Three disciplines at the 2013 World Championships wrapped-up
BARCELONA, SPAIN--Three disciplines at the 2013 World Championships wrapped-up competition over the weekend in Barcelona: Open Water, Diving and Synchro. On Saturday, Open Water finished up with the 25K races, which saw 35 males and 22 females swim. Both races had close finishes, with Germany's Thomas Lurz (men) and Italy's Martina Grimaldi (women) finishing first. It was the fourth medal, in four races, for Lurz. Top-5 finishers in the 25Ks were:
Men's 25K:
1) Thomas Lurz, Germany--4:47:27.0
2) Brian Ryckeman, Belgium--4:47:27.4
3) Evegenii Drattcev, Russia--4:47:28.1
4) Alex Meyer, USA--4:47:28.2
5) Allan Do Carmo, Brazil--4:47:30.1
Women's 25K:
1) Martina Grimaldi, Italy--5:07:19.7
2) Angela Maurer, Germany--5:07:19.8
3) Eva Fabian, USA--5:07:20.4
4) Alice Franco, Italy--5:07:22.9
5) Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil--5:07:23.4
Full results from the 25K races can be found online here:
http://www.omegatiming.com/Competition?id=00010D0400FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2013
Final Open Water medal standings for the 2013 Worlds are:
1. Germany (6)--2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
2. Brazil (5)--1 g, 2 s, 2 b
3. Greece (2)--1 g, 1 s, 0 b
4. USA (2)--1 g, 0 s, 1 b
Tunisia (2)--1 g, 0 s, 1 b
6. Italy (1)--1 gold
7. Belgium (1)--1 silver
Canada (1)--1 silver
9. Russia (1)--1 bronze
Top-10 nations in the point standings for Open Water are:
1. Brazil -- 98 points
2. Germany -- 94
3. USA -- 65
4. Greece -- 50
5. Italy -- 47
6. Tunisia -- 32
7. France -- 30
Canada -- 30
9. Russia -- 23
10. Belgium -- 18
In Diving, China won all but the Men's 10m Synchronized event, which Germany won. Final Diving medal standings for the 2013 Worlds is:
1. China (13) -- 9 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
2. Germany (2) -- 1 g, 0 s, 1 b
3. Russia (3) -- 3 silver
4. Italy (2) -- 2 silver
5. Canada (3) -- 0 g, 1 s, 2 b
6. Ukraine (2) -- 0 g, 1 s, 1 b
7. USA (1) -- 1 silver
8. Mexico (3) -- 3 bronze
9. Malaysia (1) -- 1 bronze
Full Diving results from the 2013 Worlds can be found online here:
http://www.omegatiming.com/Competition?id=00010D0106FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2013
In Synchro, the finish order was Russia-China-Spain-Ukraine-Japan, save the 3 events China did not swim (those with more than two swimmers) where the order remains just without China. Final Synchro medal standings for the 2013 Worlds is:
1. Russia (7) -- 7 gold
2. China (4) -- 4 silver
3. Spain (7) -- 0 g, 3 s, 4 b
4. Ukraine (3) -- 3 bronze
Full Synchro results from the 2013 Worlds can be found online here:
http://www.omegatiming.com/Competition?id=00010D0300FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2013
In Water Polo, over the weekend Elimination play. The previous week's Preliminary pool play determined seeding of the teams in the Elimination play, which began Saturday for the women's tournament and yesterday (Sunday) for the men's tournament. From this weekend's play, 9th-16th places have been determined.
In the Women's tournament, 9th-16th places are: China (9th), Italy (10th), Kazakhstan (11th), New Zealand (12th), Great Britain (13th), Brazil (14th), South Africa (15th) and Uzbekistan (16th).
In the Men's tournament, 9th-16th places are: USA (9th), Germany (10th), Canada (11th), Kazakhstan (12th), Romania (13th), China (14th), South Africa (15th) and New Zealand (16th).
Remaining in Women's play are: Australia, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and USA.
Remaining in Men's play are: Australia, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia and Spain.
Results from the Water Polo tournaments can be found online here:
http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/WCH2013/res.asp
Through Sunday, the 2013 World Championships have seen 9 of 16 competition days. The championships remaining 2 disciplines also started: Swimming (40 events; July 29-August 4) and High Diving (2 events; July 29-31).
Further coverage of the 2013 Worlds can be found here:
-event website: http://www.bcn2013.com/
-FINA's page: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar ticle&id=3881&Itemid=1516
