Brunemann (USA) and Kozydub (RUS) best among women, Studzinsky (GER) and Stefanovski (MKD) win men’s races in Lac St-Jean (CAN) Barcelona (ESP), July 29, 2013 – Nice performances were observed in Lac St-Jean (CAN), which hosted the fifth legs of FINA’s major international open water swimming circuits, the 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup on July 25 and the Grand Prix on July 27, 2013. In the men’s 10km race, German Alexander Studzinski made a victorious sprint to the gold medal, winning in 2h00m06s9. He was followed by Nicolas Masse-Savard from...

The USA Women's National Team lost their first match of the FINA World Championships, falling to Spain 9-6 earlier tonight in front of 3300 fans at the Piscines Bernat Picornell. Kami Craig (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/SBWPF) scored three goals in the loss and Betsey Armstrong (Ann Arbor, MI/Michigan/NYAC) posted nine saves in net. The defeat sends Team USA to the 5th-8th place semifinals where they will meet the Netherlands on Wednesday at 5pm local time/11am et/8am pt. Billed as a rematch of the 2012 Olympic Games, some faces changed for both...

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)...

Newsletter #10 // July 29, 2013 FOLLOW US USA, Brazil, Canada and Mexico are on the medals tables through first 9 days of competition at World Championships MEILUTYTE (LTU) SETS FIRST WR IN BARCELONA! Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte claimed the first world record of the 15th FINA World Championships in a landmark swim for Lithuania in the women's 100m reaststroke. Meilutyte,16, clocked 1:04.35 in the semi-finals to better the 1:04.45 set by Jessica Hardy (USA) in Federal Way, Washington, on August 7, 2009. It was the first swimming world record...

Fly girls 5th, 7th in finals debut BARCELONA - Katerine Savard and Noemie Thomas took the next steps in their young careers Monday, finishing fifth and seventh in the women’s 100-metre butterfly at FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Savard went 57.97 for her highest finish ever at worlds, a day after breaking her own Canadian record with a heat swim of 57.31. Thomas, swimming in her first world championships, was close behind at 58.13. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, 19, won the gold medal in a time of 56.53, ahead of Australia’s...

Missy Franklin soon to say goodbye to longtime swim coach Todd Schmitz A serving of sports commentary each weekday near noontime POSTED: 07/11/2013 12:05:00 PM MDT UPDATED: 07/11/2013 12:52:45 PM MDT By John Henderson The Denver Post Missy Franklin, above, will be reunited with Cal coach Teri McKeever, who was the head coach for the U.S. Olympic team. ( Hyoung Chang, Denver Post file) Missy Franklin leaves for Barcelona on Tuesday, but on Aug. 23 she leaves Colorado for good. She departs for college at California, leaving behind the state...

Yang Sun (CHN) and Katie Ledecky (USA) were the first heroes of the inaugural day of the swimming competitions at the 15th FINA World Championships, taking place in Barcelona (ESP). In the decisive race of the men’s 400m free, the Chinese star clearly took control of the field, getting the gold in 3:41.59 – an expected triumph for the 2012 Olympic champion in the 400m and 1500m free. In the women’s final, Ledecky also won comfortably (3:59.82), but everyone was expecting a better reaction from the Olympic champion Camille Muffat...

Newsletter #9 // July 28, 2013 follow us This newsletter provides you with the daily information and news on the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona (ESP) Two gold for USA; Sun (CHN) and France also shine Yang Sun (CHN) and Katie Ledecky (USA) were the first heroes of the inaugural day of the swimming competitions at the 15th FINA World Championships, taking place in Barcelona (ESP). In the decisive race of the men’s 400m free, the Chinese star clearly took control of the field, getting the gold in 3:41.59...

Savard, women’s relay set records; Cochrane advances BARCELONA – Two national records fell as eight Canadians advanced to semifinals or finals on the first day of pool competition at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Ryan Cochrane and the women’s 4x100-metre freestyle relay will swim for medals tonight, while Katerine Savard, Noemie Thomas and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson will look to advance through semifinals. Canada’s fly girls got Sunday morning's opening session started off right, as Savard and Thomas both qualified for tonight’s semifinals in 100-m butterfly. Savard shaved .09 off her...

Nine Different Nations Earn Medals in Barcelona's Moll de la Fusta Thomas Lurz took home two of the six gold medals from the open water discipline, claiming his first title in the 25K and leading his German teammates to their first victory in the Team 5K event. Lurz left Spain with four medals, his new tally stands at 20 world championships titles, the most in history for an open water swimmer. Angela Maurer was a "blink" away from winning her third gold medal in the 25K on her 38th birthday....