All the Links You Need For the Inaugural FINA Champions Series in China

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Nine Olympic gold medalists, including Anthony Ervin (USA), Chad Le Clos (RSA), Sun Yang (CHN), Dimitry Balandin (KAZ), Pernille Blume (DEN), Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), Katinka Hosszu (HUN) and Dana Vollmer (USA) will be competing at the first FINA Champions Series event in Guangzhou, China this weekend.

16 World Championships gold medalists, including Ben Proud (GBR), Michael Andrew (USA), Danas Rapsys (LTU), Wang Shun (CHN), Robert Glinta (ROU), Fabio Scozzoli (ITA), Anton Chupkov (RUS), Nicholas Santos (BRA), Fu Yuanhui (CHN), Emily Seebohm (AUS) and Kelsi Dahlia (USA) are set to take the plunge this weekend in Guanghzou, China, from April 27-28.

In addition to this high-profile line-up, a total of 42 Olympic and World silver and bronze medallists, 27 men and 15 women, have responded present.

The meet will be two days with timed finals only and four swimmers in each event. All times below are local time in China. The meet will begin Saturday night in China at 8:02 p.m. local time, which means it will be 8:02 a.m. Saturday morning in Eastern Standard Time and 5:02 a.m. Saturday morning on the west coast of the United States.

Sunday’s session will be at 7:32 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The meet can also be viewed live on the Olympic Channel.

Saturday:

20:02 : 400m Freestyle (W)
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Li Bingjie, CHN
- Wang Jianjiahe, CHN
- Zhang Yuhan, CHN
20:10: 100m Freestyle (M)
- Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
- Chad Le Clos, RSA
- Vladimir Morozov, RUS
- Pieter Timmers, BEL
20:15: 100m Backstroke (W)
- Georgia Davies, GBR
- Fu Yuanhui, CHN
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Emily Seebohm, AUS
20:20 : 200m Backstroke (M)
- Ryosuke Irie, JPN
- Li Guangyuan, CHN
- Danas Rapsys, LTU
- Xu Jiayu, CHN
20:30 : 200m Butterfly (W)
- Kelsi Dahlia, USA
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Zhang Yufei, CHN
- Zhang Yuhan, CHN
20:36 : 50m Butterfly (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Andriy Govorov, UKR
- Ben Proud, GBR
- Nicholas Santos, BRA
20:40 : 200m Freestyle (W)
- Li Bingjie, CHN
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
- Wang Jianjiahe, CHN
20:46 : 50m Breaststroke (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Joao Gomes, BRA
- Felipe Lima, BRA
- Fabio Scozzoli, ITA
20:55 : 100m Breaststroke (W)
- Imogen Clark, GBR
- Molly Hannis, USA
- Ye Shiwen, CHN
- Yu Jingyao, CHN
21:00 : 200m IM (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Qin Haiyang, CHN
- Wang Shun, CHN
- Wang Yizhe, CHN
21:06 : 100m Butterfly (W)
- Kelsi Dahlia, USA
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
- Dana Vollmer, USA
21:11 : 100m Backstroke (M)
- Robert Glinta, ROU
- Ryosuke Irie, JPN
- Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
- Xu Jiayu, CHN
21:19 : 50m Backstroke (W)
- Georgia Davies, GBR
- Fu Yuanhui, CHN
- Liu Xiang, CHN
- Emily Seebohm, AUS
21:24 : 200m Butterfly (M)
- Li Zhuhao, CHN
- Chad Le Clos, RSA
- Masato Sakai, JPN
- Wang Zhou, CHN
21:30 : 4x100m Freestyle (Mi)
21:43 : Parade of Champions

Sunday:

19:32 : 400m Freestyle (M)
- Gabriele Detti, ITA
- Jack McLoughlin, AUS
- Mykhailo Romanchuk, UKR
- Sun Yang, CHN
19:40 : 50m Freestyle (W)
- Pernille Blume, DEN
- Cate Campbell, AUS
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
19:45 : 100m Butterfly (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Li Zhuhao, CHN
- Chad Le Clos, RSA
- Andrei Minakov, RUS
19:49 : 50m Butterfly (W)
- Cate Campbell, AUS
- Kelsi Dahlia, USA
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
19:58 : 200m Breaststroke (M)
- Dmitriy Balandin, KAZ
- Anton Chupkov, RUS
- Qin Haiyang, CHN
- Ippei Watanabe, JPN
20:04 : 200m Backstroke (W)
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Liu Yaxin, CHN
- Peng Xuwei, CHN
- Emily Seebohm, AUS
20:10 : 50m Freestyle (M)
- Anthony Ervin, USA
- Vladimir Morozov, RUS
- Ben Proud, GBR
- Andrea Vergani, ITA
20:14 : 200m Breaststroke (W)
- Molly Hannis, USA
- He Yun, CHN
- Ye Shiwen, CHN
- Yu Jingyao, CHN
20:25 : 50m Backstroke (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Robert Glinta, ROU
- Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
- Vladimir Morozov, RUS
20:29 : 100m Freestyle (W)
- Pernille Blume, DEN
- Bronte Campbell, AUS
- Cate Campbell, AUS
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
20:34 : 200m Freestyle (M)
- Chad Le Clos, RSA
- Danas Rapsys, LTU
- Sun Yang, CHN
- Wang Shun, CHN
20:40 : 50m Breaststroke (W)
- Imogen Clark, GBR
- Feng Junyang, CHN
- Molly Hannis, USA
- Ye Shiwen, CHN
20:48 : 100m Breaststroke (M)
- Michael Andrew, USA
- Anton Chupkov, RUS
- Arno Kamminga, NED
- Fabio Scozzoli, ITA
20:53 : 200m IM (W)
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN
- Kim Seoyeong, KOR
- Zhang Sishi, CHN
- Zhou Min, CHN
21:00 : 4x100m Medley (Mi)
21:13 : Parade of Champions

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John Wire

5 years ago

The meet will begin Saturday night in China at 8:02 p.m. local time, which means it will be 8:02 a.m. Friday morning in Eastern Standard Time – it should be 8:02 a.m. Saturday morning in Eastern Time.