{"id":411758,"date":"2020-01-20T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=411758"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:57:17","slug":"the-week-that-was-dave-salo-announces-this-is-his-last-season-as-usc-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dave-salo-announces-this-is-his-last-season-as-usc-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Dave Salo Announces This is His Last Season as USC Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

There were a lot of really good swimming performances in the last week as the FINA Champions Swim Series started and concluded in China with some of the best swimmers in the world in attendance. Sydney Pickrem <\/strong>handed Katinka Hosszu <\/strong>her first loss in the 200 IM since 2012, and Japan’s Daiya Seto <\/strong>moved to third all-time in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n

The second stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series in the United States also was in full swing as many of the best American athletes put down some solid times in the middle of training.\u00a0Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>started the new year off with a good note in winning both backstroke events with a world leading time in the 100.<\/p>\n

Legendary coach\u00a0Dave Salo\u00a0<\/strong>also announced this would be his last season as head coach of the men’s and women’s teams at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in the Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5: Judge Orders Closure Of Rio 2016 Olympic Park On Safety Grounds<\/h3>\n
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The Olympic Park, Rio 2016 – Photo Courtesy: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

By Craig Lord, Swimming World Editor-in-Chief<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A Brazilian judge has ordered the closure of\u00a0Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Olympic Park<\/strong>\u00a0from today on safety grounds. The complex includes the abandoned site of the pool in which we witnessed the last stand of\u00a0Michael Phelps<\/strong>, the most decorated Olympian of all-time.<\/p>\n

The Rio pool was dismantled after the Games but the building remained as a facility in decay for a long time after the last race was swum, the last drop of water drained. Its legacy stands in stark contrast to that of the iconic\u00a0Water Cube<\/strong>\u00a0(National Aquatics Center) in Beijing, thriving and in regular use 12 years after Phelps raced to a record eight gold medals.<\/p>\n

Judge Eugenio Rosa de Araujo<\/strong>\u00a0made the Brazilian order late on Wednesday, his deadline set to run out before the weekend begins. There were no current safety licences for the site, while Rio\u2019s city hall had not provided safety assurances for the Olympic Park to hold public events, the Judge noted in his ruling.<\/p>\n

#4: Sydney Pickrem Upsets Katinka Hosszu in 200 IM at FINA Champions Series<\/h3>\n
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Sydney Pickrem at the World Championships. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

By Craig Lord, Swimming World Editor-in-Chief<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian\u00a0Sydney Pickrem<\/strong>\u00a0brought\u00a0Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>\u2018s bull-run of wins over 200m medley to an end with a 2:09.26 to 2:09.93 win over the Hungarian Olympic and World champion as the two-day Beijing leg of the\u00a0FINA Champions\u2019 Series<\/strong>\u00a0came to a close.<\/p>\n

Hosszu, who had not been beaten in a major 200m medley since 2012, tested just how far she could give rivals rope during the four-way battle in which as she turned last on butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke before thundering through on freestyle. The World record holder just got past Japan\u2019s\u00a0Rica Omoto<\/strong>, third in 2:10.09, and 2012 Olympic champion\u00a0Ye Shiwen<\/strong>, of China, on 2:11.02 \u2013 but Pickrem had been given a touch too much rope and was not to be caught.<\/p>\n

The ebb and flow:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n