The wait is over!
Barcelona 2013, or the XV FINA World Championships, start Friday. As usual, the FINA worlds is every two years, the year before-and the year after-the summer Olympics.
The first day is Friday, which is the opening ceremonies. On Saturday, two 5k open water races, as well as the diving and synchronized swimming begin competition.
Sunday marks the first day of the water polo. The women begins play that day. Among the matches on Sunday will be Italy/Kazakhstan, as well as the host country Spain taking on the Netherlands. The US women will begin play that day as the reigning Olympic gold medalists (with various changes on the roster) will take on Greece in group play. The men will begin play on Monday, as they take on Croatia. The groups for water polo play this year is as follows:
MEN
Group A: Spain, Montenegro, New Zealand, Greece
Group B: United States, Croatia, Canada, South Africa
Group C: Serbia, Hungary, Australia, China
Group D: Italy, Kazakhstan, Germany, Romania
WOMEN
Group A: Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Uzbekistan
Group B: Australia, China, New Zealand, South Africa
Group C: United States, Canada, Greece, Great Britain
Group D: Italy, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Brazil
The swimming begins next Sunday (7/28). On that day will be four finals-two 400m and the two 4x100m events, both in freestyle.
Here in the states, Universal Sports will have coverage of all the action for the two weeks. Sadly, it will be on tape. It should be streamed live on their site. NBC will have some action as well, but it will be for swimming only, beginning next Sunday (7/28), as well as Saturday (8/3) and Sunday (8/4). All on tape delay. I would also suggest bcn2013.com, the official site, for your timing and scoring needs.
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