2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
- Meet site
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Live results
The 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships are underway in Gwangju, South Korea. Open water swimming has already wrapped up, though artistic swimming, water polo, and diving events are ongoing. On Sunday, July 21st, pool swimming will begin, featuring many members of the newly-formed International Swimming League, or ISL. France’s Lara Grangeon, who will represent the New York Breakers in the ISL, has already competed in the open water: Grangeon won the bronze medal in the women’s 25k race, despite heavy rains and huge waves; she placed 4th in the 10k; and also finished 9th in the women’s 5k. All other members of the ISL that are competing in Gwangju have yet to race.
In terms of National Federations represented, the United States has the greatest representation from the ISL in Gwangju, with 31 athletes. The country with the second-largest representation from the ISL at Worlds is Australia with 16 swimmers. Third is Italy with 14 swimmers, followed by Canada with 12 swimmers, Great Britain with 11 swimmers, then Hungary rounding out the double-digits with 10 swimmers. Brazil sends 8 swimmers, and France, the Netherlands, and Germany all 6 swimmers each. Russia will only have 5 ISL members competing in Gwangju, and Denmark 4.
Superstar Sarah Sjostrom, who will represent the Energy Standard club, is Sweden’s only ISL member at this year’s World Championships.
As far as ISL team representation goes, Katinka Hosszu‘s Team Iron will show the largest percentage of athletes, with a 96-percent attendance in South Korea, or 25 of 26 athletes. The only member of Team Iron not competing in any capacity at the 2019 FINA World Championships is American Gunnar Bentz, the newest addition to the team. Bentz will, however, represent Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games in August in Lima, Peru.
Federica Pellegrini‘s Rome-based Aqua Centurions will also send 25 athletes, though they leave three at home. The DC Trident will have the smallest representation in Gwangju with a mere 11 athletes, though they should still anticipate a decent medal haul with Katie Ledecky on the team.
Fourteen ISL members swam at the World University Games in Italy, though only five of those fourteen will compete again at the World Championships.
Qualifiers by Team
- Aqua Centurions – 25
- Team Iron – 25
- London Roar – 22
- New York Breakers – 21
- Energy Standard – 21
- LA Current – 18
- Cali Condors – 16
- DC Tridents – 11
AQUA CENTURIONS
| Luiz Altamir Melo – Brazil | Kristian Gkolomeev – Greece |
| Freya Anderson – Great Britain | Phillip Heintz – Germany |
| Ilaria Bianchi – Italy | Franziska Hentke – Germany |
| Martina Carraro – Italy | Sarah Kohler – Germany |
| Apostolos Christou – Greece | Nicolo Martinenghi – Italy |
| Piero Codia – Italy | Kaylee McKeown – Australia |
| Santo Condorelli – Italy | Alessandro Miressi – Italy |
| Breno Correia – Brazil | Lidon Munoz – Spain |
| Laszlo Cseh – Hungary | Margherita Panziera – Italy |
| Ilaria Cusinato – Italy | Federica Pellegrini – Italy |
| Gabriele Detti – Italy | Simone Sabbioni – Italy |
| Elena Di Liddo – Italy | Fabio Scozzoli – Italy |
| Luca Dotto – Italy |
CALI CONDORS
| Mallory Comerford – United States | Kacper Majchrzak – Poland |
| Kelsi Dahlia – United States | Melanie Margalis – United States |
| Hali Flickinger – United States | Kylie Masse – Canada |
| Townley Haas – United States | Olivia Smoliga – United States |
| Anton Ipsen – Denmark | Jan Świtkowski – Poland |
| Radosław Kawęcki – POL | Ariarne Titmus – Australia |
| Lilly King – United States | Andrew Wilson – United States |
| Mitch Larkin – Australia | Kelsey Wog – Canada |
DC TRIDENT
| Anika Apostalon – Czech Republic | Katie Ledecky – United States |
| Zach Apple – United States | Jay Litherland – United States |
| Abrahm DeVine – United States | Jérémy Stravius – France |
| Zane Grothe – United States | Brianna Throssell – Australia |
| Zach Harting – United States | Andreas Vazaios – Greece |
| Siobhán Haughey – Hong Kong |
ENERGY STANDARD
| Simonas Bilis – Lithuania | Danas Rapsys – Lithuania |
| Charlotte Bonnet – France | Mykhailo Romanchuk – Ukraine |
| Anton Chupkov – Russia | Evgeny Rylov – Russia |
| Georgia Davies – Great Britain | Kayla Sanchez – Canada |
| Femke Heemskerk – Netherlands | Sergii Shevtsov – Ukraine |
| Chad le Clos – South Africa | Anastasiya Shkurdai – Belarus |
| Fantine Lesaffre – France | Ilya Shymanovich – Belarus |
| Max Litchfield – Great Britain | Sarah Sjostrom – Sweden |
| Andrei Minakov – Russia | Kierra Smith – Canada |
| Penny Oleksiak – Canada | Rebecca Smith – Canada |
| Ben Proud – Great Britain |
LA CURRENT
| Kathleen Baker – United States | Felipe Lima – Brazil |
| Michael Chadwick – United States | Katie McLaughlin – United States |
| Dylan Carter- Trinidad & Tobago | Andi Murez – Israel |
| Jack Conger – United States | Ryan Murphy – United States |
| Ella Eastin – United States | Farida Osman – Egypt |
| Béryl Gastaldello – France | Blake Pieroni – United States |
| Margo Geer – United States | Josh Prenot – United States |
| Matt Grevers – United States | Andrew Seliskar – United States |
| Chase Kalisz – United States | Leah Smith – United States |
LONDON ROAR
| Minna Atherton – Australia | Vini Lanza – Brazil |
| Mireia Belmonte – Spain | Cameron McEvoy – Australia |
| Bronte Campbell – Australia | Emma McKeon – Australia |
| Cate Campbell – Australia | Siobhan-Marie O’Connor – Great Britain |
| Kyle Chalmers – Australia | Jeanette Ottesen – Denmark |
| Christian Diener – Germany | Adam Peaty – Great Britain |
| Alex Graham – Australia | Sydney Pickrem – Canada |
| James Guy – Great Britain | Kirill Prigoda – Russia |
| Jess Hansen – Australia | Duncan Scott – Great Britain |
| Holly Hibbott – Great Britain | Marie Wattel – France |
| Boglarka Kapas – Hungary | Matthew Wilson – Australia |
| Yuri Kisil – Canada |
NEW YORK BREAKERS
| Michael Andrew – United States | Jack McLoughlin – Australia |
| Pernille Blume – Denmark | Lia Neal – United States |
| Marcelo Chierighini – Brazil | Emily Overholt – Canada |
| Mack Darragh – Canada | Jacob Pebley – United States |
| João de Lucca – Brazil | Christoper Reid – South Africa |
| Gabby DeLoof – United States | Pedro Spajari – Brazil |
| Reva Foos – Germany | Brad Tandy – South Africa |
| Lara Grangeon – France | Alys Thomas – Great Britain |
| Marco Koch – Germany | Markus Thormeyer – Canada |
| Marius Kusch – Germany | Madison Wilson – Australia |
| Clyde Lewis – Australia |
TEAM IRON
| Alia Atkinson – Bahamas | Jenna Laukkanen – Finland |
| Richard Bohus – Hungary | Fanny Lecluyse – Belgium |
| Kim Busch – Netherlands | Kristof Milak – Hungary |
| Kimberly Buys – Belgium | Vlad Morozov – Russia |
| Henrik Christiansen – Norway | Mie Nielsen – Denmark |
| Jeremy Desplanches – Switzerland | Jesse Puts – Netherlands |
| Robert Glinta – Romania | Sebastian Sabo – Hungary |
| Katinka Hosszu – Hungary | Peter John Stevens – Slovenia |
| Zsuzsanna Jakabos – Hungary | Pieter Timmers – Belgium |
| Arno Kamminga – Netherlands | Kira Toussaint – Netherlands |
| Ajna Kesely – Hungary | Jessica Vall – Spain |
| Dominik Kozma – Hungary | David Verraszto – Hungary |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo – Netherlands |