Barcelona Bonanza Proof of Sport’s Bright Future
The recent World Championships in Barcelona revealed the sport is in a good way, a perfect blend of talent and charismatic personalities propelling swimming into the future.
View ArticleThe Barcelona Backsplash – All 8 Days In One Pool
World Championships, 2013: links to our coverage of all finals and the stats file for each day showing the impact of the session on the all-time rankings top 10, textile and all suits, performers and...
View ArticleBarcelona 2013: Troubling News Filters Through
We heard the whisper in Barcelona: was it possible that the filtration system at the Palau San Jordi pool could b affecting results? The suggestion was clear: lanes 1-4 were at a disadvantage to...
View ArticleMyrtha Says BCN2013 Splits Mystery ‘Not Circulation’
Myrtha Pools has denied that the circulation in the temporary facility installed at the Palau San Jordi for the 15th FINA World Championships could have mad one side of the pool "faster" than the...
View ArticleBarcelona 2013 World Titles – Women’s Grades
The 15th FINA World Championships wrapped up two weeks ago, which means there has been enough time to digest what took place at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. As a result, SwimVortex has developed...
View ArticleBarcelona 2013 World Titles – Men’s Grades
The 15th edition of the World Championships wrapped up a little more than a week ago, which means there has been enough time to digest what took place at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. As a result,...
View ArticleHow The Tide Has Turned In World-Class Waters
As one season comes to a close on the cusp of a World Junior Championships that will whet our appetite with the spray of the next wave, SwimVortex.com reflects on events at the 15th FINA World...
View ArticleNo Doping Positives: & Other Sums, Barcelona 2013
No anti-doping tests taken during and in the lead-up to the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona that ended on August 4 returned positive; FINA releases figures with other stats from the champs
View ArticleFINA Champs Had A 4.5Bn TV Reach But No Aussies
The 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona in July and August 4 were had an audience reach, a cumulative TV audience in the industry language, of almost 4.5 billion, the international federation...
View ArticleM200 Breaststroke: Marco Koch Stops Gyurta Gold Rush For German First
They pressed it all the way - four men in a line on world record pace at the last turn, Marco Koch (GER) inside it at the helm - and the man who who keep up the pressure all the way home to a final...
View ArticleSpeedy Titles In Non-Olympic Realm For Jeanette Ottesen & Katinka Hosszu
Jeanette Ottesen clocked 24.92 for victory in the 50m butterfly to celebrate the news that the Australian coach who had recently led Team Denmark, Shannon Rollason, is heading back to Europe as head...
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