2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
- Meet site
- Competition Schedule
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Entry Lists
- Results
We are now in the thick of the 2019 World Championships, and to make sure you’re up to speed with all the action, we’re giving you a video recap of what we think of the racing. This is Pancake Hot Take, where we rate the overall racing of every Finals Session on a scale of 1-5 pancakes, and give you our highlights from each night.
While Day 2 saw 2 championship records go down, I’m basing ratings solely off of times posted and how they compare to world records. Therefore, I give Day 2 of finals…
2 PANCAKES
- Race of the Day: Women’s 200 IM, it’s all about redemption. Katinka Hosszu wins 4 in a row after having a rocky summer last year, Yi Shiwen wins her first major medal since 2012, and Sydney Pickrem medals in the 2IM after exiting the pool after the butterfly leg in 2017
- Surprise of the Day: Maggie Macneil taking down Sarah Sjostrom in the women’s 100 fly, posting a 55.83 to make her the 2nd fastest performer all-time
- Bummer of the Day: Men’s 200 free. Having only 1 male under 1:45 heading into the final is tough to see, and doesn’t give me hope that we’re getting closer to that 1:42.00 WR
- Syrup on Top: Caeleb Dressel posting the 2nd fastest performance ever in the 50 fly (22.35) and making his medal count 2-for-2 golds, meaning he can still potentially win 9 overall at this meet
Stay tuned for Pancake Hot Takes every day after finals. And until then… stay hungry.
You want to see 1:41.99? Coleman, can I have whatever you’re ingesting.
its the texas tap water
Wow now that’s a roast 😉
Touche
I don’t think you will be disappointed by that 200 free tomorrow. I think we are going to see multiple men under 1:45
I think Yannick set the bar very high going 1:43.1 in 2012. I’ve been wanting to see more guys inching closer to those kind of times… I don’t think anyone has gone faster than 1:44.3 (sun yang, 2017 worlds) since then
I wonder what the chances are they use Dressel in the 800 free relay. Of course that’s the only way he gets to 9.
Depends on how his lineup for the day looks
I don’t think it matters. He has the 50 free and 100 fly semis during the same session and then the 4×2 is the last event. He wouldn’t be jeopardizing any medal chances.
But what if the coaches want to try him out in the prelims first?
Anyways, 8 golds breaks the record and is very likely.