PHOTO GALLERY: International Swimming League Debut

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Andreas Vaziaos swims the backstroke at the ISL opener. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The International Swimming League opened its first season with Day 1 of the first meet in Indianapolis.

Half of the world’s best professional swimmers were in Indy for the meet, represented by four of the eight ISL teams — the Cali Condors, DC Trident, Energy Standard and Aqua Centurions.

Plenty of fast racing from Sarah Sjostrom, Chad le Clos, Florent Manaudou, Lilly King, Olivia Smoliga — and the return of Natalie Coughlin — highlighted the first session.

Swimming World Chief Photographer Peter Bick was on deck alongside Managing Editor Dan D’Addona, capturing images from the historic first day of the International Swimming League.

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COMPLETE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE COVERAGE

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST DAY RECAP

International Swimming League Day 1 Winners:

Women’s 100 Butterfly – Sarah Sjöström, Energy Standard – 55.65
Men’s 100 Butterfly – Chad Le Clos, Energy Standard – 49.65
Women’s 50 Breaststroke – Lilly King, Cali Condors – 29.23
Men’s 50 Breaststroke – Nicolo Martinenghi, Aqua Centurions – 26.03
Women’s 400 Individual Medley – Melanie Margalis, Cali Condors – 4:25.77
Men’s 400 Individual Medley – Jay Litherland, DC Trident – 4:06.92
Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay – Energy Standard (Oleksiak, Sjöström, Sanchez, Heemskerk) – 3:28.63
Men’s 200 Backstroke – Evgeny Rylov, Energy Standard – 1:49.68
Women’s 200 Backstroke – Kylie Masse, Cali Condors – 2:01.89
Men’s 50 Freestyle – Florent Manaudou, Energy Standard – 20.77
Women’s 50 Freestyle – Sarah Sjöström, Energy Standard – 23.58
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay – Energy Standard (Kolesnikov, Shymanovich, Le Clos, Bilis) – 3:23.11
Women’s 200 Freestyle – Siobhan Haughey, DC Trident – 1:52.88
Men’s 200 Freestyle – Breno Correia, Aqua Centurions – 1:44.21
Women’s 50 Backstroke – Olivia Smoliga, Cali Condors – 26.41
Men’s 50 Backstroke – Kliment Kolesnikov, Energy Standard – 23.29
Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Lilly King, Cali Condors – 2:18.25
Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Anton Chupkov, Energy Standard – 2:04.03
Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay – Energy Standard (Shevtsov, Manaudou, Le Clos, Girev), 3:08.77

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