PHOENIX, Arizona, November 19. WHILE Swimming World will start announcing the various winners of the World and Regional Swimmers of the Year awards in the December issue as voted by an expert panel, we've been letting our readers decide on a pair of Swimmers Choice awards online.
With just more than a week left to vote, there are some surprising totals in our polls as it looks like our Brazilian friends have mobilized to support Thiago Pereira:
Male World Swimmer of the Year Vote
Thiago Pereira, BRA 40.46%
Michael Phelps, USA 27.41%
Tae Hwan Park, KOR 18.32%
Ryan Lochte, USA 7.19%
Brendan Hansen, USA 1.45%
Stefan Nystrand, SWE 1.40%
Aaron Peirsol, USA 1.26%
Roland Schoeman, RSA 0.83%
Mateusz Sawrymowicz, POL 0.74%
Filippo Magnini, ITA 0.43%
Alain Bernard, FRA 0.31%
Kosuke Kitajima, JPN 0.21%
Female World Swimmer of the Year Vote
Kate Ziegler, USA 37.66%
Natalie Coughlin, USA 16.65%
Laure Manaudou, FRA 12.03%
Katie Hoff, USA 9.98%
Libby Lenton, AUS 9.77%
Therese Alshammar, SWE 4.25%
Leisel Jones, AUS 4.20%
Kirsty Coventry, ZIM 2.63%
Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL 1.42%
Leila Vaziri, USA 1.42%
We will be announcing the winners of the Swimmers Choice awards on Nov. 27. So, if you think some of these numbers need to change, please make sure to vote via the polls listed under our Top Stories!