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Franklin
was just outside her world record time from the Olympics last year, but did set
a championship record as she was followed home by Australian Belinda Hocking
and Canada
China Lithuania South Africa ’s
Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh, who edged Sprenger into second in the
Olympic final, was second and Brazil
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Missy stays on golden path
Phnom Penh Post Newspaper
Mon, 5 August 2013
Eighteen-year-old American sensation Missy Franklin
claimed her fifth world championship gold in Barcelona
“It never gets easy. The competition here is the best
in the world so you know every race will be a tough race,” she said.
“Every race is equally as difficult, but equally as
rewarding at the same time.”
Not to be outdone by her teammate, 16-year-old Katie
Ledecky secured her second world record and fourth gold of the meet in the 800m
freestyle.
Ledecky had smashed the 1500m world record by six
seconds earlier in the week, but she sneaked past Rebecca Adlington’s record in
the 800m by just two 10ths of a second as, just like in the 1500m, Denmark
“I am thrilled, I exceeded my expectations for the
year,” said a delighted Ledecky who also took gold in the 400m freestyle and
4x200m relay.
“The goal I set at the beginning of the year was three
medals and one world record and now I have four golds and two world records so
I couldn’t be happier.”
There was to be no 16th world title for Ryan Lochte on
his 29th birthday as he could only finish sixth in the men’s 100m butterfly
with Chad Le Clos claiming his second gold of the championships.
“It is unbelievable. To win two gold medals at a world
championships is like a dream come true,” said the South African who had also
taken the 200m butterfly on Thursday.
And there was also a second title of the meet for Brazil
“I was not expected to win so this is the best feeling
I’ve had after a race,” a joyful Cielo remarked after joining Alexander Popov
in becoming the only non-Americans to win six individual world championship
gold medals.
In a remarkable day in the women’s 50m breaststroke,
the world record fell for a second time in a matter of hours as the world and
Olympic champion over 100m Ruta Meilutyte passed the time set by Yuliya Efimova
on Saturday morning to claim her second world record of the meet in 29.48
seconds.
Cambodia’s interests
in the Barcelona pool saw Hem Thon Vitiny set a time of 39.53 seconds in her
women’s 50m breaststroke heat, 8.03secs outside of the qualifying time, to come
70th out of 74 finishers at the world swimming championships in Barcelona on
Saturday. Barely half an hour earlier, the Cambodian, who turns 20 on September
7, competed in the 50m freestyle heats, taking 74th place out of 83 by touching
home in 31.05secs.
On Friday, Vitiny’s
uncle Hem Thon Ponleu took a respectable 85th out of 105 in the men’s 50m
freestyle heats by swimming 27.34secs. Neither Cambodian could improve on their
personal bests set at last year’s Summer Olympics in London
Meanwhile, Jeanette Ottesen Gray claimed Denmark’s
first gold of the championships in the women’s 50m butterfly as she edged out
Olympic silver medallist Lu Ying with Holland’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo claiming
her second bronze in as many days.
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Ye suffers shock worlds defeat
Phnom Penh Post Newspaper
Wed, 31 July 2013
The 17-year-old Ye had been the hot favourite for Monday’s
200m IM final at swimming’s world championships in Barcelona ,
but finished a full second behind the medallists as Hungary
Hosszu, 24, won by a considerable margin, clocking
2mins 07.92secs with Australia’s Alicia Coutts second at 1.47sec back and
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte 1.53 behind, but defending champion Ye was a noticeable
absentee on the dais.
Ye finished more than a second behind the medalists,
which surprised Hosszu.
“I’m sure she will get back up there soon. She’s a
great swimmer and I’m sure it is really tough to get back after an Olympic gold
medal,” said Hosszu.
Ye has her next chance at an individual medal in this
Sunday’s 400m IM, in which she set the world record at the Olympics last year
in controversial fashion by swimming the last leg faster than Ryan Lochte did
when he won the men’s Olympic title.
“The world record was always a dream for me, but yes,
obviously a gold medal at the world championships would be like the cherry on
top of the ice cream,” said the 16-year-old.
Meilutyte broke the four-year-old mark of 1min
4.45secs, set by Jessica Hardy of the US
Swedish teenager Sarah Sjostrom regained her women’s
100m butterfly title, while defending champion and world record-holder Dana
Vollmer could only take bronze. Sjostrom, who won the 2009 title aged just 15,
hit the wall at 56.53secs, ahead of Coutts and Vollmer , America
Coutts claimed two silver medals in Monday night’s
session, leaving her with three silvers in two days after anchoring the
Australian team in Sunday’s 4x100m freestyle relay.
“It has been a big two days for me and I am really happy
because now I have two days off,” said Coutts, who won five medals at the
Olympics, Australia ’s best
haul in the pool in London
There was more good news for the Antipodeans as
Christian Sprenger gained revenge for his defeat in last year’s Olympic final
when he won the men’s 100m breaststroke gold.
In Monday’s other final, Brazil
Cielo claimed gold in a winning time of 23.01secs with
Eugene Godsoe of the US just
four hundredths of a second behind claiming silver and France
In yesterday’s men’s
50m breaststroke heats, Cambodia
Ponleu will also be
the next Cambodian to race in Barcelona, when he vies in the men’s 50m
freestyle heats this Friday.
Ponleu’s niece Hem
Thon Vitiny will compete in both the women’s 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke
heats on Saturday, as compatriot Pu Sovichea returns to the pool for the men’s
1,500m freestyle.
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PERFORMANCE BY HEMTHON Ponloeu, 23 years old
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PERFORMANCE BY HEMTHON Vitiny, 19 years old
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The fifth session of finals was highlighted, in terms of performances, by the new World Record in the women’s 200m breaststroke by Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) in the first semi-final of the event. The Danish swimmer clocked an impressive 2:19.11, improving the previous world global mark (2:19.59) set by Rebecca Soni (USA) at the London Olympic Games. Pedersen is naturally the athlete to beat in the decisive race, but Yulia Efimova, from Russia, is not far, with a 2:19.85 effort in the semis. It was the third World Record of the Championships, all in women’s events - Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) in the 100m breaststroke and Katie Ledecky (USA) in the 1500m free are the two other WR performers so far.
In terms of medals, the five finals gave two titles to USA and also two gold medals to China. In all of these events, logics prevailed, with Ryan Lochte confirming his good shape in the men’s 200m IM and getting the third consecutive gold in this distance since 2009. Additionally, it was his first individual podium presence in Barcelona. In the women’s 4x200m free relay, the North Americans were also the favourites and touched home first for the fifth title in the last six editions of these Championships.
From the Chinese side, 2008 Olympic champion Zige Liu is back at the top, with a brilliant triumph in the women’s 200m butterfly, in front of the audience’s hero Mireia Belmonte and well ahead of her compatriot Liuyang Jiao (sixth) the reigning Olympic winner. In the women’s 50m backstroke, it was another Chinese affair, with WR holder Jing Zhao defeating her teammate and revelation of the current season, Yuanhui Fu.
Last but not least, Australia took the last gold at stake, by winning the always prestigious men’s 100m free. James Magnussen, from Australia, imposed his class in 47.71, and could forget his silver medal in London, behind Nathan Adrian, this time the bronze medallist in the Catalan capital.
Multiple Olympic champion Hungary and Montenegro will do battle for the FINA Men’s Water Polo World Championships at the Bernat Picornell Pool on Saturday. A reshaped Hungary, a far cry from the triple Olympic champions of the new millennium, pushed London Olympic champion Croatia out of title contention with an 11-10 victory built on better extra-man statistics and the stopping power of goalkeeper Viktor Nagy.
The first semifinal produced an upset according to many pundits, except anyone related to Hungary. The Hungarians, under new head coach Tibor Benedek, himself one of the world’s most decorated athletes, grabbed the lead in the second quarter, took the match to 10-7 early in the fourth, watched Croatia level at 10-10 and then celebrated when Denes Varga scored the winner at 1:58.
It was a return to the glory days for the Hungarians and the man with more gold medals than anyone in the history of the game, Tamas Kasas, visited his countrymen in the changing rooms afterwards. Also watching on was the coaching maestro and architect of those three gold medals from 2000, Denes Kemeny.
In the second medal semifinal, Montenegro hammered outgoing world champion Italy into submission with a stunning 10-8 victory engineered on a 3-0 opening burst that became 5-1 at halftime and 9-4 by the final break. You could smell the fear in the Italian camp as Montenegro shunned the form of the Italian team with its five wins, while Montenegro started the championship with a 6-4 loss to Greece.
It was a tournament of toppled champions and Montenegro wanted Italy to join the rest out of the limelight, although Italy will have a chance for some consolation of a lower podium finish when facing Croatia.
In the round of 5-8 semifinals, there was high drama in the clash between Serbia and Spain. The home team won 14-13 in sudden death penalty shootout after the match was tied at 6-6 at fulltime, 8-8 after extra time and 11-11 after the first rotation of five attempts each. The winning goal by Xavier Garcia came on the sixth shot of sudden death.
In the other 5-8 semifinal, Greece had the better of the high-flying Australia 11-9.
Saturday’s final classification round:
15:00 For 7th & 8th Game 41 AUS vs SRB
13.00 For 3rd & 4th Game 43 CRO vs ITA
20.45 For 5th & 6th Game 42 GRE vs ESP
22:15 For 1st & 2nd Game 44 HUN vs MNE
Franklin Australia and Spain Australia defeated Russia
9-6 with Nicola Zagame claiming three goals and Spain
won a see-sawing encounter with Hungary
Hungary will play Olympic champion Croatia and Montenegro
will face Italy Croatia was two goals down to Australia Australia missed a classic victory when Richard
Campbell fired a wide open two-metre shot into the upright 18 seconds from
regulation time and then Australia Croatia had survived by the skin of its teeth
despite the fact that Australia Montenegro upstaged World League champion and
Olympic bronze medallist Serbia Serbia
was the heavy favourite but Montenegro Serbia Montenegro
was third in this year’s World League and seventh in Shanghai
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Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
The Fédération Internationale de Natation, FINA (founded in 1908) is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. Its five disciplines - Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. FINA organises World Championships, World Swimming Championships in 25m-pool and World Masters Championships every two years. FINA counts 202 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).
The Fédération Internationale de Natation, FINA (founded in 1908) is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. Its five disciplines - Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. FINA organises World Championships, World Swimming Championships in 25m-pool and World Masters Championships every two years. FINA counts 202 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).
The eighth and last day of the swimming competitions
at the 15th FINA World Championships was marked by the variety of nations
getting gold in the eight finals in the programme. Only one country – France -
clinched two gold medals, thanks to the performance of Camille Lacourt in the
men’s 50m backstroke, and after the surprising disqualification of USA in the
men’s 4x100m medley relay. With this final outcome, the French delegation
arrived third (nine podium presences, including four titles) in the swimming
medals’ table, behind USA (29, comprising 13 gold) and China (also nine awards,
but five wins).
In the women’s 50m breaststroke, the duel between the two world record performers Yulia Efimova (RUS) and Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) ended up in the Russian’s favour, while Japan got the gold in the men’s 400m IM: but when everyone expected a win from Kosuke Hagino, it was his teammate Daiya Seto who got the crown.
In the women’s 50m breaststroke, the duel between the two world record performers Yulia Efimova (RUS) and Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) ended up in the Russian’s favour, while Japan got the gold in the men’s 400m IM: but when everyone expected a win from Kosuke Hagino, it was his teammate Daiya Seto who got the crown.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) was the best in the
50m free (Fran Halsall, in bronze, gave the only medal for Great Britain in the
swimming competition), and in the men’s 1500m free Yang Sun (CHN) comfortably
won but could not approach his World Record set precisely one year ago at the
2012 Olympics.
Hungary has good reasons to celebrate with the victory of Katinka Hosszu in the women’s 400m IM, but the home crowd also vibrantly cheered the silver performance of Mireia Belmonte (ESP). The only US title of the day happened in the women’s 4x100m medley, with Franklin, Hardy, Vollmer and Romano perfectly controlling the operations in the water and… on the starting blocks!
At the end of the session, were given the FINA Championships Trophies to the best Male and Female swimmer, as well as the best Team of the competition.
Among men, the award went to Yang Sun (CHN), while Katie Ledecky (USA) was the winner in the women’s field. Both athletes medalled in the same events: 400m, 800m, 1500m free and 4x200m free relay – all in gold for Ledecky and titles for Yang in the individual events and bronze in the relay. Moreover, the US and Chinese star were the second swimmers in the history of the Championships to have won in the same edition the longest free events in the programme: before Ledecky and Sun, only Hannah Stockbauer (GER) in 2003 and Grant Hackett (AUS) in 2005 respectively, had achieved the same feat.
The Trophy for the best Team went without surprise to the USA.
Hungary has good reasons to celebrate with the victory of Katinka Hosszu in the women’s 400m IM, but the home crowd also vibrantly cheered the silver performance of Mireia Belmonte (ESP). The only US title of the day happened in the women’s 4x100m medley, with Franklin, Hardy, Vollmer and Romano perfectly controlling the operations in the water and… on the starting blocks!
At the end of the session, were given the FINA Championships Trophies to the best Male and Female swimmer, as well as the best Team of the competition.
Among men, the award went to Yang Sun (CHN), while Katie Ledecky (USA) was the winner in the women’s field. Both athletes medalled in the same events: 400m, 800m, 1500m free and 4x200m free relay – all in gold for Ledecky and titles for Yang in the individual events and bronze in the relay. Moreover, the US and Chinese star were the second swimmers in the history of the Championships to have won in the same edition the longest free events in the programme: before Ledecky and Sun, only Hannah Stockbauer (GER) in 2003 and Grant Hackett (AUS) in 2005 respectively, had achieved the same feat.
The Trophy for the best Team went without surprise to the USA.
World
Championships: FINA and OC praise successful edition in Barcelona (ESP)
Before the
last swimming session, FINA and the Organising Committee (OC) of the 15th FINA
World Championships in Barcelona (ESP) expressed their satisfaction for the
outstanding success of the competition. In a joint Press Conference in the main
venue of the Championships, the Palau Sant Jordi, FINA President Dr. Julio C.
Maglione, and the co-presidents of the OC, Maite Fandos (Vice Mayor of
Barcelona) and Fernando Carpena (President of the Royal Spanish Swimming
Federation) highlighted the competitive aspects, but also the sport and social
legacy left by FINA’s major event.
“Barcelona
became the world capital of sport for these two weeks and this positive impact,
in terms of media exposure, will bring significant benefits for our city and
for our region. From a touristic point of view, the images of our city were
seen in more than 200 territories around the world; we also had more than
13,000 news in Spanish media related with the Championships, which is an
outstanding figure”, stated Maite Fandos.
Marton Szivos and Viktor Nagy delivered when
needed as Hungary won a third men’s Water Polo World Championship by beating
Montenegro in a heart-stopping 8-7 on the final day at the Bernat Picornell
Pool.
Hungary just loves winning in Barcelona,
collecting the crown in 2003 and the title 30 years earlier in 1973. It was
also the 10th medal won at these championships, more than any pother nation.
Nagy was the hero with 12 massive saves, including the last hammer blow from
Drasko Brguljan at the death, which started the celebrations. It came a day
after the Hungarian women collected a bronze medal.
Szivos posted his second goal, and 12th of
the championship, deep into an extra-man play after a timeout. At 1:39 it broke
a short deadlock started with an Aleksandra Ivovic equaliser at 2:04. It was Ivovic’s
20th goal and lifted him level with Croatia’s Sandro Sukno as the leading
scorers in Barcelona.
Denes Varga, who opened the scoring and was
so instrumental in getting Hungary to the final in a hectic fortnight of
competition, was rightly named Most Valuable Player of the Championship.
The bronze-medal match was a rerun of last
year’s Olympic final, which Croatia won 8-6. Croatia came up trumps again in a
foul-ridden match 10-8. There were six Croatian players who did not see out the
match as well as three Italians. Three-goal hero Sandro Sukno was one of the
three red-carded players while a Croatian assistant coach also saw red. Sukno
finished his team’s highest scorer with 20 goals. Alex Giorgetti was the best
for Italy with 13 after his three-goal effort.
Spaniard Xavier Valles said farewell to
international water polo after Spain beat Greece 10-8 in the play-off for fifth
and sixth, conducted immediately before the gold-medal match. Valles has been a
fixture on the national team for more than a decade and he was honoured by his
team with the captaincy for the night with regular skipper Felipe Perrone
stepping down. He scored his final goal for the go-ahead 4-3 score and was
lauded by his team after the match. Teammate Albert Espanol was the star of the
match with five goals.
In the classification for seventh and eighth,
Serbia trod untouched earth with a 12-7 victory over Australia, repeating the
win of the first day (10-7) when they played in the same group. Filip Filipovic
netted five goals from six attempts for a championship tally of 16. It was the
first time Serbia played outside the top four.
Final classifications:
1. Hungary
2. Montenegro
3. Croatia
4. Italy
5. Spain
6. Greece
7. Serbia
8. Australia
9. United States of America
10. Germany
11. Canada
12. Kazakhstan
13. Romania
14. China
15. South Africa
16. New Zealand
2. Montenegro
3. Croatia
4. Italy
5. Spain
6. Greece
7. Serbia
8. Australia
9. United States of America
10. Germany
11. Canada
12. Kazakhstan
13. Romania
14. China
15. South Africa
16. New Zealand
Awards (as selected by media
representatives):
Most Valuable Player: Denes Varga (HUN)
Best Goalkeeper: Viktor Nagy (HUN)
Highest goal-scorer: Sandro Sukno (CRO) - 25 goals
Aleksandar Ivovic (MNE) - 25 goals
Best Goalkeeper: Viktor Nagy (HUN)
Highest goal-scorer: Sandro Sukno (CRO) - 25 goals
Aleksandar Ivovic (MNE) - 25 goals
Media All Star Team:
Goalkeeper: Viktor Nagy (HUN)
Centre Forward: Dusko Pijetlovic (SRB)
Field Players: Pietro Figlioli (ITA)
Aleksandar Ivovic (MNE)
Mladan Janovic (MNE)
Sandro Sukno (CRO)
Denes Varga (HUN)
Centre Forward: Dusko Pijetlovic (SRB)
Field Players: Pietro Figlioli (ITA)
Aleksandar Ivovic (MNE)
Mladan Janovic (MNE)
Sandro Sukno (CRO)
Denes Varga (HUN)
The seventh day of the swimming competitions
in Barcelona was highlighted by three new World Records and five finals
distributing medals to 13 countries. The most impressive performance was
achieved by Katie Ledecky (USA) in the women’s 800m free, where she set a new
global mark of 8:13.86; at the same time, she became the second swimmer in
history to win the 400m, 800m and 1500m free (also with WR) in the same edition
of the Championships. This previous feat had been achieved by Hannah Stockbauer
(GER) also at the Palau Sant Jordi, in 2003.
In the women’s 50m breaststroke, the final
has not been swum yet, and already two new WR were established: in the morning
heats, Yulia Efimova (RUS) had clocked 29.78, but the best world standard would
only last few hours: in the semis, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) improved that
performance, advancing first to the final with a time of 28.48. The Lithuanian
had already set a WR in the 100m breaststroke (1:04.35).
Coming back to the finals, Missy Franklin
(USA) naturally imposed her supremacy, in the 200m backstroke, winning in a new
Championships record of 2:04.76. In the two fastest events of the evening,
Jeanette Ottesen gave the first title of the championships for Denmark,
clinching the gold in the women’s 50m butterfly (25.24). In the men’s 50m free,
Cesar Cielo (BRA) cried once more on the highest march of the podium, after
triumphing in 21.32.
Finally, in the men’s 100m butterfly, Chad Le
Clos (RSA) opened a new “era” in this event (which had been won by US swimmers
since 2003), and got the gold in 51.06.
A great variety of countries had their
swimmers winning medals in this session: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,
Denmark, Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Trinidad and Tobago, and USA. For Trinidad and Tobago (bronze for George Bovell
in the men’s 50m free) it was the first ever podium presence in the history of
the FINA World Championships.
Ryan Lochte (USA) earned two gold medals in
the sixth session of the swimming competition at the 15th FINA World Championships,
having now an accumulated number of 23 awards in FINA’s major event since 2005.
His latest successes happened in the 200m backstroke, where he easily
revalidated his 2011 title, this time in 1:53.79. In the last final of the
evening, he was essential in the triumph of his team in the 4x200m free relay.
The other two podium presences of Lochte in Barcelona were in the 200m IM
(gold) and in the 4x100m free (silver).
Other highlights of this sixth day included
the surprising win of Yulia Efimova (RUS, 2:09.41), in the women’s 200m
breaststroke. In the semis, Rikke Pedersen (DEN) had established a new World
Record of 2:09.11, but she was slower in the decisive race, getting the silver
in 2:20.08. In the men’s 200m breaststroke, Daniel Gyurta, from Hungary, became
the first man with three wins in this event, after his golden performances also
in 2009 and 2011. His time of 2:07.23 is a new Championships and European
record, and is faster than the World Record he had set at the 2012 Olympics,
when he won this distance. The current WR holder, Japan’s Akihiro Yamaguchi had
a poor performance, finishing seventh.
In the initial final of the day, Cate
Campbell (AUS) earned her first world title, by clinching the gold in the 100m
free. She left behind her the 2012 Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED,
third) and the world record holder in this event since Rome 2009, Germany’s
Britta Steffen (sixth).
In semi-final action, Lochte had still energy
to qualify first for the 100m butterfly decisive race, while teammate Missy
Franklin was also the fastest in the 200m backstroke. In this event, Federica
Pellegrini (ITA) could not reach the final, concluding in ninth. In the men’s
50m free, Florent Manaudou (FRA), the Olympic champion, will swim the final in
lane 4, after clocking 21.37 in the semis. Cesar Cielo (BRA), 2011 champion and
WR holder, has the third time (21.60), while Australian sprinter James
Magnussen was only ninth in 21.79.
Spain completed the business it did not quite
finish last year at the London Olympic Games by defeating Australia 8-6 in the
gold-medal final of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World Championships at the
Bernat Picornell Pool. It was silver behind United States of America in London
while Australia claimed bronze. Tonight it was a well-deserved gold as the best
team at these championships and now the top nation on the planet for women’s
water polo. It was victory for head coach Miki Oca and his resolve and faith in
his players, led by the indefatigable Jennifer Pareja, voted the championship’s
Most Valuable Player.
Throw is a startling 11-save effort by
goalkeeper Laura Ester and she was undoubtedly the best in her class in
Barcelona. Spain was confident from the start and managed to out-defend the
Aussie Stingers who looked nervous and times and never got into high-scoring
mode.
Australia lost star Rowena Webster on three
majors before the third break and others followed in a match where both teams
received 15 major fouls apiece. Australia had a penalty blocked by Ester and an
unexpected unforced error by Stingers goalkeeper Kelsey Wakefield - who was
pushing Ester for the best in Barcelona - proved critical when just one behind.
Roser Tarrago shot from near halfway and Wakefield tried unsuccessfully to
collect with one hand. Never mind, the Spanish defence proved the winner,
disrupting Australia at every stage of the match.
In the bronze-medal clash, played as the
second match of the first session, Hungary won the first medal for its country
(the men will play Montenegro in the men’s final on Saturday) with a 10-8
margin over Russia, who led 3-1 during the first quarter. Hungary started
shooting go-ahead goals late in the second period, meaning Russia had to play
catch-up water polo. Hungary kept 19-goal Ekaterina Prokofyeva scoreless and
Russia kept 18-goal Barbara Bujka off the scoresheet. Her back-up centre
forward, though, Ildiko Toth, struck three times.
In the play-off for fifth and sixth,
scheduled as the curtain-raiser for the gold-medal final, Olympic and World Cup
champion United States of America beat outgoing world champion Greece 15-12 in
a penalty shootout after the match was tied at 10-10 by fulltime and 11-11
after two extra periods. USA sent in all four shots in the shootout while
Greece missed two. The pair played in the same group and USA won that encounter
12-8. USA stretched its lead over Greece in World Championship play to seven
and the win was one place better that Shanghai 2011 when it lost by five goals
to Australia. In the play-off for seventh and eighth, Netherlands turned a 5-1
opening quarter into a 12-9 victory with Lieke Klaassen scoring three penalty
goals to become the championship’s highest goal-scorer with 25. It was a
rematch of the 7-8 classification match at Shanghai 2011, which the Dutch also
won.
Immediately after the match, Dutch gold
medallists from the Beijing Olympics - Iefke van Belkum and Biurakn Hakhverdian
- announced their retirements. This leaves just goalkeeper Ilse van de Meijden
and Smit as the remaining gold medallists.
The Media All Star team was named with the
championship’s Most Valuable Player, Jennifer Pareja (ESP), leading the group.
She was joined by the best goalkeeper, Spain’s Laura Ester, centre forward
Barbara Bujka (HUN) and field players Rita Keszthelyi (HUN), Lieke Klaassen
(NED), Jennifer Pareja (ESP), Ekaterina Prokofyeva (RUS) and Rowena Webster
(AUS).
Final classifications:
1. Spain
2. Australia
3. Hungary
4. Russia
5. United States of America
6. Greece
7. Netherlands
8. Canada
9. China
10. Italy
11. Kazakhstan
12. New Zealand
13. Great Britain
14. Brazil
15. South Africa
16. Uzbekistan
2. Australia
3. Hungary
4. Russia
5. United States of America
6. Greece
7. Netherlands
8. Canada
9. China
10. Italy
11. Kazakhstan
12. New Zealand
13. Great Britain
14. Brazil
15. South Africa
16. Uzbekistan
Awards (as selected by media
representatives):
Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Pareja (ESP).
Best Goalkeeper: Laura Ester (ESP).
Highest goal-scorer: Lieke Klaassen (NED) 25
Best Goalkeeper: Laura Ester (ESP).
Highest goal-scorer: Lieke Klaassen (NED) 25
Media All Star Team:
Goalkeeper:
Laura Ester (ESP)
Centre Forward: Barbara Bujka (HUN)
Field Players: Rita Keszthelyi (HUN)
Lieke Klaassen (NED)
Jennifer Pareja (ESP)
Ekaterina Prokofyeva (RUS)
Rowena Webster (AUS)
Centre Forward: Barbara Bujka (HUN)
Field Players: Rita Keszthelyi (HUN)
Lieke Klaassen (NED)
Jennifer Pareja (ESP)
Ekaterina Prokofyeva (RUS)
Rowena Webster (AUS)
The fifth session of finals was highlighted, in terms of performances, by the new World Record in the women’s 200m breaststroke by Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) in the first semi-final of the event. The Danish swimmer clocked an impressive 2:19.11, improving the previous world global mark (2:19.59) set by Rebecca Soni (USA) at the London Olympic Games. Pedersen is naturally the athlete to beat in the decisive race, but Yulia Efimova, from Russia, is not far, with a 2:19.85 effort in the semis. It was the third World Record of the Championships, all in women’s events - Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) in the 100m breaststroke and Katie Ledecky (USA) in the 1500m free are the two other WR performers so far.
In terms of medals, the five finals gave two titles to USA and also two gold medals to China. In all of these events, logics prevailed, with Ryan Lochte confirming his good shape in the men’s 200m IM and getting the third consecutive gold in this distance since 2009. Additionally, it was his first individual podium presence in Barcelona. In the women’s 4x200m free relay, the North Americans were also the favourites and touched home first for the fifth title in the last six editions of these Championships.
From the Chinese side, 2008 Olympic champion Zige Liu is back at the top, with a brilliant triumph in the women’s 200m butterfly, in front of the audience’s hero Mireia Belmonte and well ahead of her compatriot Liuyang Jiao (sixth) the reigning Olympic winner. In the women’s 50m backstroke, it was another Chinese affair, with WR holder Jing Zhao defeating her teammate and revelation of the current season, Yuanhui Fu.
Last but not least, Australia took the last gold at stake, by winning the always prestigious men’s 100m free. James Magnussen, from Australia, imposed his class in 47.71, and could forget his silver medal in London, behind Nathan Adrian, this time the bronze medallist in the Catalan capital.
Multiple Olympic champion Hungary and Montenegro will do battle for the FINA Men’s Water Polo World Championships at the Bernat Picornell Pool on Saturday. A reshaped Hungary, a far cry from the triple Olympic champions of the new millennium, pushed London Olympic champion Croatia out of title contention with an 11-10 victory built on better extra-man statistics and the stopping power of goalkeeper Viktor Nagy.
The first semifinal produced an upset according to many pundits, except anyone related to Hungary. The Hungarians, under new head coach Tibor Benedek, himself one of the world’s most decorated athletes, grabbed the lead in the second quarter, took the match to 10-7 early in the fourth, watched Croatia level at 10-10 and then celebrated when Denes Varga scored the winner at 1:58.
It was a return to the glory days for the Hungarians and the man with more gold medals than anyone in the history of the game, Tamas Kasas, visited his countrymen in the changing rooms afterwards. Also watching on was the coaching maestro and architect of those three gold medals from 2000, Denes Kemeny.
In the second medal semifinal, Montenegro hammered outgoing world champion Italy into submission with a stunning 10-8 victory engineered on a 3-0 opening burst that became 5-1 at halftime and 9-4 by the final break. You could smell the fear in the Italian camp as Montenegro shunned the form of the Italian team with its five wins, while Montenegro started the championship with a 6-4 loss to Greece.
It was a tournament of toppled champions and Montenegro wanted Italy to join the rest out of the limelight, although Italy will have a chance for some consolation of a lower podium finish when facing Croatia.
In the round of 5-8 semifinals, there was high drama in the clash between Serbia and Spain. The home team won 14-13 in sudden death penalty shootout after the match was tied at 6-6 at fulltime, 8-8 after extra time and 11-11 after the first rotation of five attempts each. The winning goal by Xavier Garcia came on the sixth shot of sudden death.
In the other 5-8 semifinal, Greece had the better of the high-flying Australia 11-9.
Saturday’s final classification round:
15:00 For 7th & 8th Game 41 AUS vs SRB
13.00 For 3rd & 4th Game 43 CRO vs ITA
20.45 For 5th & 6th Game 42 GRE vs ESP
22:15 For 1st & 2nd Game 44 HUN vs MNE
He was
already the most iconic athlete in High Diving. His successes at the Cliff
Diving World Series, his charisma and his experience (38 years old) had made
Orlando Duque, from Colombia port of Barcelona Colombia Barcelona
In the end of the two-day competition – the first two dives for each of the 13 participating athletes in this première were executed on July 29 -, the Colombian star concluded in 590.20, a mere 0.90 points ahead of silver medallist, Gary Hunt, from Great Britain. Hunt, 10 years young than Duque, was the fourth after Monday’s preliminaries, but two very solid dives (DD 3.8 and 6.3!) allowed him to gain the leadership after the fourth round. But a less successful last combination (DD 5.6) dictated his second place. The bronze went to Jonathan Paredes, the 23-year-old athlete fromMexico
In the end of the two-day competition – the first two dives for each of the 13 participating athletes in this première were executed on July 29 -, the Colombian star concluded in 590.20, a mere 0.90 points ahead of silver medallist, Gary Hunt, from Great Britain. Hunt, 10 years young than Duque, was the fourth after Monday’s preliminaries, but two very solid dives (DD 3.8 and 6.3!) allowed him to gain the leadership after the fourth round. But a less successful last combination (DD 5.6) dictated his second place. The bronze went to Jonathan Paredes, the 23-year-old athlete from
Duque has been competing in this sport for the last 15 years,
and was the man to beat in this final, but Hunt, the winner of the World Series
in the last three years had also the eyes at the first official world title in
High Diving. Presenting the most difficult dives of the final – notably the
above mentioned 6.3, an impressive three somersaults and four twists, the
highest possible DD in diving -, the British star is known for pushing always
further the boundaries of difficulty in the sport he loves.
Paredes is the rookie of the company. At 23, the Mexican diver is evolving very fast and has demonstrated in the past two years that the fear of the height is now just a bad memory.
Paredes is the rookie of the company. At 23, the Mexican diver is evolving very fast and has demonstrated in the past two years that the fear of the height is now just a bad memory.
Missy
Franklin (USA) bagged her third Barcelona gold
and Chad
Le Clos (RSA), who beat Phelps in the 200m butterfly at the 2012
London Olympics, inherited the great man's world crown in the same event, the
American having won it at five of the last six World Championships before
retiring after the London Games with a record 18 Olympic gold medals to his
name. Le Clos swung past Pawel Korzeniowski (POL) on the last length to win in 1:54.32. Korzeniowski, who won the title
when Phelps did not defend it in 2005, took the silver in 1:55.01 and Peng Wu (CHN) the bronze (1:55.09) for his fourth World Championship
medal in the event, following a silver and two bronzes.
Australia will be seeking a second crown to go with its win in
the inaugural women’s World Championships in 1986 - ironically, also in Spain
(Madrid) - and Spain will finish higher than before, having done no better than
seventh in Melbourne 2007 and 11th in Shanghai two years ago.In London, Spain
finished with silver and Australia bronze so two of the top three teams in the
world will clash in a real blockbuster.
In the round of 5-8 semifinals, Greece
beat Canada 12-8, thanks to
four goals from Christina Tsoukala, and Olympic champion United States of America led by three goals
early in the final quarter before just holding out Netherlands
This meansGreece will play USA for fifth and Canada
faces Netherlands
This means
Friday's final classification round:
15.00
For 7th & 8th Game 41 CAN vs NED
16:30 For 3rd & 4th Game 43 RUS vs HUN
20.45 For 5th & 6th Game 42 GRE vsUSA
22.15 For 1st & 2nd Game 44 AUS vs ESP
16:30 For 3rd & 4th Game 43 RUS vs HUN
20.45 For 5th & 6th Game 42 GRE vs
22.15 For 1st & 2nd Game 44 AUS vs ESP
They
were only six, but Cesilie Carlton (USA) was happy as she had won against 60
other competitors! The North American (who suffers from vertigo!) high diver
became the first world champion in this discipline, getting the best
accumulated results after the three rounds of dives on this hot, sunny and
windy Tuesday in Barcelona (ESP). Carlton won
the competition in 211.60, while Ginger Huber (USA
This novelty at the FINA World Championships is almost a première for these divers also – in fact, besides the shows and exhibitions, the most known competition of High Diving are the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, an annual circuit with several legs around the world. But, until a couple of weeks ago, these series were only open to men. On last July 14, in Malcesina (ITA), four of the six finallists inBarcelona (Tara
Hyer Tira and Huber from USA ,
Bader, and Stephanie de Lima from Canada
This novelty at the FINA World Championships is almost a première for these divers also – in fact, besides the shows and exhibitions, the most known competition of High Diving are the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, an annual circuit with several legs around the world. But, until a couple of weeks ago, these series were only open to men. On last July 14, in Malcesina (ITA), four of the six finallists in
On this July 30, they reached the top of the world, diving from
the 20m platform constructed in the port
of Barcelona Carlton
The winner of this landmark event inBarcelona
is from San Antonio , Texas San Diego
The winner of this landmark event in
Sixteen-year-old
Katie Ledecky smashed the 1500 metres freestyle world record on a great day for
the USA Denmark
Ledecky, who won the 400m freestyle on Day 1, and Friis fought
neck and neck in the 30-length pool marathon, the American edging clear in the
final 100 metres to win in 15:36.53. Friis, world silver medallist
in 2009 and champion in 2011, was also inside the 15:42.54 world mark set by Kate Ziegler
in Mission Viejo , California Barcelona
Meilutyte finished a shade outside the world record 1:04.35 she clocked in the 100m
breaststroke semi-finals, sweeping to the gold in 1:04.42, a time still inside the 1:04.45 world mark which had stood to
Jessica Hardy (USA) since August 2009. Yuliya Efimova (RUS), world silver
medallist in 2009, was the only swimmer to finish within a second of the
Lithuanian, taking the silver in 1:05.02. Hardy, world silver medallist
in 2005, scooped the bronze in1:05.52.
It was a day of drama in the quarterfinals today as each team
had to battle for the right to contest the semifinals. Hungary
In the final match of the night, Italy
opened the scoring, fended off Spain
The round of 5-8 now comprises a competition of epic proportions
considering all four teams have played at their highest level for much of the
championship and all would be disappointed at not shooting for medals.
Thursday’s semifinals:
Thursday’s semifinals:
Round
5-8:
15:30 37. GRE vs AUS
17:00 38. SRB vs ESP
Round 1-4:
20:15 39. HUN vs CRO
21:45 40. MNE vs ITA
15:30 37. GRE vs AUS
17:00 38. SRB vs ESP
Round 1-4:
20:15 39. HUN vs CRO
21:45 40. MNE vs ITA
Source: FINA Newsletter
THANK YOU BARCELONA! SEE YOU IN KAZAN!
Shortly
after the conclusion of the swimming finals, the Closing Ceremony of the 15th
FINA World Championships gathered all the flags of the 180 participating
countries in Barcelona (ESP), while the FINA flag was officially given to the
city of Kazan (RUS), the next organiser of FINA’s major event in 2015.
“We come to the end of a great Aquatic Festival here in Barcelona! During two weeks, our best athletes performed at the highest level with remarkable results. My sincere thank you to all of them! The venues, the Host Broadcaster, the spectators, the organisation and the hosts’ hospitality were amazing”, said FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione. “The 15th FINA World Championships has increased the importance and value of all our aquatic disciplines and FINA brand gained more exposure and prestige. I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all Spanish and Catalan authorities, to the Organising Committee Barcelona 2013, to the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation, and to the volunteers for their contribution, support and excellence in staging these 15th FINA World Championships here in Barcelona. These Championships were unforgettable!” added Dr. Maglione.
“We come to the end of a great Aquatic Festival here in Barcelona! During two weeks, our best athletes performed at the highest level with remarkable results. My sincere thank you to all of them! The venues, the Host Broadcaster, the spectators, the organisation and the hosts’ hospitality were amazing”, said FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione. “The 15th FINA World Championships has increased the importance and value of all our aquatic disciplines and FINA brand gained more exposure and prestige. I would like to express our sincere gratitude to all Spanish and Catalan authorities, to the Organising Committee Barcelona 2013, to the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation, and to the volunteers for their contribution, support and excellence in staging these 15th FINA World Championships here in Barcelona. These Championships were unforgettable!” added Dr. Maglione.
Source: www.bcn2013.com
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Beijing grants training access
Phnom Penh Post
Newspaper
Wed, 24
July 2013
China has responded favourably to a
request from the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia to let some of the
Kingdom’s athletes in select disciplines make use of the high-tech training
facilities in Beijing to prepare for this year’s SEA Games in Myanmar in
December.
“We have a memorandum of understanding
with China, and some of our athletes trained in Beijing before the London
Olympics [last year],” NOCC secretary-general Vath Chamroeun told the Post.
“Members of our swimming, table tennis, athletics, badminton and one or two other
teams will now be able to train in China.”
Meanwhile, Cambodian wrestlers will get
a big boost under an Olympic Solidarity-funded training program to be conducted
by internationally reputed coach Stephen Kazarian, an Armenian veteran of
nearly a dozen Olympics and 65 male and female World Championships.
Now living in Switzerland, Kazarian is
no stranger to Cambodian wrestling, having coached the national team way back
in the late 1960s. He was back in Phnom Penh after a 42-year break in 2010 to
conduct an International Olympic Committee technical course for wrestling
coaches.
A group of 20 national probables will go
through a training stint under Kazarian in two stages. The first camp will be
held next month, with the second and final one planned for early next year.
“We are very happy to have a coach of
Kazarian’s stature and experience helping our wrestlers. Wrestling has been
part of our country’s tradition,” said Vath Chamroeun, himself a competitive
wrestler in his younger days who represented Cambodia at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympics.
Golf coaching course hits
bunker
A technical course sanctioned by the IOC for as many
as 25 Cambodian golf coaches has seemingly run into a logistical problem and
may be indefinitely delayed or even cancelled.
Golf’s world governing body, the
International Golf Federation, has indicated to the NOCC that it is not in a
position to provide an expert to conduct the course.
“The course has to be conducted by an
expert sent by the international golf body. This is an IOC stipulation. It is a
huge disappointment for us,” Vath Chamroeun said.
Golf is making its return to the Olympic
Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Don’t treat the injured as
outcasts, Teichman says
Phnom Penh Post Newspaper
Fri, 9 August 2013
German sports therapist Joerg Teichman has sent out a
strong message to Cambodian coaches that rehabilitating an injured player is as
vital as fine-tuning their playing skills.
In his closing remarks yesterday at the end of a
two-day seminar on knee and ankle injuries in sport and their prevention he
conducted at the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia headquarters, Teichman
told an audience of several national coaches and their assistants not to treat
injured players as “outcasts”.
“What an injured player needs is your attention and
care, and you have a big responsibility towards the injured just as you have in
enhancing their performances,” said Teichman, who has spent well over three
decades in Asia , the last 16 years as head of
rehabilitation at the Malaysian National Institute of Sports.
“Injuries are part of a sportsman’s life, and you have
to deal with them. Always remember a player is injured not sick. And you can do
something about it to help fast recovery and, in some cases, prevent
aggravation.”
Frustration, Teichman contended, would normally be the
first reaction from an anxious coach and a suffering player. But the follow-up
should be quick acceptance and treatment leading to progress.
“Instead of letting an injured player sit at home and
brood over his misery, coaches should make him feel that he is still part of
the team. This immensely helps the healing process,” added the German.
“[The] body adopts to training – always keep this in
mind, The same level and same intensity of training will not work,” he told the
gathering, calling on the participants to keep assessing the biological
limitations of the players while changing training patterns for better results.
Later, in an interview with the Post, Teichman
described his two-day seminar as just the beginning.
“Coaches should develop special knowledge of sports
medicine and sciences, which is fast evolving, and I am glad that Cambodia
NOCC secretary-general Vath Chamroeun said they were
“extremely grateful to Teichman for voluntarily coming forward to help our
coaches get a better grasp of a complex subject like sports medicine and its
applications. This was indeed an eye opener for our coaches.
“We need his expertise and experience to guide us
through. This is a priority sector for us and we expect bigger budgetary
allocations for sports medicine and sciences.”
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