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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

XI FINA World Championships - Montreal, Canada


Photo Bottom to Top: Nick Brunelli, Salim Iles, Roland Schoeman and Bartosz Kizierowski

I just went back to look at my sheets and results from World Champs. Finding a photo to represent it for me could only be this photo. There was crazy fast swimming! I decided to put some stats down in one place because the bar has really been raised.

Championship Records:
Men's 50m Free - Roland Schoeman 21.69
Women's 50m Back - Gao Chang 28.31
Men's 100m Free - Filippo Magnini 48.12
Women's 100m Fly - Jessica Schipper 57.01 prelim, 55.75 semi, 57.23 final
Women's 200m IM - Katie Hoff 2:10.41
Women's 400m IM - Katie Hoff 4:36.07
Women's 4X200m Free relay - USA 7:53.70
Women's 4X100m Free relay - AUS 3:37.32
Men's 4X100m Free - USA 3:13.77
Women's 4X100m Medley Relay - AUS 3:57.47

World Records:
Women's 50m Breast - Jade Edmistone 30.45
Men's 50m Butterfly - Roland Schoeman 23.01 and then 22.96
Women's 100m Breast - Jessica Hardy 1:06.20
Men's 100m Fly - Ian Crocker 50.40
Men's 200m Back - Aaron Peirsol 1:54.66
Woman's 200m Breast - Leisel Jones 2:21.72
Woman's 200m Fly - Otylia Jedrzejczak 2:05.51
Men's 800m Free - Grant Hackett 7:38.65

All the world record swims were exciting, my favortie was Grant Hackett breaking Ian Thorpe's 4 year old record. The crowd was on its feet for the last 300m. People who think distance racing isn't exciting are crazy! There were some questionable calls by the officials, in my opinion, but I enjoyed it all the same. The venue was as nice as the swimming was fast, set on an island with subway access. And the people of Montreal really showed up to support their team. There were a couple of races that I felt the heart of the crowd carried the Canadian swimmers to podium positions. Beautiful city, excellent sport.
I am now finished with all the meets from 2005. I had a great time making friends and watching excellent swimming last year. I hope I get to do it again in 2006.

posted by lala at 5/10/2006 09:34:00 PM  

3 Comments:

  • At 5/11/2006 7:47 PM, AimsRos said…

    Thanks so much for taking and posting so many pictures, lala. Even when I can't go to the meets (as I usually can't), I get the feeling like I was there when I see your pics. Thanks!!

     

  • At 5/12/2006 12:47 PM, Timtheswimmer said…

    Hey lala, thanks for more awesome pictures!! Glad that you had a great time and got to see some GREAT swimming!

     

  • At 5/14/2006 6:16 PM, Teagan35 said…

    lala, I will never forget that 800m race. It will always be in my memory like it was yesterday. I don't recall the last time I felt such excitement from an entire crowd. At that moment, it didn't matter which country you were cheering for--it was all about Grant. I was in tears when he came in. So glad we, in a way, got to experience it together.

     

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