valami
China’s gold medal synchro partners went 1-2 individually in the men’s 3m final, led by Wang Zongyuan. China also won the men’s 10m synchro event to claim its fourth gold in four events in Budapest. Men’s 3m Final In the first final of the day, Wang Zongyuan led every round in the men’s 3-meter contest…
Montenegro fought hard to eliminate Japan from the top eight, winning 10-9 in a thriller that had Japan ahead five times in their Margaret Island crossover clash in Budapest. Croatia was untroubled in downing Georgia 13-7 after leading 7-4 at halftime. Montenegro will play Spain and Croatia will clash with Serbia in the quarter-finals. Japan…
Wellbrock and Cunha claim Open Water 5km FINA World Championship titles. Germany’s Florian Wellbrock wins 5km collecting his second FINA World Championship Gold medal in as many days while Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil starts off her quest for a – historic golden open water trifecta with a win. Germany’s Florian Wellbrock, the reigning Olympic…
China claimed its 10th gold medal in the men’s 3-meter synchro event on Sunday to open the diving competition in Budapest. Its lock on gold has only been broken twice in the 24-year history of the event at the FINA World Championships. But not today. From start to finish, 18th FINA World Champion Cao Yuan…
Classification 1-12 Crossovers — Budapest CANADA 7 NETHERLANDS 10 This was Canada’s match to lose. With a 2-1 lead at the quarter and 3-2 ahead for much of the second quarter, Canada was in the zone and Netherlands was left to ponder what to do. It didn’t take long as the Dutch levelled before halftime…
Germany’s 2020 Tokyo Olympic Marathon Gold medalist Florian Wellbrock was the engine for his nation’s victory on Lupa Beach just 20 mins from the Duna Arena in Budapest. In the final sprint, Wellbrock found a clear path to the touchpad securing his team’s victory in the inaugural Mixed 4x1500m Team Relay. Wellbrock stopped the clock…
Group A – Budapest BRAZIL 5 MONTENEGRO 20 Montenegro made sure of what would be second place in the group with a comfortable finish to group play by defeating Brazil 20-5. It was 4-0 at the quarter and that set the tone for the match, going to 5-0 before Brazil made the sheet,…
Men’s 50 Backstroke – Justin Ress Gets Reinstated As Gold Medalist After Initial Disqualification In a surprising turn of events on the last night of swimming at the World Championships, American Justin Ress was reinstated as World champion after initially drawing a disqualification for being submerged at the finish. Ress swam a 24.12, ahead of…
Group A — Budapest ITALY 31 COLOMBIA 5 Italy put itself on top of the group with five points with the last match remaining and Hungary beat Canada to make sure the tiebreaker was not needed. It was Italy all the way, as it should have been, although in the early stages, Colombia looked in…
Women’s 50 Butterfly – Sarah Sjostrom On Top of the World in 50 Butterfly Yet Again Death, Taxes, and Sarah Sjostrom. The 28-year-old Swede won the fourth straight World title in the 50 butterfly on Friday night in Budapest with a 24.95, getting under 25 seconds for the 13th time in her career. The impressive…