{"id":380513,"date":"2019-07-15T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=380513"},"modified":"2019-07-15T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:48:58","slug":"the-week-that-was-xin-xin-haley-anderson-lead-olympic-qualifiers-in-10k-at-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-xin-xin-haley-anderson-lead-olympic-qualifiers-in-10k-at-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Xin Xin, Haley Anderson Lead Olympic Qualifiers in 10K at World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2019 FINA World Championships have started with open water, diving, water polo and artistic swimming taking place this week in Gwangju, South Korea. China’s\u00a0Xin Xin\u00a0<\/strong>won the gold medal in the women’s 10K open water swim as she clinched her spot to swim the 10K at the Olympic Games next summer. USA’s\u00a0Haley Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>won the silver medal and also clinched a spot on her third Olympic team.<\/p>\n

China’s\u00a0Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>has also been in the news recently as his doping panel was translated from Mandarin by Australia’s\u00a0Sunday Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can read about some of the biggest news in the swimming world from this last week below.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5 – Marko Djordjevic Takes Over For David Marsh at UC San Diego<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Twitter, @UCSDSwimDive<\/p><\/div>\n

Marko Djordjevic<\/strong>\u00a0has been named the head coach of the University of California San Diego men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams, according to Director of Athletics\u00a0Earl Edwards<\/strong>. Djordjevic becomes the fourth head coach to lead both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams during the Division II era, replacing\u00a0David Marsh<\/strong>, who resigned to pursue other opportunities.<\/p>\n

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The Week That Was #4 – Australia’s Shayna Jack Pulls out of World Championships<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n

Using her Instagram account, Australian\u00a0Shayna Jack<\/strong>\u00a0has announced her withdrawal from the World Championships, citing personal reasons. Jack posted: \u201cIt is with great sadness that I have to withdraw from World Championships due to personal reasons. I appreciate everyone\u2019s support and patience. Thank you all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack had qualified for the Aussie team as a member of the 400 and 800 freestyle relays, and her absence will deal those relays a heavy setback. With the 400 freestyle relay still featuring\u00a0Cate Campbell<\/strong>,\u00a0Bronte Campbell<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Emma McKeon<\/strong>, the loss of Jack will be felt more heavily on the 800 freestyle relay. Missing Jack on the 400 free relay impacts the chance of the Aussies to go under 3:30, a feat never before accomplished.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #3 – Sarah Bacon Wins First World Championships Medal for Team USA in 14 Years<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Diving has officially started at the 2019 FINA Diving World Championships with women\u2019s one-meter, men\u2019s synchronized three-meter, and mixed synchronized ten-meter platform.<\/p>\n

American\u00a0Sarah Bacon<\/strong> earned silver, marking the first time in 14 years in which an American female diver claimed a medal at the World Championships. She was in sixth place after prelims. While she slowly improved her standing during finals, she did not rank as high as second until her last dive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little nervous on my first dive,\u201d said Bacon after prelims. \u201cBut after I did my first dive I was able to settle down and perform well the rest of the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is Bacon\u2019s first international competition since Junior World Championships in 2014.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #2 – Australia’s Sunday Telegraph Publishes Sun Yang FINA Doping Panel<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Extract from the FINA Doping Panel report – and the lead story in the Sunday Telegraph and Telegraph online<\/p><\/div>\n

Sun Yang<\/strong>, the Chinese Olympic swimming champion heading for a\u00a0Court of Arbitration\u00a0ruling that could either end his career or salvage it after he contributed to the smashing of a vial of his blood during an out-of-competition test, will arrive at the\u00a0World Championships in Korea\u00a0<\/a>this week to widespread calls from within the swimming community for him to be served a lifetime ban.<\/p>\n

Feelings are running so high in Australia that the country\u2019s\u00a0Sunday Telegraph\u00a0has had the entire 59-page report of the\u00a0FINA Doping Panel hearing\u00a0into the latest Sun case \u2013 and the accompanying news story and two-page spread in the print edition and online \u2013 translated into Mandarin.<\/p>\n

Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0has had sight of the report in full<\/a>. The following are some of the key takes from the 59-page FINA Doping Panel report:<\/p>\n

The controversial 27-year-old Sun, the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming gold and claim that status in all three freestyle events from 200m (2016), 400 and 1500m (2012), had agreed to a window of between 10pm and 11pm on September 4 last year at his athlete\u2019s villa in Zhejiang Province for independent drug testers from International Doping Tests and Management, contracted by FINA, to collect out-of-competition blood and urine samples to test for performance enhancing substances.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: Xin Xin, Haley Anderson Lead 10K Qualifiers for World Championships<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2019 World Championships continued with a pivotal women\u2019s open water race on Sunday in Gwangju, South Korea. The women\u2019s 10K provided automatic qualification for the 2020 Olympics to the top 10 swimmers in the race.<\/p>\n

American\u00a0Haley Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ashley Twichell<\/strong> earned their spots on the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team \u2014 the first time two American women have qualified for the open water Olympics automatically. Anderson earned the silver medal for her first 10K world championship medal, earning her third trip to the Olympics, while Twichell placed sixth and qualified for the Olympics for the first time. China\u2019s\u00a0Xin Xin<\/strong>\u00a0won the world championship gold medal in the event, swimming a time of 1:54.47.20.<\/p>\n