ARENA SWIMMERS ROCK IN HANGZHOU
The 14th edition of the FINA World Short Course Championships came to a close on Sunday, 16th December in Hangzhou, China. Athletes wearing arena suits once again stood out, winning 55 (39%) out of a total of 140 medals overall, with the next best suit manufacturer 15 medals (10%) behind.
The 19 Arena-sponsored federations participated, with 7 of them featuring in the top 10 medal-winning nations. Of arena's sponsored individual athletes, 13 went home with medals.
LEADING THE CHARGE WERE:
OTHER INDIVIDUALS MEDAL WINNERS INCLUDED:
SILVER
HENRIK CHRISTIANSEN
(Norway, 400 free)
XU JIAYU
(China, 100 back)
RUTA MEILUTYTE
(Lithuania, 50 breast)
GREGORIO PALTRINIERI
(Italy, 1500 free)
BRONZE
HENRIK CHRISTIANSEN
(Norway, 1500 free)
GABRIELE DETTI
(Italy, 400 free)
HIROMASA FUJIMORI
(Japan, 100 & 200 IM)
SUZUKA HASEGAWA
(Japan, 200 fly)
RADOSŁAW KAWECKI
(Poland, tied 200 back)
MITCH LARKIN
(Australia, tied 200 back)
EMILY SEEBOHM
(Australia, 200 back)
The Championships ended off with the fifth edition of the FINA World Aquatics Gala "Soirée des Etoile", which honours the world's best aquatics athletes for the year. Congratulations to the following arena winners:
-Katinka Hosszú (Hungary),
FINA Best Female Swimmer 2018
-Chad Le Clos (South Africa), FINA Best Male Swimmer 2018
-Ferry Weertman (Netherlands),
FINA Best Male Open Water Swimmer 2018
-Andrea di Nino (Italy),
swimming coach award 2018
-Marcel Wouda (Netherlands), open water swimming coach award 2018