FINA World Championships Top Quotes: Day One

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Check out the top quotes from athletes who performed well on the first day of the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary!

“I think it’s probably the time that stings a bit more.” — Mack Horton, after men’s 400 free final (3:43.85, silver medal)

“Touching on one of my sore spots.” — Horton, on Sun Yang being coached by Australian Denis Cotterell

“It was a new experience. Having pressure of going into a World Championship final seeded first is something you can’t practice… I’m just not afraid of big names like I was two or three years ago before I was swimming at NCAAs.” — Felix Auboeck (AUT), after men’s 400 free final (3:45.21, finished fifth)

“I don’t know if anybody had swum in front of this many people before.” — Zane Grothe (USA), after men’s 400 free final (3:45.86, finished seventh)

“Good swim, bad swim—what I’ll remember are the friends I made.” — Sarah Gibson (USA), on the World Championships experience, after women’s 100 fly semi-final (58.48, finished 15th)

“In my head, I know where I am. I know for a fact that just because I swam fast mid-season doesn’t mean I’m in poll position.” — Ben Proud (GBR), after men’s 50 fly semi-final (22.92, qualified fourth)

“I’m actually more concerned with how (golfer Jordan) Spieth is going in the Open right now.” — Joseph Schooling (SIN), on his fellow Texas Longhorn Spieth, after men’s 50 fly semi-final (22.93, qualified fifth)

“Having Katie (Ledecky) out there, I just know that if I’m anywhere near her, I’m probably having a good race myself.” — Leah Smith (USA), after women’s 400 free final (4:01.54, silver medal)

“I think I’ve got a lot of work to do on the last 30 meters, but I was happy to get my hand on the wall first (in my semi-final heat… Kevin (Cordes) is an awesome dude, and it’s always nice having someone super-fast, because I think without Kevin I probably wouldn’t be as fast as I am.“ — Cody Miller (USA), after men’s 100 breast semi-final (59.08, qualified third)

“Faster than this morning, and I’ll try to keep that momentum going into tomorrow… There’s some fast swimming going around, so it kind of brings that big-game elevation. It’s fun going out there, representing the U.S., knowing both of us (Miller and I) are going to swim well.” — Kevin Cordes (USA), after men’s 100 breast semi-final (58.64, qualified second)

“I’m ready for this environment. It’s my home… Probably could have given it a bit more (effort), but you don’t want to empty the tank in the semi-finals.” — Adam Peaty (GBR), after men’s 100 breast semi-final (57.75, qualified first)

“I just pretend their cheering for me. I probably have two fans out there.” — Sydney Pickrem (CAN), on how she handles crowd’s loud cheering for Hungarians, after women’s 200 IM semi-final (2:09.17, qualified third)

“It feels awesome. Before the race, we had a chat between us that everybody would commit to drop three tenths. We committed to have the same order and make it better.” — Cesar Cielo (BRA), after Brazil got silver in men’s 400 free relay

“This is like a sweet, happy ending for me. I’m on the back nine of my career. Honestly, I don’t see myself going to the next Olympics, so I’m just trying to enjoy each season I can get and see how far I can go… That (relay) medal was the only medal I was missing in my entire career.” — Cielo, on returning to the medal podium after missing the Rio Olympics altogether

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Don

8 years ago

Thanks for updating us.