The summer sports calendar is crowded these days — British Open, Tour de France, tons of soccer events, track and field meets/awkward press conferences — but the aquatic World Championships deserve some attention, too. The swimmers hit the pool next week, but water polo, synchronized swimming and open-water swimming are underway. Universal Sports has a ton of artistic videos.
And the USA has a world champion already — Haley Anderson, who added the 5-kilometer open-water world title to her Olympic 10k silver medal, winning by 0.02 seconds.
Anderson also has the coveted Woly Award, given to the top U.S. performer in Olympic sports this week.
Other performances of note:
TRACK AND FIELD
Lots of Diamond League winners in Monaco:
– Justin Gatlin, men’s 100 (and anchor of the winning 4×100 relay)
– Jenny Simpson, women’s 1,500
– Duane Solomon, men’s 800
– Christian Taylor, triple jump
– Brigetta Barrett, high jump
– Queen Harrison, women’s 100 hurdles
PARALYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD
The World Championships are underway in Lyon, France, and the USA has six gold medals:
– Tatyana McFadden, women’s 200 T54 and 5,000 T53/54. Yes, that’s an unusual combination.
– Raymond Martin, men’s 800 T52 and 1,500 T52.
– Jeremy Campbell, men’s discus F44.
– Jarryd Wallace, men’s 200 T44.
Not sure what those numbers mean? Check the Telegraph explanation from last year’s Paralympics.
Other events from the week included wrestling in Olympia, a triathlon mixed relay, and taekwondo’s World Championships.
Duresport.com 