
Freestyle. 200 m. 1. Franklin (USA) - 1.54.81 2. Pellegrini (Italy) - 1.55.14 3. Moffa (France) - 1.55.72.
Butterfly. 200 m. 1. Liu Qige (China) - 2.04.59 2. Garcia (Spain) - 2.04.78 3. Hoshu (Hungary) - 2.05.59.
Back. 50 m. 1. Zhao Jin (China) - 27.29 2. Fu Yuanhai (China) - 27.39 3. Terakawa (Japan) - 27.53.
Freestyle. 4x200 m. 1. USA - 7.45.14 2. Australia - 7.47.08 3. France - 7.48.43.
Freestyle. 100 m. 1. Campbell (Australia) - 52.34 2. Sjöström (Sweden) - 52.89 3. Kromowidjo (Holland) - 53.42.
Breaststroke. 200 m. 1. Efimova (Russia) - 2.19.44 2. Pedersen (Denmark) - 2.20.08 3. Lawrence (USA) - 2.22.37 …5. Solntseva (Ukraine) - 2.23.01.
Butterfly. 50 m. 1. Gray (Denmark) - 25.24 2. Liu Ying (China) - 25.42 3. Kromowidjo (Holland) - 25.53.
Back. 200 m. 1. Franklin (USA) - 2.04.76 2. Hawking (Australia) - 2.06.66 3. Caldwell (Canada) - 2.06.80 4. Zevina (Ukraine) - 2.08.72.
Freestyle. 800 m. 1. Ledecky (USA) - 8.13.86 MR 2. Friis (Denmark) - 8.16.32 3. Boyle (New Zealand) - 8:18.58.
Breaststroke. 50 m. 1. Efimova (Russia) - 29.52 2. Meilutyte (Lithuania) - 29.59 3. Hardy (USA) - 29.80.
Freestyle. 50 m. 1. Kromowidjo (Holland) - 24.05 2. Campbell (Australia) - 24.14 3. Halsall (UK) - 24.30.
Complex. 400 m. 1. Hoshu (Hungary) - 4.30.41 2. Garcia (Spain) - 4.31.21 3. Beisel (USA) - 4.31.69.
Combined relay race. 4x100 m. 1. USA - 3.53.23 2. Australia - 3.55.22 3. Russia - 3.56.47.
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Russian athletes at the World Junior Swimming Championships won 26 medals - 9 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze, taking second overall team place in the medal standings after the Australian team, which had one more gold - 10 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze. Team USA is in third place with 28 medals – 9 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze.
For the Russian team, this became the most successful performance in the entire history of participation in the junior world championships. Before this, the second championship was considered the best, which took place in 2008 in Monterrey (Mexico) and where Russian swimmers won 13 medals, of which 7 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze.
The championship trophy, which is determined by the number of points scored for athletes' performances in the finals of the competition, was won this year by US swimmers (989 points). The Australian team is in second place (770), and Russia is in third (740.5).
At the World Junior Championships, which took place in sports complex Hamdan, 753 athletes took part - boys 15-18 years old and girls 14-17 years old - from 91 countries. In Dubai, 42 sets of medals were played, the debut events of the competition program were two mixed relays - freestyle and medley, which brought our team one gold and one bronze award.
The largest number of competition records in the history of the Youth World Championships was set - 47, of which 14 belonged to Russian athletes. Svetlana Chimrova is the owner of the largest number of records - 9. She rewrote highest achievements juniors at a distance of 50 m and 100 m butterfly, updating them in each heat, and became a co-author of three records as part of the Russian medley relay races.
Russian athletes also achieved two Russian records - Semyon Makovich 200m medley swimming, Svetlana Chimrov and in the 50m butterfly, and 6 youth national achievements.
Athletes who won greatest number medals - six, at this championship - Australian Mackenzie Horton(5 gold and one silver) and Lithuanian athlete Ruta Meilutyte(four gold and two silver).
Among the Russians, the most successful athlete was Svetlana Chimrova, who has 4 victories – in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly, as well as as part of two medley relays. Five medals were taken away from the championship Daria Ustinova(3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze), Maria Baklakova(2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze) and Evgeniy Sedov(1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze).
Next championship peace will pass in 2015 in Singapore, and two years later the strongest juniors in the world will meet in the capital of Hungary - Budapest.
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Medals won by Russian athletes at the World Junior Swimming Championships. Dubai (UAE), August 26-31, 2013
Gold
1. Svetlana Chimrova – 50 m butterfly – 26.32
2. Svetlana Chimrova – 100 m butterfly – 58.34
3. Ilya Khomenko – 100 m breaststroke – 1.00.88
4. Daria Ustinova – 100 m backstroke – 1.01.05
5. Alexander Palatov – 200 m breaststroke – 2.10.75
6. Grigory Tarasevich – 50 m backstroke – 25.44
7. 4x100 m freestyle relay - 3:43.03 - Maria Baklakova, Rozalia Nasretdinova, Valeria Kolotushkina and Daria Ustinova (St. Petersburg), as well as Anastasia Guzhenkova and Valeria Salamatina - participants in the preliminary swim
8. 4x100 m medley relay - 4.04.48 - Daria Ustinova, Anna Belousova, Svetlana Chimrova, Rozalia Nasretdinova, as well as Yulia Larina, Anastasia Guzhenkova and Valeria Kolotushkina - participants in the preliminary swim
9. Mixed medley relay 4x100 m – 3.48.89 – Daria Ustinova, Vsevolod Zanko, Svetlana Chimrova, Evgeniy Sedov, as well as Grigory Tarasevich, Ilya Khomenko and Maria Baklakova – participants in the preliminary swim
Silver
1. Vsevolod Zanko – 100 m breaststroke – 1.01.10
2. Semyon Makovich – 200 m medley – 1.59.50
3. Semyon Makovich – 400 m medley – 4.15.89
4. Evgeniy Sedov – 50 m freestyle – 22.19
5. Daria Ustinova – 50 m backstroke – 28.71
6. Maria Baklakova – 200 m freestyle – 1:59.51
7. Rozalia Nasretdinova – 50 m freestyle – 25.16
8. 4x100 m medley relay – 3.38.72 – Grigory Tarasevich, Vsevolod Zanko, Alexander Kudashev, Evgeniy Sedov, as well as Ilya Khomenko, Semyon Makovich and Ivan Kuzmenko – participants in the preliminary heat
Bronze
1. Grigory Tarasevich – 100 m backstroke – 55.33
2. Daria Ustinova – 200 m backstroke – 2.10.79
3. Mikhail Dorinov – 200 m breaststroke – 2.12.11
4. Evgeniy Sedov – 100 m freestyle – 49.47
5. Alexander Kudashev – 200 m butterfly – 1.58.57
6. Vsevolod Zanko – 50 m breaststroke – 28.18
7. 4x100m freestyle relay – 3:19.57 – Evgeniy Sedov, Ivan Kuzmenko, Daniil Melyanenkov and Sergei Tarkhanov
8. 4x200 m freestyle relay - 8.05.45 - Maria Baklakova, Valeria Kolotushkina, Valeria Salamatina, Anastasia Guzhenkova, also Polina Volkodavova - participant in the preliminary heat
9. Mixed relay 4x100 m freestyle – 3.29.93 – Evgeniy Sedov, Ivan Kuzmenko, Rosalia Nasretdinova, Maria Baklakova, as well as Sergei Tarkhanov, Daria Ustinova (St. Petersburg) and Daria Kartashova – participants in the preliminary swim
Competition record
1. Ilya Khomenko – 100 m breaststroke – final – 1.00.88
3. Svetlana Chimrova – 50 m butterfly – preliminary heat – 26.62
4. Svetlana Chimrova – 50 m butterfly – semi-final – 26.40
5. Svetlana Chimrova – 50 m butterfly – final – 26.32
6. Svetlana Chimrova – 100 m butterfly – preliminary heat – 59.30
7. Svetlana Chimrova – 100 m butterfly – semi-final – 58.34
8. Svetlana Chimrova – 100 m butterfly – final – 58.75
9. Grigory Tarasevich – 50 m backstroke – final – 25.44
10. Evgeny Sedov – 50 m freestyle – preliminary swim – 22.13
11. Mixed medley relay 4x100 m – 3.48.89 – preliminary swim – Grigory Tarasevich, Ilya Khomenko, Svetlana Chimrova, Maria Baklakova
12. Mixed medley relay 4x100 m – 3.48.89 – final – Daria Ustinova, Vsevolod Zanko, Svetlana Chimrova, Evgeniy Sedov
13. 4x100 m freestyle relay - 3:43.03 - final - Maria Baklakova, Rozalia Nasretdinova, Valeria Kolotushkina and Daria Ustinova (St. Petersburg)
14. 4x100m medley relay – 4.04.48 – final – Daria Ustinova, Anna Belousova, Svetlana Chimrova, Rozalia Nasretdinova
Russian records
2. Svetlana Chimrova – 50 m butterfly – final – 26.32
Youth records of Russia
1. Semyon Makovich – 200 m medley – final – 1.59.50
2. Alexander Palatov – 200 m breaststroke – final – 2.10.75
3. Grigory Tarasevich – 50 m backstroke – final – 25.44
4. Daria Ustinova – 50m backstroke – semi-final – 28.57
5. Alexander Kudashev - 100 m butterfly - semi-final - 53.52
6. 4x100 m freestyle relay - Evgeny Sedov, Ivan Kuzmenko, Daniil Melyanenkov and Sergey Tarkhanov - 3.19.57
Team standings by medals
1. Australia - 10-6-2 (18)
2. Russia - 9-8-9 (26)
3. USA - 9-7-12 (28)
4. Lithuania - 4-3-0 (7)
5. Japan - 2-3-5 (10)
Team standings by points
1. USA - 989
2. Australia - 770
3. Russia - 740.5
Team competition (boys)
1. USA – 410
2. Russia – 358.5
3. Australia - 332
Team event (girls)
1. USA – 517
2. Australia – 374
3. Russia – 316
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Swimming in a 50 meter pool
The largest number of pool swimming medals were won by American (29), Australian (13), Chinese (9) and French (9) athletes. On account Russian swimmers 8 medals: 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.Half of the medals in swimming for the Russian team came from Yulia Efimova, bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games in the 200-meter breaststroke, multiple champion and medalist of the World and European Championships in long and short course. At this World Championships, Yulia achieved victory in two distances (50 and 200 meters breaststroke); became vice-champion in the 100-meter breaststroke, losing to the Lithuanian swimmer Ruta Meilutyta, who set 2 world records at this championship (50 and 100-meter breaststroke); won bronze in the 4*100 meter medley relay. It is noteworthy that in the final swim at a distance of 200 meters breaststroke, Yulia Efimova left behind the Danish Rikke Pedersen, who set the record at this distance the day before in the semi-final swim; and in the final 50-meter breaststroke, Yulia beat Ruta Meilutyte, who also set a record in the semifinals the day before. Yulia Efimova's victory in the 200-meter breaststroke became the first Russian victory in women's swimming on olympic distance at the world championships for 22 years.
Vladimir Morozov pleased Russian fans with a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. In the final, Vladimir lost to Cesar Cielo Filho, a 6-time world champion in long course and 2012 Olympic champion in this distance.
Won the bronze medal Danila Izotov in the 200 meter freestyle. At this distance the strongest was the Frenchman Yannick Agnel, acting Olympic champion in the 200-meter freestyle.
In relay races our athletes won three awards:
- Bronze medal in the women's medley relay: Daria Ustinova, Yulia Efimova, Svetlana Chimrova, Veronika Popova and Anna Belousova (preliminary swim). The Americans and Australians were ahead of our girls.
- Silver medal in the men's 4*200 meter freestyle relay: Danila Izotov, Nikita Lobintsev, Artyom Lobuzov, Alexander Sukhorukov. The American team beat our swimmers by just over 2 seconds.
- Bronze medal in the men's 4*200 meter freestyle relay: Andrey Grechin, Nikita Lobintsev, Vladimir Morozov, Danila Izotov, Evgeny Lagunov (preliminary swim) and Alexander Sukhorukov (preliminary swim). In the most intense competition, our swimmers lost to the winners, the French, by 0.26 seconds, and to the Americans who took 2nd place - only 0.02 seconds.
Among the men, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang distinguished himself at the Championship, winning 3 gold medals at distances of 400, 800 and 1500 meters freestyle. Sun Yang is the 2012 Olympic champion in the 400 and 1500 meter freestyle and the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 meter freestyle.
Cesaro Cielo Filho won in two distances: 50 meters freestyle and 50 meters butterfly. South African swimmer Chad le Clos (Olympic champion and silver Olympic medalist 2012) at this World Championships he became the strongest at distances of 100 and 200 meters butterfly.
American Ryan Lochte added three more gold medals to his huge collection of medals: in the 200-meter backstroke, 200-meter medley and 4*200 freestyle relay.
The heroes of the 2013 Championship among girls were American swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, Hungarian Katinka Hosszu, and of course Yulia Efimova.
4-time Olympic champion 2012 Missy Franklin was taken away from the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in New World 6 gold medals: 100 and 200 meter backstroke, 200 meter freestyle, three relay medals. Including the 2013 World Championships, Franklin is the owner of 9 world champion titles.
Katie Ledecky spoke "a little more modestly." Olympic champion in 2012 in the 800-meter freestyle, in 2013 she became the world champion in the 400, 800 and 1500-meter freestyle, as well as in the 4*200-meter freestyle relay.
Katinka Hosszu took both gold medals for women's medley swimming.
They shone in relay races American teams: They won all three women's relays (beating the Australian swimmers three times), one men's relay (4x200m freestyle), and the US swimmers also won silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Open water swimming
The undisputed favorites of this championship in open water swimming were swimmers from Germany (6 medals) and Brazil (5 medals).German swimmer Thomas Lurz was first in the 25 km distance, second in the 10 km distance, third in the 5 km distance. Angela Mauer brought 2 medals to the German team: silver at a distance of 25 km and bronze at 10 km. In addition, the Germans won the team competition.
The Brazilian girls distinguished themselves: Poliana Okimoto (gold - 10 km, silver - 5 km) and Ana Marcela Cunha (silver - 10 km, bronze - 5 km). IN team competition Brazilians took 3rd place.
Russia was also not left without medals: Evgeniy Dratsev In a tense struggle, he won bronze at a distance of 25 km, 1.1 seconds separated him from the winner.
Synchronized swimming
IN synchronized swimming Medals were awarded in 7 disciplines. Russian synchronized swimmers won them all; the advantage of our athletes was unconditional.Svetlana Romashina won 2 gold medals with solo programs and 2 in duet with Svetlana Kolesnichenko. Thus, at the moment Svetlana Romashina is a 3-time Olympic champion and 15-time world champion.
Russian champion synchronized swimmers in the group technical program: Vlada Chigireva, Daria Korobova, Alexandra Patskevich, Elena Prokofieva, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Anzhelika Timanina, Alexandra Zueva.
Russian synchronized swimmers-champions in group free program: Vlada Chigireva, Svetlana Kolesnichenko, Daria Korobova, Alexandra Patskevich, Elena Prokofieva, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Anzhelika Timanina.
Russian champion synchronized swimmers in the combination discipline: Vlada Chigireva, Mikhaela Kalancha, Daria Korobova, Anisiya Olkhova, Alexandra Patskevich, Elena Prokofieva, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Anzhelika Timanina, Alexandra Zueva.
In general, in synchronized swimming, medals went to representatives of only 4 countries: Russia (7 gold), China (4 silver), Spain (3 silver, 4 bronze), Ukraine (3 bronze).
Diving
The program of the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships included single diving (1 and 3 meter springboard, 10 meter platform) and synchronized diving (3 meter springboard and 10 meter platform) for men and women.Chinese athletes dominated in diving, much like the Russians did in synchronized swimming. Only one gold medal Of the 10 competed in diving, it was won by representatives of another country: The German duo Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein distinguished themselves in the 10-meter platform diving.
In total, Chinese jumpers won 13 medals (9 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), while their closest rivals won no more than three (3 medals each from Russia, Canada and Mexico).
Russia leads in the number of silver medals in diving:
- 3 meter springboard - Evgeny Kuznetsov (silver medalist Olympic Games 2012 in synchronized diving from a 3-meter springboard, 3-time European champion, world championship medalist)
- 3-meter springboard synchronized jumping - Evgeny Kuznetsov And Ilya Zakharov(Olympic champion 2012 in single diving from the 3-meter springboard, silver medalist of the same games in synchronized diving from the 3-meter springboard, 4-time European champion, medalist of the world championships)
- 10-meter platform synchronized diving - multiple winners of the World and European Championships Victor Minibaev And Artyom Chesakov
High diving
High diving is jumping into water from extreme heights. The first World High Diving Championships took place as part of the 2013 FINA World Championships. During the competition, men performed a series of 5 jumps from a height of 27 meters, and women - a series of 3 jumps from 20 meters. Jumps have different difficulty levels.The men's event was won by Colombian Orlando Duque. It should be noted that Artem Silchenko, competing for Russia, fought for victory until the last attempt. But, unfortunately, an unsuccessful landing in the last attempt did not allow him to take a podium place; in the end, Silchenko became sixth..
Among the women, the first was US athlete Cecilia Carlton. Her compatriot Ginger Huber won the silver medal.
Water polo
In men's championship, Hungarian water polo players won gold, the team from Montenegro won silver, and Croatian athletes won bronze. The Spanish team won the women's competition, beating the Australians in the final. The Russian women's team lost to the Hungarian athletes and took 4th place.FINA World Championships 2015
The 2015 World Aquatics Championships under the auspices of FINA will be held in Kazan (Russia). Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, the city's population in 2013 was 1,176,183 people, it is the sixth largest city in Russia. Kazan is an ancient city (Kazan celebrated its millennium in 2005), it is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Cities.In 2013, Kazan hosted the 27th World Summer Universiade. Competitions of the future World Aquatics Championship will be held in three main arenas built for the Universiade: Kazan Arena, Aquatics Palace, Rowing Center. As training arenas, as well as for holding group stages and the quarter-finals in water flooring, 6 more sports pools will be used.
The World Aquatics Championships under the auspices of FINA have never been held in the USSR or Russia before.
Renaissance of water sports in Russia
In Budapest, our swimmers swam so hard that sometimes their hearts jumped out. For us and for them. “Lord, where is this side?!” - thought Svetlana Chimrova during her leg of the medley relay on the final day. Who didn't think so? Whoever did not empty the body with each stroke in the name of seconds - show me! Vladimir Morozov, who in a similar relay race was eager to swim away from the damned fourth place - and swam: “It was hard to breathe, there was a ringing in my ears”? Or Nastya Fesikova, who was actually planning to end her career? The dedication of the Russian team in Budapest was impressive. And she made me believe that everything in our sailing would finally be fine.
Veronika Popova, Yulia Efimova, Svetlana Smirnova and Anastasia Fesikova celebrate the Russian team's historic silver in the 4 x 100 meter medley relay.
Ten medals: three gold, three silver and four bronze. This result was the best for the team in the last 23 years. In 1994, Russia won one more (4-5-2), also finishing third in the medal standings. Russian swimming begins to remember the luck of distant years - in last time We won three top awards at the World Championships in 2003.
The final day of the swimming tournament, despite the fantastic experience already experienced the day before with three gold medals and a beautiful men's “silver” in the 4x200 relay, was doomed to a valid state.
Yulia Efimova opened the evening. Who else? “Fifty dollars” breaststroke is another showdown with Lilly King. It was all about touch. Oh damn, oh King! Both the medal and the world record (29.40) are again for the American. To say that it is not destiny for Yulia to beat her in the 100-meter and fifty-kopeck events is taking unjustified and wasted courage. Therefore, it is better to say this: while King is ahead in the sprint, the Olympic title and records are behind her. And Yulia is the queen of the 200-meter dash. And in general - a queen: 14 world championship medals.
Just an hour and a half after the duel with Lilly King, our athlete again took to the side. Not alone anymore - in the relay team. The women's medley relay at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona brought Russia bronze award. And Budapest even saw the first Russian history the girls' victory was in 2010 at the European Championships. I saw it, but didn’t award it with “gold”; I washed it with tears of disqualification. Efimova then made a false start.
In Budapest 2017, Yulia was the only one from that long-standing four; Anastasia Fesikova, Yulia Efimova, Svetlana Chimrova and Veronika Popova took to the start line. By the way, only Nastya Fesikova was not in medal-winning Barcelona; Daria Ustinova opened the relay then.
Fesikova swam with all her might. She handed over to Yulia the fate of four, with a lag of 0.25 behind the Americans. She said that it was hard, repeating to herself: “Stop, Yulia, stop, I’m swimming!” Efimova did not spare herself in the last start of the championship: Lilly King was at least 0.03 behind here. And when it was all over, she said to Fesikova: “We did it, Nastya, we did it together!”
The final second place is the happiness of friendly and fearless work. And a new achievement: never before has the women's four - neither in Russian nor in Soviet history - climbed so high.
It was then possible to tell the girls that, while preparing for the final, they sang the song “Combat”. And what? “It’s Russian Navy Day, and we’re also in the water, there are these torpedoes,” Popova said.
And one could remember the joke that could not get out of Chimrova’s head: “I understood what responsibility I had. The girls said they would go on maternity leave if there was no medal this time.”
Or not a joke at all?
“I’m the captain, and I have the coolest guys! Idyll, calm in the team, no one bothers each other,” Nastya Fesikova did not hide her emotions. “There was always something wrong with us, but now we have a great relay race.” And the team as a whole."
...And the men's combined relay brought our team bronze. We study statistics without relying on memory - the last time, and also a “bronze” medal, was ours in this discipline 10 years ago, at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne: Arkady Vyatchanin, Dmitry Komornikov, Nikolai Skvortsov and Evgeniy Lagunov.
And now - Evgeny Rylov, Kirill Prigoda, Alexander Popkov and Vladimir Morozov. All handsome, all already with medals, except perhaps Popkov, a new recruit in this row. And Morozov made me worry about the “sick” again, about the 100-meter race, which he sacrificed for the sake of the 50-meter medal that he never received. Vladimir had the most fast time days: 46.69.
President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov says that Russia excited the whole world with the results shown in Budapest. You can probably say so, although the world has its own reasons for joy, as well as for sorrow. But the fact that our swimmers excited themselves, and most importantly, assessed and tested their own strength in a head-to-head competition, is a fact. After all, it has happened too often in recent years that the estimates before the start were not justified, and the opponents quickly floated away from the expected seconds. The “gold” of Rylov and Chupkov in Budapest, the awards of Krasny and Prigoda, the “silver” of the 4x200 freestyle relay convincingly say: Russia says goodbye to stagnation and retreat from the podium. And even what was extremely disappointing during the championship - the notorious wooden medals - today looks like an opportunity for growth.
The head coach of the national team, Sergei Kolmogorov, believes that there were talented guys in the national team before. But now the training of swimmers has changed, an emphasis has been placed on individual programs preparation. By the way, more than one coach has fought for this for more than one year. And “in a significant number of cases, it was possible to minimize coaching errors.” As a result, “the results of their level” are shown in Budapest. Russia, alas, has not yet reached the level of the United States; there is no need to look into the medal standings here: the Americans have too strong traditions, laid down over the years. But it is quite possible to force them to fight at certain distances and win them.
As Yulia Efimova said, “I’m happy with this championship.” Adding that there are three years ahead for it to “let go completely.” Not every member of the team will be one hundred percent satisfied with themselves, but everyone has three years before the Olympic Games: to “let go” for Efimov’s winning style, which, fortunately, turned out to be contagious.
Medals of the Russian swimming team at the 2017 World Championships
"Gold": Yulia Efimova (200 m, breaststroke), Evgeny Rylov (200 m, backstroke), Anton Chupkov (200 m, breaststroke).
"Silver": Yulia Efimova (50 m, breaststroke), Nikita Lobintsev, Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Mikhail Vekovishchev, Danila Izotov and Alexander Krasnykh (4x200, freestyle), Natalya Ivaneeva, Anastasia Fesikova, Yulia Efimova, Svetlana Chimrova and Veronika Popova (4x100, medley relay) .
"Bronze": Yulia Efimova (100 m, breaststroke), Kirill Prigoda (100 m, breaststroke), Alexander Krasnykh (200 m, freestyle), Georgy Tarasevich, Danila Izotov, Daniil Pakhomov, Anton Chupkov, Evgeny Rylov, Kirill Prigoda, Alexander Popkov and Vladimir Morozov (4x100, medley relay).
