Swimming Canada will send a 25-member team (13 men, 12 women) consisting of Olympic and world championship medalists to the FINA World Swimming Championships, being held July 12-28.<\/p>\n
Included on the team is Kylie Masse<\/strong> (University of Toronto), the reigning world champion in the 100-m backstroke and an Olympic bronze medallist; Taylor Ruck<\/strong> (High Performance Centre \u2013 Ontario) who has a combined 15 Olympic, Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championship medals but has never competed at a senior world championships; Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> (High Performance Centre \u2013 Ontario) an Olympic champion and world championship bronze medallist; Yuri Kisil<\/strong> (High Performance Centre \u2013 Ontario) a three-time world championship bronze medallist; and Markus Thormeyer<\/strong> (High Performance Centre \u2013 Vancouver) a world championship and Commonwealth Games medallist.<\/p>\n The team also offers a glimpse of the future with 15-year-old Emma O\u2019Croinin<\/strong> (Edmonton Keyano Swim Club) being the youngest member while 16-year-olds Cole Pratt<\/strong> (Cascade Swim Club) and Gabe Mastromatteo<\/strong> (Kenora Swimming Sharks) are the youngest males.<\/p>\n Several swimmers who made FINA A cuts at the Trials missed out on spots, as only the top two Canadians in each event could qualify. John Atkinson<\/strong>, Swimming Canada\u2019s Director, High Performance, said the team shows the depth of Canadian swimming.<\/p>\n \u201cWe continue to evolve as a national team,\u201d said Atkinson. \u201cThere is less room for error on the women\u2019s side and the men\u2019s team is showing there is a real youth movement beginning to build which we\u2019ve known has been coming.\u201d<\/p>\n The world championships will set the stage for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will run with exactly the same protocols on the team that we will do in 2020,\u201d said Atkinson.<\/p>\n Martyn Wilby<\/strong>, Senior Coach, Olympic Program, said the world championships will serve as a measuring stick.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the highest profile swim meet in the summer,\u201d he said. \u201cYou are basically seeing how your athletes stack up against the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n The world championships will give Canada a chance to qualify relay teams for Tokyo in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4×100-m freestyle, 4x-200 freestyle and 4x-100-medley plus the mixed relays. The top individual medallists at worlds can have their times considered for selection to Tokyo.<\/p>\n Masse was awarded the female swim of the meet, based on 2018 world rankings. Thormeyer (High Performance Centre \u2013 Vancouver) was awarded the male swim of the meet.<\/p>\nFINA World Swimming Championship Men’s Roster<\/h3>\n
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