After two highly successful meets in Guangzhou (CHN) and Budapest (HUN), 17 Olympic and 20 World champions are ready to race in Indianapolis (USA) on May 31-June 1 for the ultimate (3/3) leg of the FINA Champions Swim Series 2019.
Between them, the 50 swimmers in Indianapolis, representing 15 NF, have won 54 Olympic medals as well as 146 World medals.
The innovative competition schedule at the famous Indiana University (IU) Natatorium includes 28 individual events as well as two mixed relays spread over two days.
Michael Andrew, Katinka Hosszu and Sarah Sjostrom are set to swim five events at the meet in Indianapolis this weekend.
The schedule unfolds as follows:
DAY 1 – Friday May 31
- 200m back (W)
- 200m fly (M)
- 100m fly (W)
- 50m free (M)
- 200m breast (W)
- 100m back (M)
- 400m free (W)
- 50m fly (M)
- 100m free (W)
- 200m IM (M)
- 50m breast (W)
- 100m breast (M)
- 50m back (W)
- 200m free (M)
- 4x100m free (mixed)
DAY 2 – Saturday June 1
- 200m back (M)
- 200m fly (W)
- 100m fly (M)
- 50m free (W)
- 200m breast (M)
- 100m back (W)
- 400m free (M)
- 50m fly (W)
- 100m free (M)
- 200m IM (W)
- 50m breast (M)
- 100m breast (W)
- 50m back (M)
- 200m free (W)
- 4×100 Medley (mixed)
The launch of the brand new FINA Champions Swim Series aims at providing an additional opportunity for the swimming elite to race against each other in a professional and dynamic event.
After Guangzhou (CHN, April 27-28) and Budapest (HUN, May 11-12), the top athletes gather in the North American city with a long lasting swimming history as 18 World and 121 American records having been broken there.
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden has been to most successful swimmer of this new competition so far with a total of 9 gold medals (4 in Guangzhou and 5 in Budapest). Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu has also shown top form at the two inaugural meets, adding 6 golds (3 in Guangzhou and 3 in Budapest) to her impressive champion’s tally. Tough races are to be expected in the women’s competition with a strong North American delegation.
In the men’s races, Pieter Timmers of Belgium, Anton Chupkov of Russia and Nicholas Santos of Brazil remain undefeated in their respective event.
The FINA Champions Swim Series is an invitation-only event, where Olympic and World Championships medallists, current World Record holders and leaders of the swimming world rankings are given every opportunity to shine and benefit from attractive prize money. Unlike traditional swimming events, the Series offers finals only (with four swimmers per final). A new approach to sport presentation and entertainment is also a major part of the event, so spectators on site and fans around the world can enjoy an unforgettable swimming spectacle.
18 swimmers will have made all three of the stops in the inaugural FINA Champions Series. Michael Andrew, Dmitriy Balandin, Pernille Blume, Anthony Ervin, Robert Glinta, Joao Gomes, Andriy Govorov, Molly Hannis, Felipe Lima, Vladimir Morozov, Danas Rapsys, Mykhailo Romanchuk, Nicholas Santos, Fabio Scozzoli, Chupkov, Hosszu, Sjostrom and Timmers will have made it to all three stops of the series.
All three meets of the Champions Swim Series are qualifying events for both the FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Leader Board:
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 9G, 3S
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 6G, 2S, 1B
- Ben Proud, GBR, 4G
- Yulia Efimova, RUS, 3G, 1B
- Anton Chupkov, RUS, 2G, 2S
- Anastasia Fesikova, RUS, 2G, 1S
- Joao Gomes, BRA, 2G, 1S
- Nicholas Santos, BRA, 2G, 1S
- Pieter Timmers, BEL, 2G, 2B
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED, 2G, 2B
Men’s Roster
**Swimmers making their third appearance
*Swimmers making second appearance
- **Michael Andrew, USA, 50 free, 100 back, 50 breast, 50, 100 fly, 200 IM
- **Dmitry Balandin, KAZ, 200 breast
- **Anton Chupkov, RUS, 100, 200 breast
- *Piero Codia, ITA, 100 fly
- Jack Conger, USA, 100, 200 fly
- *Kevin Cordes, USA, 100 breast
- *Gabriele Detti, ITA, 200, 400 free
- **Anthony Ervin, USA, 50 free
- *Bruno Fratus, BRA, 50, 100 free
- **Robert Glinta, ROU, 50, 100 back
- **Joao Gomes, BRA, 50 breast
- **Andriy Govorov, UKR, 50, 100 fly
- *Matt Grevers, USA, 50, 100, 200 back
- Townley Haas, USA, 100, 200, 400 free
- Zach Harting, USA, 200 fly, 200 IM
- *Chase Kalisz, USA, 200 fly, 200 IM
- *Arno Kamminga, NED, 100, 200 breast
- Oleg Kostin, RUS, 50 fly
- **Felipe Lima, BRA, 50 breast
- Cody Miller, USA, 100 breast
- **Vladimir Morozov, RUS, 50, 100 free, 50 back
- Ryan Murphy, USA, 50, 100, 200 back
- *Jacob Pebley, USA, 200 back
- *Josh Prenot, USA, 200 breast, 200 IM
- **Danas Rapsys, LTU, 200, 400 free, 200 back
- **Mykhailo Romanchuk, UKR, 400 free
- **Nicholas Santos, BRA, 50 fly
- **Fabio Scozzoli, ITA, 50 breast
- **Pieter Timmers, BEL, 100, 200 free
- Justin Wright, USA, 200 fly
Women’s Roster:
**Swimmers making third appearance
- **Pernille Blume, DEN, 50, 100 free
- *Kelsi Dahlia, USA, 50, 100, 200 fly
- *Yulia Efimova, RUS, 50, 100, 200 breast
- *Anastasia Fesikova, RUS, 50, 100, 200 back
- Hali Flickinger, USA, 400 free, 200 fly, 200 IM
- Bethany Galat, USA, 50, 200 breast
- **Molly Hannis, USA, 50, 100 breast
- **Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 400 free, 100, 200 back, 200 fly, 200 IM
- Lilly King, USA, 50, 100, 200 breast
- *Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED, 50, 100 free, 50 back, 50 fly
- Melanie Margalis, USA, 200, 400 free, 200 IM
- Kylie Masse, CAN, 50, 100, 200 back
- *Etiene Medeiros, BRA, 50 back
- *Penny Oleksiak, CAN, 100, 200 free, 100 fly
- *Farida Osman, EGY, 50 free, 50, 100 fly
- *Margherita Panziera, ITA, 100, 200 back
- Sydney Pickrem, CAN, 200 IM
- **Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 50, 100, 200 free, 50, 100 fly
- Leah Smith, USA, 200, 400 free, 200 fly
- Micah Sumrall, USA, 100, 200 breast
Countries Represented:
- United States, 21
- Brazil, 5
- Russia, 5
- Italy, 4
- Canada, 3
- Netherlands, 2
- Ukraine, 2
- Belgium, 1
- Denmark, 1
- Egypt, 1
- Hungary, 1
- Kazakhstan, 1
- Lithuania, 1
- Romania, 1
- Sweden, 1
