2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – SEASON 3, MATCH 18 – LEAGUE FINAL
- Friday, December 3rd – Saturday, December 4th
- 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm local time; 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
- Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Short Course Meters (25m – SCM) Format
- ISL Season 3 Schedules, Start Times, & More
- Live Results
- Teams Competing: Energy Standard, Cali Condors, London Roar, LA Current
- Day 1 Start Lists
The London Roar will be without star backstroker Kira Toussaint in the 2021 ISL Final, as the Dutch native is absent from the Day 1 start lists.
Toussaint has been London’s second-highest scorer this season (and 16th in the league overall) with 250.5 points, having won nine individual events (six in the women’s 50 back, three in the 100 back).
Toussaint told SwimSwam that she’s under the weather but tested negative for COVID-19 twice.
The club will now turn to Minna Atherton to provide big backstroke points, as well as give them a chance to win in the women’s 400 medley relay.
Among the swimmers returning, world record holder Benedetta Pilato is back for Energy Standard, giving them a punch in the arm in women’s breaststroke, and Simonas Bilis returns for the club’s men’s team, adding some relay depth.
For Cali’s Caeleb Dressel, he’s entered in the men’s 100 butterfly and not the 50 free, switching around what he swam two weeks ago. Dressel sat out of last weekend’s playoff match to rest for this final, with club general manager Jason Lezak noting that Dressel was dealing with illness.
Dressel’s absence from the 50 free suggests he’s nowhere near 100 percent.
As SwimSwam reported on Thursday, the LA Current will be missing multi-talented sprinter Beryl Gastaldello, who was the third-highest scorer in last year’s final.
Kathleen Baker, who was absent from the Current in last week’s match (and also entered at the US Open) is on the start lists in both the women’s 50 and 200 back, plus both relays.
Energy has got this . Seems to be the team that was hurt the least by no shows, injuries and illness
Helena Gasson is noticeably missing for LA as well. Forcing Gorbenko to swim a fly leg on the relay.
Should have swam her on Breast but no Gastadello as well
Freya Anderson in 50 Breast?
she’s actually gone a low 30s SCM 50 Breast before.
☹️ That’s Londons highest female swimmer gone
Seems to be Energy’s match to lose.
Huge blow for London that they have to miss Toussaint. Without the return of Prigoda its an impossible task for the Roars now.
I agree – they needed all their big guns and to have them all firing to have a chance and losing a WR holder who has been in great form is a big blow
Yes the odds would have been very slim but not impossible. I assume that Energy will take the crown this year with Dressel not swimming as much (on his best).
Chalmers would have to break his 100 free Wr and jackpot the whole field for them to have a chance. And even then energy can sweep points in 4 events.
Is Kira injured?
Illness. Has tested negative for COVID twice.