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
A Russian swimmer has yet to win gold at these World Championships taking place in Gwangju, Korea, something that hasn’t happened since 2007.
In recent history, Russia finished 11th in the medal table back in 2015 when they played host to the biannual long course event, taking just 1 gold in that year. They rebounded in 2017 in Budapest, jumping to 3rd in the overall medal standings when all was said and done, reaping 3 golds over the course of that year’s competition.
Flash forward to 2019 and the nation is still waiting to hear its national anthem, with the opportunities dwindling as the competition checks off its days. They’ve certainly come close up to this point, having collected 4 silver medals through day 5. Evgeny Rylov, Oleg Kostin, Yuliya Efimova, and the men’s 4x100m free relay have all earned runner-up status, while the nation has earned 2 bronze medals.
Among the Russian contingency sprinkled among the remaining races, Rylov enters as the top seed for tomorrow night’s 200m backstroke final, while Efimova is among the top contenders for gold in the 200m breast. Vldaimir Morozov, who scratched the 100m free here, is gunning for a 50m free bid, while Andri Minakov will contest the 100m fly.
European Swimming Medal Table Through Day 5:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Russia | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
this article didnt age well
This article seems a bit premature considering imo Russia’s 3 best chances for a Gold medal are all happening in the next Session.
A bit random but I have just realised that Great Britain’s Georgia Coates has flown all the way to Gwangju for nothing because GB have pulled out of the women 400 and 800 free relay. That is unless she isn’t put on the mixed freestyle relay prelims for GB (which I doubt will be the case)
SwimSwam senior reporter Loretta Race tells us that Coates didn’t make the trip.
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LOL. Tomorrow they have Efimova, Rylov, Chupkov and the 4×200 men’s relay. 🤣🤣
Good. Russian sport is still clearly dirty and their swimmers are competing under a different set of rules than everyone else. None of their swims should be regarded as legitimate as long as WADA continues to give them a pass.
Oh Americans… really? you guys!!
Between Rylov, Efimova and Chupkov I’d give them a 95% percent chance of winning at least one
I feel like this is extremely premature given their three best chances (Efimova and Chupkov 200 breast, Rylov 200 back) are still to come.
this article is just silly