6TH FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, August 23 – Monday, August 28, 2017
- 50-Meter Course
- Indianapolis (USA)
- Heats 9:30 am EDT / Semifinals and Finals 6 pm EDT (GMT-4)
- Meet Central
- Meet info
- Schedule
- Entries book
- Omega results
- TV/Webcast schedule (USA)
- Live stream NBC Sports
- Live stream FINA (Heats and finals, for subscribers only. Not available in USA, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Brazil, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, China)
- Live stream FINA YouTube (Heats only, free of charge)
17-year old Argentinian swimmer Delfina Pignatiello has become just the 4th swimmer (that we can find) to go faster than 16 minutes in the women’s 1500 free before her 18th birthday. Swimming at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships on Sunday in Indianapolis, United States, Pignatiello swam a Championship Record and winning time of 15:59.51. Unlike her prior swim this week in the 800, that’ not quite a South American Record (Kristel Kobrich, Chile – 15:54.30), but it is the fastest ever by an Argentine.
It broke the old Championship Record of 16:05.61 done by Italy’s Siomna Quadarella at the 2015 World Junior Championships, and won the race by more than 16 seconds.
The other 4 swimmers that we could find who were faster than 16 minutes in the event prior to their 18th birthday were the current World Record and World Junior Record holder Katie Ledecky, China’s Xuanxu Li, and former World Record holder Janet Evans – who broke the barrier just before her 17th birthday.
17 & Under All-Time Rankings (Unofficial)
- Katie Lededcky, USA – 15:28.36, 2014
- Janet Evans, USA – 15:52.10, 1988
- Xuanxu Li, China – 15:58.02, 2011
- Delfina Pignatiello, Argentina – 2017
Pignatiello now has wins in the 800 (8:25.22) and 1500 freestyles as well as a silver in the 400 free (4:08.33) at the meet. All three are Argentina National Records in addition to the South American Record in the 800.
The male Argentinian who was suspended last year also had amazing swims.
Her swim was amazing and she was so strong from start to finish. It was fun to watch. Question – if she is turning 18 on Sunday; how was she allowed to swim at this meet? I thought you had to still be 17 on December 31st. Or is that just a USA Swimming Rule?
Misphrasing on my part. She doesn’t turn 18 on Sunday, she did the swim on Sunday. I’ve cleaned it up to make it more obvious.
That’s impossible, she was born in 2000?
I’m pretty sure it means it was Sunday that she did the swim, just phrased a bit weirdly..
Date of birth April 19, 2000
Date of birth April 19, 2000
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