AQUATICS – At the conclusion of the 2015 Aquatics World Championships, China have emerged as the most successful country winning 15 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 10 bronze medals. For the first time since 2001 (Australia), United States do not top the overall table.
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ANALYSE THIS: Parity like never before in swimming
SWIMMING – With only one day of competition left at the 2015 Swimming World Championships in Kazan, the United States have reclaimed their leading position in the Market Share (metric that weights all ranks) table, but only by a very small margin. Like we reported earlier this week, their position is being challenged by traditional rivals Australia, China and France, but also the strong emerging force that is Great Britain. For comparison, the US had a market share of nearly 50% only eight years ago, now that has been reduced to 20%.
ANALYSE THIS: US domination in swimming challenged
SWIMMING – At the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia, Australia and Great Britain have shown their intent to knock the United States off their perch as the world’s leading nation in swimming. After three days of competition they have a greater market share, a metric that weights all ranks, than the US.
ANALYSE THIS: How far would the fastest 100m swimmers reach in world record time?
SWIMMING – At the 16th FINA World Championships the best swimmers of the world will compete for the world titles. Several word records have been swum at previous world championships. We were dying to know how a world record holder compares to the other medallists at the world championships. Continue reading
INFOGRAPHIC: Barcelona’s over and underachievers
SWIMMING – Looking back at our predictions for the 2013 World Swimming Championships, we have been able to identify the biggest overachievers and the biggest underachievers. Punching far above his weight was Slovenia’s Damir Dugonjic, who finished fourth in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke, where we expected him to finish in 23rd place. Finland’s Matti Mattsson posted a similar surprise performance in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke.
Alicia Coutts (50m Butterfly) and Fabio Scozzoli (50m Breaststroke) were the biggest laggards when looking at our pre-race projections.
INFOGRAPHIC: Swimming powers of the world
SWIMMING – We have made an interactive Infographic explaining which nations were the most dominant ones at the 2013 Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. You can enable all interactive features of the Infographic by clicking on the picture below.
REVIEW: Franklin sets world championships record
SWIMMING – The United States emerged victorious in the Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay, the final event of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. Missy Franklin secured her sixth gold medal at these World Swimming Championships, setting a new record for a woman at a single World Championships, beating the record by Tracy Caulkins (USA) from 1978 that was equalled by Libby Trickett-Lenton (AUS) in 2007. The only swimmer that has ever won more than six gold medals in a single worlds is a man: Michael Phelps, who accomplished that feat in 2007. Australia came second. Remarkably, Alicia Coutts finished these championships with five medals, all silvers. This is also a new record for a single world championships.
ANALYSE THIS: Russia ahead of schedule as Australia need to catch up
SWIMMING – After 17 of 40 medal events at the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships, Russia are performing better than expected, having won three medals so far, while Australia have some catching up to do based on the Infostrada Sports Virtual Medal Table. Australia are on six medals, but should be on 10 according to the VMT predictions.
In the infographic below you can see each country’s performance. You can click on the image to go to the interactive part to switch between gender, medals and medal tables.
Missy Franklin (USA) has won three gold medals at these world championships and she is two gold medals shy of the women’s record of winning five gold medals at a single edition. Franklin can extend her total to four gold medals if she is part of the winning 4x200m Freestyle team on Thursday, 1 August. However, our Virtual Medal Table predicts that the USA will finish behind Australia
Franklin has another shot at gold in the 100m Freestyle, tomorrow, 2 August, although she is predicted to finish outside the medals in fourth place.
With the 200m Backstroke (3 Aug) and the 4×100 Medley Relay (4 Aug) to come, Franklin is still expected to reach five gold medals in Barcelona and thereby equaling the record set by Tracy Caulkins (USA, 1978) and Libby Trickett (AUS, 2007).
Swimming sensation Katie Ledecky (USA) can become the second youngest woman to win three WCh gold medals in individual events if she wins the 800m Freestyle on 3 August. Ledecky will be 16 years and 139 days on Saturday and you can check out below the list of youngest women to reach three gold medals in individual events.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Recent records at the Olympic Games
OLYMPIC GAMES – Looking at the performance in athletics and swimming events of the 2012 London Olympic Games, this edition of the Olympics is not as record-friendly as the one in Beijing four years ago. In Beijing 26 world records were broken in athletics and swimming, and an additional 21 Olympic records. In London there are 11 world records so far and an additional 17 Olympic records.
INFOGRAPHIC: Participants with most medals – 2012
OLYMPIC GAMES – With 33 of the 34 swimming events completed at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it has become apparent that swimming offers greater opportunities at multi-medal performances than other sports. The only non-swimmer with 4+ medals in London is gymnast Aliya Mustafina.
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