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Swimming World Cup 2019 in Gwangju: Florian Wellbrock grabs World Cup gold in open water swimming
The world's best swimmers and water jumpers compete for the swimming world championship this year in the South Korean metropolis Gwangju. The competitions are divided into open water and pool swimming, water jumping, synchronized swimming and water polo. When the athletes from 194 countries compete, they also fight for participation in the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020th
Where and when you can see the Gwangju swimming competitions in livestream or TV, we tell you here.
Swimming World Championships 2019 in Gwangju: medal table overview (as of 16.07.2019)
| country | gold | silver | bronze | total | |
| 1 | China | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8th | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Swimming World Cup 2019 in Gwangju: timetable with all disciplines, competitions and results at a glance
The timetable table gives you an overview of when which competitions take place and who the winners and first-places are.
| date | time of day | discipline |
| Friday, July 12, 2019 |
13:00
|
opening ceremony Preliminary synchronized swimming and art /diving |
| Saturday, July 13, 2019 | 6:00 | Art and diving: synchronized jumping 10 meter tower mixed |
| Saturday, July 13, 2019 | 8:30 | Art and gymnastics: 1 meter board women |
| Saturday, July 13, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: technical freestyle single |
| Saturday, July 13, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and diving: Synchronized jumping 3 meter board men |
| Sunday, July 14, 2019 | 8:30 | Art and Diving: 1 meter board men |
| Sunday, July 14, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: Technical freestyle duo |
| Sunday, July 14, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and Diving: 10-meter women's synchronous jumping |
| Monday, July 15, 2019 | 8:20 | Art and Diving: 3-meter women's synchronized jumping |
| Monday, July 15, 2019 | 10:00 | Synchronized swimming: Technical freestyle duo Mixed |
| Monday, July 15, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: highlight routine |
| Monday, July 15, 2019 | 13:30 | Water Polo: Germany - Japan, Men, Preliminary Round |
| Monday, July 15, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and diving: Synchronized jumping 10 meter tower men |
| Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: Technical freestyle team |
| Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and Diving: 3 meter board / 10 meter tower Team Event |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | 10:50 | Water Polo: Germany - Brazil, Men, Preliminary Round |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: free freestyle single |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and Diving: 10 meter tower women |
| Thursday, July 18, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming: free freestyle duo |
| Thursday, July 18, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and Diving: 3 meter board men |
| Friday, July 19, 2019 | 5:30 | Water Polo, Germany-Italy, Men, Preliminary Round |
| Friday, July 19, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming, team free skating |
| Friday, July 19, 2019 | 13:45 | Art and dive jumping, 3 meter board women |
| Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 8:30 | Art / tower jumping, synchronized jumping 3 meter board Mixed |
| Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 10:00 | Synchronized swimming, mixed duet Free freestyle |
| Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 12:00 | Synchronized swimming, free combination |
| Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 13:45 | Synchronized swimming, Gala |
| Saturday, July 20, 2019 | 13:45 | Art / tower jumping, 10 meter board Men |
| Sunday, July 21, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions with
400 meters freestyle men / women 4x 100 meter freestyle relay men / women |
| Monday, July 22, 2019 | 3:00 | Pool competitions, various heats |
| Monday, July 22, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
100 meters chest men 200 meters of women |
| Tuesday, July 23, 2019 | 5:00 | Cliff jumping, women |
| Tuesday, July 23, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
200 meters freestyle men 100 meters breast women |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2019 | 5:00 | Cliff jumping, men |
| Wednesday, July 24, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
800 meters freestyle men 200 meters freestyle women |
| Thursday, July 25, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
200 meters positions men 200 meters butterfly women |
| Friday, July 26, 2019 | 11:30 | Water Polo, Final Women |
| Friday, July 26, 2019 | 12:55 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
200 meters chest men 100 meters freestyle women |
| Saturday, July 27, 2019 | 11:30 | Water Polo, Final Men |
| Saturday, July 27, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
100 meters butterfly men 200 meters back women |
| Sunday, July 28, 2019 | 13:00 | Pool competitions, u.a. With
400 meters of positions men 50 meters freestyle women |
Swimming World Cup 2019 in Gwangju: All results at a glance
+++ 16.07.2019: German swimmers want to take World Cup momentum through Wellbrock +++
After the gold medal by Florian Wellbrock hopes the German Swimming Association at the World Cup in South Korea on Wednesday on more top performances. Leonie Beck and Finnia Wunram want in the open water race over five kilometers, the momentum of the solved Olympics-Ticket and Wellbrock win take away. The water jumpers Patrick Hausding and Martin Wolfram are fighting for the three-meter board for an Olympic starting grid. The water polo hit after the 9: 9 against Japan to win against Brazil.
+++ 16.07.2019: Kurjo and Rüdiger finish World Cup team jumping in eighth place +++
As expected, the water jumpers Maria Kurjo and Lars Rüdiger could not intervene in the fight for the World Championship medals. The Berlin duo finished on Tuesday in the competition of three-meter board and tower with 324.50 points the eighth place. Around 33 counters were missing on the USA and bronze. At the European Championships a year ago Kurjo had surprisingly won silver with Lou Massenberg. This time she beat up with club colleague Rüdiger honorable.
The victory in this non-Olympic discipline at the swimming World Cup in Gwangju went to China with 416.5 points. It was the eighth gold in the eighth jump competition of these title fights for China. Silver went to Russia.
Team jumping involves one woman and one man per nation. You must show each of the six jump groups such as Auerbach or Dolphin. Each player must compete at least once from the three-meter board and from the tower.
Previously Kurjo and Christina Wassen were eliminated in the diving in the semifinals and had missed a premature Olympic ticket. This Wednesday, record European champion Patrick Hausding and Martin Wolfram will play in South Korea for the first time. A final place in the art jumping of the three-meter board secures an Olympic starting position.
+++ 16.07.2019: Britta Steffen after Wellbrock-Gold: "Fantastic performance" +++
Double Olympic champion Britta Steffen hopes after the world title of Florian Wellbrock on further successes for the German team at the swimming World Cup in South Korea. "I am happy that the hard work pays off for the open water swimmers so the tingling may last week and bring some nice surprises", said the 35-year-old of the German Press Agency.
Wellbrock had ensured his victory in the open water race over ten kilometers for the first World Cup gold medal of the German Swimming Association for four years. "Fantastic performance, I am so happy that the beginning is so golden, keep it up!", Said Steffen.
The Beijing double Olympic champion ended her career six years ago. The mother of a son is active in many ways, among other things, she completes a non-medical practitioner training, gives lectures or moderates events. Even before the World Cup, she had pointed out the importance of success in the title fights.
"It takes success to regain some attention, but if it weighs on the shoulders of three people, it complains enormously, so I try not to put pressure on people," Steffen said. "If people do not perform at big competitions, it's going to change the mood from day to day," said the 2009 Double World Champion, recalling past championship bouts. That could be different in Gwangju.
+++ 16.07.2019: Open Water World Record Champion Lurz: Wellbrock Can Bring Olympic Gold +++
Open water world record champion Thomas Lurz trusts Florian Wellbrock after World Cup gold and the Olympic gold medal in one year. "He is a great swimmer and has every opportunity to win gold in Tokyo, I hope he stays healthy and can train well for a year," said the 39-year-old German press agency. The twelve-time world champion, who is not in South Korea on site, sees the 21-year-old Magdeburg a dazzling perspective.
"In any case, he can tear a lot in the future, it is very important for the association to have such a great swimmer," said Lurz, two-time medalist at the Olympics. "Starting both in the open water and in the pool is certainly not easy, but there have already been examples of how it can work." Wellbrock was the first German to win the title over the Olympic ten kilometers since the fall of 2009.
After the first World Cup gold for the German Swimming Federation after four years, others in the DSV team in Gwangju can benefit as well. "Of course, such a success can give the team in South Korea a boost," said Lurz.
+++ 16.07.2019: Turmspringerinnen Kurjo and Wassen out of the World Cup fight for Olympics +++
The jumpers Maria Kurjo and Christina Wassen have no chance at the swimming World Cup on an Olympic ticket. Due to their semi-final on Tuesday they can not secure at least in the title fights in South Korean Gwangju the quota place. Wassen finished in 14th place in the semifinals from ten meters high with 298.90 points, Kurjo finished this competition in 16th with 295.55 points. For the starting right for Tokyo, the two would have to qualify in the semifinals for the finals of the best twelve.
As in the synchronous jumping disciplines, the German Swimming Association must also place its hopes in the tower for the World Cup in the coming year. "I had flirted here with a quota place," said Wassersprung national coach Lutz Buschkow. He was not expecting a premature Olympic ticket anyway in the synchronized jump disciplines, where only the medalists can plan with Tokyo.
On this Wednesday (3.00 clock / CEST) Patrick Hausding wants to secure the three-meter board the first Olympic place of the jumpers in South Korea. Besides him, Martin Wolfram is also aiming for a good result. After several shoulder injuries, the Dresdner now jumps from the three-meter board and not as twice at the Olympic Games from the tower.
+++ 16.07.2019: First gold and bronze for Germany +++
World Cup champion Florian Wellbrock jubilantly pulled both arms up and fell friend and bronze winner Rob Muffels exhausted but happy around the neck. After the first gold medal for the German open water swimmers over ten kilometers since the victory of Idol Thomas Lurz ten years ago, his brother, national coach Stefan Lurz, cheered on a "huge day". And for the first time there were also two medals in this discipline. If Supertalent Wellbrock continues, he too can shape an era. Wellbrock had won in series this season in open water and was his favorite role impressive. "I'll ask myself how long that will last," he said. "At some point this stroke of luck must be over, but I trained incredibly hard."
He was not only happy about his own triumph, but also about Muffels' third place. "He is my training partner and one of my best friends," he said after the first two medals for the German Swimming Association on the fifth day of the title fights of South Korea. In the days before gold and bronze, the two Magdeburgers had motivated each other, even with spells.
"That gives you a bit of a kick - of course in a positive way," said Wellbrock smiling. He and roommate Muffels had hung - as an additional incentive - a Tokyo flag with the Olympic rings. It worked: Wellbrock and Muffels booked their Olympic ticket through their top ten places.
"Medal - that's great," said the 24-year-old Muffels euphorically: "The goal was Olympia Gold and bronze - absolute dream." Team boss Bernd Berkhahn described Muffels' appearance as "fantastic". Because also Finnia Wunram and Leonie Beck had made the qualification two days earlier, for the first time four German open water swimmers can look forward to the summer games.
"This is really a historic day for all of us," said Stefan Lurz, who had previously described the four grid positions as his "dream of desire". After the disappointing World Cup in Hungary two years ago, when the German Open Water Aces first went home without a World Cup medal since 1994, when only 25 kilometers were swum in open water, success is particularly important.
Before finishing in 1: 47: 55.9, Wellbrock had a head-to-head race with silver winner Marc-Antoine Olivier. For the final of a gripping final spurt Wellbrock struck just 0.2 seconds in front of the Frenchman. "I wanted to start with my right hand, then my left hand, but I saw it was enough," said Wellbrock.
The open water mission has fulfilled the youngster. Switch off one day, it says now, then Wellbrock wants to tackle the next goals. Also in the pool he is the great German hope in Gwangju. The European champion over 1,500 meters wants to attack in this race and over 800 meters. How a world title feels, he already knows.
+++ 16.07.2019: Turmpringerinnen Maria Kurjo and Christina Wassen fight for the Olympic starting place +++
The jumpers Maria Kurjo and Christina Wassen continue to fight for an Olympic starting place at the swimming world championship in Gwangju. Wassen finished in 14th place in the preliminary fight from ten meters high with 298.8 points, Kurjo finished this competition in 16th with 285.45 points. For the start right for Tokyo, the two in the semifinals of the best 18 athletes on Tuesday (8.30 clock / CEST) increase. Only the twelve finalists qualify for the summer games.
+++ 15.07.2019: Diver Barthel and Massenberg World Championships Tenth of the Tower +++
As expected, the water jumpers Timo Barthel and Lou Massenberg were unable to intervene in the fight for the top positions in the synchronous competition from the tower. The duo from Dresden and Berlin finished tenth in the final on Monday in Gwangju with 368.25 points and was about 57 points behind the bronze medal winners from Great Britain. Gold were secured by Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen, making it their seventh victory in the seventh league competition in South Korea for China. Silver went to Russia. The three best-placed couples also secured their tickets for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Earlier in the day, Tina Punzel and Lena Hentschel were eliminated from the three-meter board in the preliminary fight in synchronized jumping.
+++ 15.07.2019: German water polo players miss victory for the World Cup prelude - 9: 9 against Japan +++
The German water polo players have rescued in their World Cup comeback a few seconds before the end to a draw. At the first World Cup match since 2013, the selection of national coach Hagen tribe separated on Monday after the last-minute goal by captain Julian Real in Gwangju 9: 9 of Japan (3: 2, 4: 3, 1: 3, 1: 1) , Best German scorer for kick-off in South Korea was coach son Marko Stamm with three goals.
However, the high performer was injured severely on the left ankle and threatened to fail for the rest of the World Cup. "That would be a disaster for us, but we have to see that we make the best of it," said the coach.
The next group opponent is Brazil on Wednesday, which lost against the Olympics third Italy 5:14. A victory of the German team against a fiercely defending Japanese would have been important to avoid a strong opponent in the crucial playoff game for the quarter-finals.
After a long lead, the German side gave the game against the Asians, who repeatedly hit the aluminum or failed at the outstanding goalkeeper Moritz Schenkel, with 7: 8 back out of hand. With 8: 8 it went into the last quarter, in which Japan led first, before Real had his big performance. Brazil must now be a success. The rejuvenated German team is aiming for a place in the Top 8 in South Korea.
At the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, the team of national coach Nebojsa Novoselac was eliminated in the second round, in the preliminary round, there had been two victories and one defeat. After the missed qualifications for the Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio 2016 in the coming year, the Olympic ticket will be solved at a tournament in Rotterdam. For this, the team has to qualify at the European Championships in Budapest in January.
+++ 15.07.2019: German water polo players play for the World Cup opener 9: 9 against Japan +++
The German water polo players have rescued in their World Cup comeback a few seconds before the end to a draw. At the first World Cup match since 2013, the selection of national coach Hagen tribe separated on Monday after the last-minute goal by captain Julian Real in Gwangju 9: 9 of Japan (3: 2, 4: 3, 1: 3, 1: 1) , Best German scorer for the German kick-off in South Korea was coach son Marko Stamm with three goals.
The next group opponent is Brazil on Wednesday, which lost against the Olympics third Italy 5:14. A victory of the German team against a fiercely defending Japanese would have been important to avoid a strong opponent in the crucial playoff game for the quarter-finals.
After a long lead, the German side gave the game against the Asians, who repeatedly hit the aluminum or failed to goalkeeper Moritz Schenkel, with 7: 8 back out of hand. With 8: 8 it went into the last quarter, in which Japan led first, before Real had his big performance. Against Brazil should now be a success. The rejuvenated German team is aiming for a place in the Top 8 in South Korea.
At the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, the team of national coach Nebojsa Novoselac was eliminated in the second round, in the preliminary round, there had been two victories and one defeat. After the missed qualifications for the Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio 2016 in the coming year, the Olympic ticket will be solved at a tournament in Rotterdam. For this, the team has to qualify at the European Championships in Budapest in January.
+++ 07/15/2019: Dive-hunter Barthel and Massenberg in the synchronized jump finale +++
Timo Barthel and Lou Massenberg have reached the finals in synchronized jumping from the tower at the swimming World Cup. The duo from Dresden and Berlin reached on Monday in Gwangju in Vorkampf with 378.96 points to sixth place. In the final of the top twelve teams on Monday (13.45 / CEST), the first three pairs in addition to the medals also secure an Olympic starting place. Barthel and Massenberg are not among the podium candidates. In the preliminary fight a top 3 rank was about 30 points away.
After the disappointing finish of Tina Punzel and Lena Hentschel in the synchronized jumping of the three-meter board had water jump coach Lutz Buschkow a little later reason to rejoice. "The boys got what they could and that's a nice thing," he said.
The athletes themselves rated this World Cup exam as well. "We are very satisfied for our first competition and I was not nervous now because we did not really have any pressure," said 23-year-old Barthel. His five years younger colleague quickly put the tension off. "I was a little bit nervous before the first jump, but that went pretty well during the competition," said Massenberg.
+++ 15.07.2019: Klippenspringerin Schmidbauer at World Cup dress rehearsal fourth +++
Klippenspringerin Iris Schmidbauer has presented a week before their World Cup start in South Korea in good shape. The 24-year-old finished fourth at a competition in Beirut. The victory went to Rhiannan Iffland from Australia and the British Gary Hunt. The defending champion and world champion of 2015 are also the favorites for the High Diver's decisions, the official title, next week in the title bouts in Gwangju.
After Manuel Halbisch had to cancel the World Championships injured, Schmidbauer is the only German representative in the competitions from 20 meters in height for the women and 27 meters in height for the men. Schmidbauer showed a new leap in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition on Sunday in Lebanon.
Schmidbauer is not one of the favorites, but the next fourth place gives hope for a good World Cup result. "I want to bring or top my personal best," said the 24-year-old.
+++ 07/15/2019: World Cup disappointment: Women's jumper retire in the preliminary fight +++
The German sprinters Tina Punzel and Lena Hentschel have to digest a World Cup disappointment. In the synchronized jumping of the three-meter board the European Championships finished second with 253.59 points in 13th. About four points were missing on Monday in Gwangju for the final of the top twelve teams.
Punzel had already suffered a World Championship defeat on Sunday, when she and Christina Wassen had to take the last place in the final of the synchronized competition from the tower. In both disciplines, the German jumpers had no chance of a medal rank and thus on a premature Olympic ticket been granted.
"We are disappointed accordingly," said Punzel. The 18-year-old Hentschel wanted to donate a "big hug" to the 23-year-old team-mate. Of course we are nervous, but we can not say exactly what did not vote, "said Hentschel.
Until the single from the three-meter board on Thursday, the athletes have digested the frustration. "We have to check that off now, we still want to get the quota place in the three-meter single, that's our goal," said national coach Lutz Buschkow. This must be the final feeder ago. "Now it's all about drawing the right conclusions for the World Cup in Tokyo in three-meter synchrony," said Buschkov. Next year, it's about the remaining Olympic grid positions.
+++ 15.07.2019: Record at the swimming World Cup - a 64: 0 in water polo +++
The water-ballerinas from Hungary and South Korea have secured a special place in the world championship history. In the World Cup preliminary round, the Hungarians won against hosts South Korea with 64: 0 (16: 0, 18: 0, 16: 0, 14: 0). That meant the highest victory in the history of swimming world championships. Since a water polo game lasts four times eight minutes, the hosts caught on average two goals per minute. To date, Hungary's 38: 1 against Croatia in 1994 had been the highest victory.
The victory of the Dutch women on Sunday with 33: 0 against South Africa is behind the 1994 game number three in the ranking - relatively harmless. The New Zealanders were allowed to cheer on their own goals at 3:22 against the USA.
+++ 07/14/2019: Dampers at World Cup dress rehearsal: eighth hit for the first time +++
The Germany-eighth has strayed from the road to success with troubled waters and a strong headwind and has lost an important race for the first time in three years. In the final round of the World Cup final on the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, the parade boat of the German Rowing Association (DRV) had to settle for second place behind Great Britain on Sunday. At the finish, the rival of the past years had a comfortable boat ahead. "Due to the changing wind conditions you could not compare the times in advance," complained Zeidler. His preparation in the coming weeks should not disturb this: "Checking off, it goes on towards the World Cup."
+++ 14.07.2019: German synchronized swimming duet increases at World Cup - Olympia Chance +++
The German synchronized swimmers have done well on the way to the end of a long Olympic dry spell at the World Cup in South Korea so far. The Munich women Marlene Bojer and Nadine Reinhardt finished the technical freestyle on place 20, in the solo Bojer reached the unfavorable starting number 1 rank 14. Two years ago at the World Championships in Budapest, the duo had occupied rank 21.
At a qualifying competition next year in Tokyo, Bojer / Reinhardt want to qualify for the summer games. Then the last seven Olympic tickets for the starting field will be awarded with 22 duets. At the World Cup in Gwangju there is still the free freestyle, both in the solo for Bojer on Monday as well as for the duet on Tuesday.
+++ 07/14/2019: Two Olympics tickets after the free-water thriller - Beck has to be afraid for a long time +++
A good 20 minutes hoped and Leonie Beck looking at the World Cup scoreboard, then she was finally allowed to celebrate her Olympic ticket. Relieved, the free water swimmer fell to national coach Stefan Lurz and her father in the arms, wiped her tears from her face with her towel and cheered for ninth place. After a thrilling ten-kilometer race in the harbor basin of the sunny Expo Ocean Park in Yeosu, it was only the video footage that finally showed: Beck and her teammate Finnia Wunram as eights are allowed to race in Tokyo in 2020.
+++ 07/14/2019: Diving jumpers Wassen and Punzel reach the final jump of the final competition +++
The water sprinters Tina Punzel and Christina Wassen have reached the finals at the swimming World Cup in South Korea. Punzel and Wassen finished tenth place with 264.48 points on Sunday in the pre-fight in Turm-Synchronchrompingen, and twelve teams reached the final battle later in the day (13.45 / CEST). Best in class were in Gwangju the Chinese Lu Wei and Zhang Jiaqi with 317.82 points.
+++ Jul 13, 2017: Synchronizer jumper Hausding and Rüdiger in the final of the three-meter board +++
Patrick Hausding and Lars Rüdiger reached the final in the synchronized competition of the three-meter board. The duo from Berlin took sixth place on Saturday at the swimming World Cup in South Korea in Vorkampf. With 376.44 points the European Championship thirds were just under two points behind third place, which would bring in the final on the same day an Olympic starting position.
Our plan was to somehow manage the top 6. If we can do that again, we'll be super satisfied, "said Hausding, who was a bit irritated by the low scores for all couples. But the German art-jumper duo did not let that worry much, as did the clear pre-fight winners Cao Yuan and Xie Siyi from China.
+++ 13.07.2019: World Cup debutant Frach at the first swimming decision on 18th place +++
The open water swimmers Niklas Frach and Sören Meißner have not been able to intervene in the first decision of the World Championships in South Korea as expected in the medal fight. Over five kilometers, the 21-year-old World Cup debutant Frach took a decent 18th place on Saturday in Yeosu. The 29-year-old Meißner finished 23rd in the victory of the Hungarian European Champion Kristóf Rasovszky in 53: 22,1 minutes.
For a long time, the race stayed in the harbor basin of the 2012 World Exhibition Center. In the final phase favorite Rasovszky but then settles. Silver went to the Frenchman Logan Fontaine with about ten seconds behind, the Canadian Eric Hedlin took bronze. To spare for the more important ten-kilometer race on Tuesday, which is about the Olympic qualification, many top open water swimmers decided not to start over the non-Olympic distance. That took advantage of Rasovszky, who also wants to go back on Tuesday.
+++ 12.07.2019: Water springer Hausding after "Nervenkampf" in the one-meter final +++
Water sprinter Patrick Hausding has reached the final of the one-meter board at the swimming World Championships after a nerve-racking preliminary fight. The record European champion qualified in ninth place in Gwangju on Friday in non-Olympic competition with 357.20 points for the decision among the top twelve artificial jumpers on Monday. His 22-year-old team-mate Frithjof Seidel collected his 34th World Cup experience and missed the final on Sunday. The first preliminary fight of the title fights won the Chinese Wang Zongyuan with 429.40 points.
"It was a pretty nerve-wracking, so having an unfortunate season like mine so far will make you more and more nervous," Hausding said. But the 30-year-old played out his routine and fought his way forward with the three and a halffold somersault in the third of six rounds "back in the race". No one wishes for twelfth place before the last round, "said Hausding, who starts in South Korea in singles and in synchronized jumping from the three-meter board.
"We made it extra so that he takes the one-meter competition to jump in," said coach Lutz Buschkow. Hausding has been through a difficult season so far due to injury, and he was slowed by a middle ear infection shortly before the World Cup. "He can take a mental strength," Buschkow said after the preliminary fight.
A failure have to cope with the water jumpers too. Due to back problems, 17-year-old Pauline Pfeif has to adjourn the World Cup debut to 2021 and can not start this time.
+++ 12.07.2019: World Cup hopefuls Wellbrock: Open water swimming makes "harder" +++
The German swimming hopes Florian Wellbrock is not worried about the Olymia qualification in open water at the World Cup. He does not believe "that the Olympic qualification in open water swimming, for which I am in the top ten swim must be such a big hurdle, "said the 21-year-old in an interview with the" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "(Friday)." That's not my claim. I want to get a medal. "
European champion Wellbrock wants to start at the World Championships in South Korea initially over ten kilometers in the open water in Yeosu and then swim in the pool races over 800 and 1,500 meters.
Asked whether free-water swimmers are a special swimmer, Wellbrock said: "I would say they are looser." For open-water swimming, the tension before take-off is not so high, because until it really matters, you have one more hour Time." For example, Dutch Olympic champion Ferry Weertman "for a while always jumped in with a bombshell and I'm waiting for the day when a 1,500 meter swimmer jumps into the water with an ass bomb." Nobody can afford that. "
Wellbrock would recommend any long-distance swimmer in the pool to try open water swimming. "I would say that you get harder with open water swimming."
Swimming ten kilometers is a mental challenge, said the Magdeburger Wellbrock. For him, especially the last 100 meters made the open water swimming. You can not compare that to the pain you have in the pelvis, I do not want to say that the open water is more exhausting, but it's a different kind of pain Feeling is already helpful for pelvic swimming. "
+++ 11.07.2019: Swimming World Cup starts in South Korea +++
The sprinters and synchronized swimmers open the swimming world championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with their competitions on Friday. Germany's best water jumper and record European champion Patrick Hausding wants to qualify for the final on Sunday from the one-meter board. In addition, Frithjof Seidel is present from 04.00 (CEST). Lena Hentschel starts for the women. In the technical freestyle solo and in the duo of synchronized swimmers Marlene Bojer is there for Germany - in duet with Daniela Reinhardt.
+++ 07/11/2019: Free water national coach Lurz before the World Cup: "powerful force" +++
Open water national coach Stefan Lurz starts gladly in the swimming world championship in South Korea. "I am positive that we bring a very powerful force at the start," said the brother of the twelve-time world champion Thomas Lurz of the German Press Agency. The latest results have been "very positive".
At the races in Yeosu, he and his team want to forget the messed-up World Championships two years ago in Budapest. After the title fights in Hungary, which ended without medals for the previously successful German open water swimmers, "we had to sit down and talk about a few things," said Lurz. "Since then it has been more successful again." His team is making "a reputation and a name again."
After the failures in 2017 Lurz also questioned himself. "After consultation, it was relatively clear that we are jointly trying to overcome the dry spell," he said. The open water swimmers start on Saturday (1:00 CEST) with the race over five kilometers of men in the World Cup. Sören Meißner and Niklas Frach want to swim for Germany.
+++ 11.07.2019: Ex-swimmer Biedermann on world title 2009: Even grandma gave interviews +++
Schwimm-Weltrekordler Paul Biedermann plant zum möglichen zehnjährigen Jubiläum seiner Bestmarken über 200 und 400 Meter Freistil eine Party. "Wenn die beiden Weltrekorde oder einer davon dann noch stehen, mache ich eine kleine Feier zu diesem Jubiläum", sagte der 32-Jährige im Interview der "Welt". Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2009 in Rom hatte Biedermann in Weltrekordzeit am 26. Juli Gold über 400 Meter und zwei Tage später über die halbe Distanz geholt. Im 200-Meter-Rennen hatte er US-Superstar Michael Phelps besiegt. Bei der am Freitag beginnenden WM im südkoreanischen Gwangju werden Biedermanns Rekorde wieder angegriffen.
An die Rennen von Rom kann sich Biedermann nicht mehr erinnern. "Ich weiß noch, dass ich mich beim Vorlauf über 400 Meter Freistil gut fühlte, aber nicht mal an die Vorbereitungen auf das Finale oder an den Tag danach kann ich mich erinnern. Wie ausgelöscht", sagte er. "Es war so überwältigend, und nach den Erfolgen strömte so viel auf mich ein, dass ich das scheinbar nur wie im Rausch wahrgenommen habe. Ich weiß nicht mal mehr, was ich danach gesagt habe."
Die WM-Triumphe seien für Biedermann damals "ein enormer Türöffner" gewesen. "Durch die Erfolge von 2009 war es mir möglich, meinen Sport als Profi zu betreiben", erklärt er. Und nicht nur für ihn waren die Folgen spürbar: "Selbst meine Omi musste viele Interviews geben."
+++ 11.07.2019: Wasserspringer Hausding lobt Bedingungen vor WM-Start +++
Deutschlands bester Wasserspringer Patrick Hausding hat nach der Ankunft einen positiven ersten Eindruck vom südkoreanischen WM-Ort Gwangju gewonnen und freut sich auf den Start. «Die Leute hier sind sehr höflich und sehr hilfsbereit, mein Eindruck ist erstmal durchweg positiv», sagte der 30 Jahre alte Rekordeuropameister der Deutschen Presse-Agentur am Donnerstag. Die Halle auf dem Universitätsgelände, in der Hausding mit seinen Konkurrenten an diesem Freitag (4 Uhr/MESZ) vom Ein-Meter-Brett die Wassersprung-Wettkämpfe eröffnet sei "sehr gut, schön groß und sehr hell".
Ähnlich wie bei Olympischen Spielen sind die Sportler in Gwangju nicht in verschiedenen Hotels, sondern in einem Athletendorf untergebracht. "Das ist ganz cool, weil man sich in so einem Dorf auch immer ein bisschen gemeinschaftlicher fühlt", sagte Hausding.
+++ 11.07.2019: Klippenspringer Halbisch muss Start bei Schwimm-WM verletzt absagen +++
Der Deutsche Schwimm-Verband muss kurz vor dem WM-Start eine verletzungsbedingte Absage verkraften. Klippenspringer Manuel Halbisch kann nach einem Sturz vor einem Monat nicht starten. Der 21-Jährige kam dabei auf dem Rücken auf, verletzte sich nach eigenen Angaben an der Lunge und erlitt eine leichte Milzprellung. Bis zuletzt war der WM-Start offen gewesen, in dieser Woche fiel die Entscheidung gegen die Reise zu den Weltmeisterschaften im südkoreanischen Gwangju.
"Ich möchte als erstes wieder hundertprozentig fit werden und mich dann auf die kommende Saison vorbereiten", sagte Halbisch. Er nahm die EM im kommenden Jahr im High Diving, so die offizielle Bezeichnung der Disziplin bei der WM, als nächstes Ziel ins Visier.
Bei den Wettbewerben aus 20 Metern (Frauen) und 27 Metern (Männer) Höhe ist nun Iris Schmidbauer die einzige deutsche Starterin. Die Medaillen werden hier zum Start in die zweite WM-Woche vergeben. Die Weltmeisterschaften beginnen an diesem Freitag und dauern bis zum 28. Juli. Der DSV ist mit über 60 Sportlern vertreten.
+++ 10.07.2019: Wasserspringer Hausding: Für WM-Medaille "muss schon vieles passen" +++
Nach einem bislang schweren Jahr mit zahlreichen Verletzungen zählt sich Deutschlands bester Wasserspringer Patrick Hausding nicht zu den absoluten WM-Topfavoriten. "Nach dieser holprigen Saison muss schon vieles passen für eine Medaille", sagte der 30-Jährige der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. "Aber es kann immer alles passieren. Ich hätte vor Budapest auch nicht gesagt, dass ich Zweiter werde und vor Rio nicht gesagt, dass ich Dritter werde", erklärte Hausding mit Verweis auf seine Silbermedaille bei der WM vor zwei Jahren in Ungarn und Bronze bei Olympia 2016 in Rio de Janeiro - jeweils vom Drei-Meter-Brett.
Hausding brauchte nach einem schweren Trainingssturz im Januar lange, um in Form zu kommen. Zudem hatte er mit Knieproblemen zu kämpfen. Bei den am Freitag beginnenden Weltmeisterschaften im südkoreanischen Gwangju will der Berliner vom Ein-Meter-Brett sowie vom Dreier Einzeln und im Synchronwettbewerb mit dem 23 Jahre alten Lars Rüdiger aus drei Metern Höhe starten.
+++ 06.07.2019: Chancen auf WM-Start von Wasserspringer Wolfram steigen +++
Der WM-Start von Wasserspringer Martin Wolfram wird immer wahrscheinlicher. Der Europameister von 2015, der sich nach mehreren Schulteroperationen immer wieder zurückkämpfte, musste wegen Rückenproblemen die deutschen Meisterschaften auslassen. In der unmittelbaren Vorbereitung auf die Titelkämpfe vom 12. bis 28. Juli im südkoreanischen Gwangju hinterließ der 27-Jährige nun aber einen guten Eindruck.
"Martin hat ein paar sehr schöne Einheiten realisiert, so dass ich sehr optimistisch bin, was seinen Einsatz vom Drei-Meter-Brett anbelangt", sagte Bundestrainer Lutz Buschkow über den Olympia- Fünften von 2016 und Olympia-Achten von 2012. Verspätet reiste der zuletzt erkrankte Wassersprungkollege Lou Massenberg zur Vorbereitung auf den Saisonhöhepunkt.
Bei der WM in Südkorea geht es auch um Olympia-Startplätze. Kurz nach den Weltmeisterschaften steht noch die EM vom 5. bis 11. August in Kiew an.
+++ 04.07.2019: Ex-Bundestrainer Lambertz kritisiert Nachfolger im Schwimm-Verband +++
Der frühere Schwimm-Bundestrainer Henning Lambertz lehnt die Praxis seiner Nachfolger ab, die besten Schwimmer individuell mit eigenen Trainern arbeiten zu lassen. "Das funktioniert, darf aber niemals ein klar organisiertes und strukturiertes System ersetzen", kritisierte Lambertz in der "Rheinischen Post" (Donnerstag). Niemals könne so eine gesunde und langfristig erfolgreiche Schwimmergesellschaft entstehen. "Insellösungen sollten nicht die Grundidee eines Cheftrainers sein", sagte Lambertz.
Der 48-Jährige war im Dezember 2018 nach sechs Jahren im Amt des Bundestrainers zurückgetreten. Drei Wochen später hatte der Deutsche Schwimm-Verband Bernd Berkhahn und Hannes Vitense als Verantwortliche für die Nationalmannschaft eingesetzt. Lambertz arbeitet seit 1. Februar als Lehrer an einer Realschule in Wuppertal.
Heftig kritisierte der Ex-Coach die derzeitigen Zustände im Verband. "Im Moment ist es ein wenig so: Jeder darf machen, was er will. Das ist mir persönlich zu wenig, denn das haben wir bereits in der Vergangenheit gelebt, ohne Erfolg", sagte Lambertz. Saison-Höhepunkt der Schwimmer sind die Weltmeisterschaften vom 12. bis 28. Juli im südkoreanischen Gwangju.
+++ 30.06.2019: Deutsche WM-Starter bei Freiwasser-Meisterschaften in guter Form +++
Vier WM-Starter haben sich bei den deutschen Meisterschaften der Freiwasserschwimmer in Burghausen gut in Form präsentiert. Die Würzburgerin Leonie Antonia Beck, die bei den in zwei Wochen beginnenden Weltmeisterschaften in Südkorea Kandidatin für eine Topplatzierung ist, gewann bei den Titelkämpfen in Oberbayern am Wochenenden das Rennen über fünf Kilometer. Vereinskollegin Lea Boy siegte kurz vor ihrem WM-Debüt über zehn Kilometer.
Bei den Männern gewann Sören Meißner (Würzburg) den Wettkampf über fünf Kilometer. Über die Zehn-Kilometer-Strecke setzte sich ohne Beteiligung eines deutschen WM-Starters der Elmshorner Arti Krasniqi durch. Die WM in Gwangju findet vom 12. bis 28. Juli statt. Die Freiwasserschwimmer sind in der ersten WM-Woche am Start. Für sie geht es über zehn Kilometer auch um Olympia-Tickets.
Florian Wellbrock zählt sowohl im Freiwasser-Team von Bundestrainer Stefan Lurz als auch im Beckenschwimmen als Europameister über 1500 Meter zu den Hoffnungsträgern des Deutschen Schwimmverbands (DSV). Wellbrock verzichtete in der Vorbereitung wie weitere WM-Teilnehmer auf die nationalen Titelkämpfe.
+++ 21.06.2019: "Schwimmender Holländer" Gielen soll deutsche Wasserballer stärken +++
Der "schwimmende Holländer" Lucas Gielen ist eingebürgert worden und soll bei der anstehenden Weltmeisterschaft für die deutsche Wasserball-Nationalmannschaft spielen. Der 29-Jährige von den Wasserfreunden Spandau 04, der auch schon für die Niederlande eingesetzt wurde, sei eine "Stärkung des deutschen Wasserballs", sagte Bundestrainer Hagen Stamm am Freitag der Deutschen Presse-Agentur.
"Mich freut es sehr, er hat einen starken Schuss aus der zweiten Reihe", sagte Stamm. Auf der Website der Spandauer Bundesligamannschaft wird der Center-Verteidiger mit dem Spitznamen "Der schwimmende Holländer" vorgestellt.
The deutsche Nationalmannschaft ist in diesem Jahr erstmals seit 2013 wieder bei einer Weltmeisterschaft dabei. Die WM findet vom 12. bis zum 28. Juli in Gwangju/Südkorea statt.
+++ 05.06.2019: Wasserspringer Wolfram darf weiter auf WM-Teilnahme hoffen +++
Wasserspringer Martin Wolfram darf weiter auf das WM-Ticket hoffen. Der Europameister von 2015, der sich nach mehreren Schulteroperationen immer wieder zurückkämpfte, musste wegen Rückenproblemen die deutschen Meisterschaften auslassen. Der Olympia-Fünfte von 2016 und Olympia-Achte von 2012 kann es dank einer Wildcard von Bundestrainer Lutz Buschkow aber noch zu der WM in diesem Jahr vom 12. bis 28. Juli in Gwangju in Südkorea schaffen - wenn die Gesundheit mitspielt.
Dagegen muss der mehrmalige EM-Medaillengewinner Stephan Feck nach den Auswirkungen seines Bandscheibenvorfalls die WM in einem Monat abschreiben. Bei der angeschlagenen Elena Wassen muss ein Jahr vor Olympia der Genesungsprozess abgewartet werden. Bei den deutschen Meisterschaften konnte sie deshalb nicht starten. Nach Verletzungsproblemen findet Olympia-Medaillengewinner Patrick Hausding immer besser zur WM-Form, was er mit zwei weiteren DM-Titeln dokumentierte.
Bei der WM in Südkorea geht es auch um Olympia-Startplätze. Kurz nach den Weltmeisterschaften steht dann noch die EM vom 5. bis 11. August in Kiew an.