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To learn more, contact your local dealer or visit FINISswim.com SWIMMING WORLD BIWEEKLY | AUG 2017 | ISSUE #15 FEATURES 2017 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 008 2017 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET RUNDOWNS PHOTO GALLERY by Andy Ross photos by SIPA USA 028 THE NIGHT CAELEB DRESSEL BECAME 050 U.S. BREAKS WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY A SUPERSTAR RELAY WORLD RECORD by David Rieder Caeleb Dressel was hyped as the next great American KATINKA HOSSZU WINS THIRD STRAIGHT sprinter. As for the hype, well, he earned it. But that’s a 400 IM WORLD TITLE lot to live up to... 032 USA CAPS OFF HISTORIC FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH AN 051 LILLY KING SETS 50 BREAST WORLD EXCLAMATION POINT RECORD by David Rieder Sure, Adam Peaty made it interesting, giving the British men a four-hundredth lead over the Americans at the 052 UNITED STATES ANNIHILATES MIXED 400 PUBLISHING, CIRCULATION AND ACCOUNTING halfway point of the final event of the FINA World FREE RELAY WORLD RECORD Championships... 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That time, there were no tears, DESIGN DIRECTOR - JOE JOHNSON only joy. 056 CROATIA BEATS HOST HUNGARY IN FINA STAFF WRITERS - MICHAEL J. STOTT, DAVID RIEDER WATER POLO FINAL FITNESS TRAINER - J.R. ROSANIA 042 FOR THE FIRST TIME, KATIE LEDECKY by Michael Randazzo COMES UP SHORT In what must be considered both a milestone CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER - PETER H. BICK by David Rieder as well as searing disappointment for fans of Hungarian water polo, the unexpectedly brilliant The prospects of Katie Ledecky not finishing first in the SWIMMINGWORLDMAGAZINE.COM WEBMASTER: run of their national team in the 2017 FINA World [email protected] women’s 200 free final were real, very real. During the Championships came to a crashing halt... first three days of the World Championships, Ledecky MARKETING AND ADVERTISING had insisted that she believed she was clicking... [email protected] 044 KYLIE MASSE GETS OVER THE HUMP, INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS MAKES HISTORY FOR CANADA AFRICA: CHAKER BELHADJ (TUN) by David Rieder AUSTRALIA: WAYNE GOLDSMITH, IAN HANSON Kylie Masse’s ascendance to the elite level of women’s EUROPE: NORBERT AGH (HUN), CAMILO CAMETTI (ITA), sprint backstroke was rapid and nothing short of OENE RUSTICUS (NED), ROKUR JAKUPSSTOVU (FAR) stunning. It was just getting over the world record JAPAN: HIDEKI MOCHIZUKI hump that took a little bit longer... MIDDLE EAST: BARUCH “BUKY” CHASS, PH.D. (ISR) SOUTH AFRICA: NEVILLE SMITH (RSA) 046 FRUSTRATED RYAN MURPHY EYES SOUTH AMERICA: JORGE AGUADO (ARG) RETURN TO THE TOP PHOTOGRAPHERS/SWTV by David Rieder In 2016, after winning three Olympic gold medals and DAVID RIEDER (SWTV HOST) setting a world record, Ryan Murphy had earned the [email protected] undisputed title of the world’s best backstroker. One JOE JOHNSON (SWTV PRODUCER) year later, he’s not that anymore, and that irks him. PETER H. BICK, USA TODAY SPORTS IMAGES, REUTERS, GETTY IMAGES 048 HOW THEY TRAIN - ZACH BROWN & MADISON HOMOVICH by Michael J. Stott Marlins of Raleigh swimmers Zach Brown and Madison Homovich are rising seniors in high school. They have started to make names for themselves beyond their native North Carolina. 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As for the hype, well, he earned it. But that’s Florida and swim for head coach Gregg Troy. C a lot to live up to, and plenty of talented teenagers— in all sports, not just swimming—have been viewed as HERE COMES DRESSEL disappointments because they have not turned out to be all Once he came back, Dressel’s progression was rapid and that was promised. constant. He won his first NCAA championship as a freshman at Florida and his first National Championship that summer. Six World Championship gold medals later, Dressel sure has In the summer of 2016, he made his first U.S. Olympic team not disappointed. and ended up leading off the U.S. men’s 400 free relay. The U.S. coaching staff picked Dressel to go first over a man The moment was in mid-December of 2013, in Greensboro, very used to leading off those American relays, Michael N.C., at USA Swimming’s Short Course Junior Nationals. Phelps. They needed every advantage possible, and it was Dressel, representing the Bolles School at the time, was already abundantly clear that the powerful Dressel had one of the best starts in the world. The decision certainly paid leading off a 200-yard free relay at the start of the first night off, as the American men won gold. of finals. During his junior season at Florida, he swept all three of his Dressel’s time was 18.94. He had become the first high individual events at the NCAA championships and smashed school-age swimmer to ever break 19 seconds. The packed the all-time fastest marks in both the 100-yard free and 100- house at the Greensboro Aquatic Center went nuts. yard fly. Even after U.S. Nationals, when Dressel won three events and finished a close second in the 100 free, there was The meet was packed with talent and names that would barely any inkling this was possible. go on to become stars in the future—including future U.S. Olympians Kathleen Baker, Gunnar Bentz, Townley Haas and Then came his first final of the World Championships, when Jay Litherland—but Dressel stole the show. Dressel led off the American men’s 400 free relay. The U.S. team was in front as soon as Dressel went off the blocks and would never relinquish the lead.