The 15th variation of the FINA World Swimming Champions (25m) concluded on December 21, after an incredible week of first-rate sporting competitors happened on the renowned Etihad Enviornment on Yas Bay. To rejoice the historical second, key officers from the Abu Dhabi Sports activities Council and FINA participated in the champions closing press convention, forward of the official closing ceremony which happened inside the sector.
The closing press convention was attended by His Excellency Aref Al Awani, Normal Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports activities Council, Captain Husain Al-Musallam, FINA President and Brent Nowicki, FINA Government Director. They had been joined by a number of swimmers and high- scuba divers who showed the simplest of marine expertise through the FINA World Swimming Championships and World Aquatics Pageant, contending in entrance of 1000s of viewers and tens of countless television audiences world wide.
Chad Le Clos– Olympic, World and Commonwealth Video games championSiobhan Haughey– Ladiess 200m/100m Freestyle champion in Abu Dhabi
Yuri Kisil– Three-time World Aquatics Championships medalist
Orlando Duque– First ever high-diver to win gold within the sport in 2013
Molly Carlson– 4-time Junior Nationwide Champion
Aidan Heslop– FINA Excessive Diving Qualifier 2021 gold medallist
After the press convention the main closing ceremony happened consisted of in the Etihad Enviornment, for the main handing over of the subsequent FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which is all set to take place in Kazan, Russia in 2022. Leonov Vladimir Aleksandrovich, Minister of Sports activities of the Republic of Tatarstan was on phase to just accept the historical handover, which was introduced by His Excellency Aref Al Awani, Normal Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports activities Council and Captain Husain Al-Musallam, FINA President.
The motion was transmitted to a world TV viewers throughout 133 global locations, together with CCTV in China, NBC in North America, Tremendous Sports activities throughout Africa and our host broadcasters, Abu Dhabi Sports activities Channel. Over the previous week, weve got hosted 160 recognized media to this first-rate place. Were furthermore sending our greatest needs to the 2022 arranging committee in Kazan, Russia, as they embark on their journey to delivering the subsequent Brief Course World Championships (25m).”.
Through journalism convention she discussed: “It was terrific to understand that I utilized to be the primary person from Hong Kong, China to win a world champion and break a world document. Im certain eventually there will likely be a great deal of up-and-coming swimmers who can acquire the identical aspect too.
Captain Husain Al-Musallam, FINA President discussed:” This week, the worlds most proficient swimmers lined up on the world stage to show their competence and skills to 1000s of spectators included in the Etihad Enviornment and naturally to tens of millions of TV viewers world large. This exemplifies that our sport goes in the best route as extra individuals world large aim to be the subsequent world champion.
The motion was broadcast to a world TV audiences throughout 133 worldwide locations, together with CCTV in China, NBC in North America, Tremendous Sports activities throughout Africa and our host broadcasters, Abu Dhabi Sports activities Channel. Were additionally sending our biggest needs to the 2022 organizing committee in Kazan, Russia, as they embark on their journey to providing the subsequent Brief Course World Championships (25m).”.
In addition to the newly topped world champions, the Championships furthermore included a broad selection of skilled swimmers from internationally together with Alaa Maso, the lone member of the FINA Refugee Workforce, who left his house nation Syria to pursue his swimming aspirations.
Siobhan Haughey stormed to a world document of 1:50.31 within the girlss 200m Freestyle whereas Sweden equalled the 4x50m Medley Relay world document set by USA within the events earlier variation. Haughey and the Swedish quartet made a further USD $50,000 for his or her record-setting efficiencies.
Because the first day, after I broke the world file, the Hong Kong, China crew has been doing rather well and made a lot of finals and its been an ideal week for the whole country.”.
The 19-year-old, who acquired sevens from the judges to safe an effective rating of 436.90 factors, mirrored on his triumph by saying: “You do should be rather bit loopy for it, nevertheless we take some calculated dangers on what were doing and dont do something absurd. We in fact utilize out 10m diving that we began off with and adapt to those heights.”.
Aidan Heslop of Nice Britain was amongst the many winners on the FINA Excessive Diving Qualifier, producing the most difficult dive ever attempted to accomplishment within the staying spherical of the occasion.
Siobhan Haughey mentioned she and her nation can look again on the Abu Dhabi variation with nice pleasure following some incredible performances within the swimming pool.
The official closing press convention was held to mark the top of the FINA World Swimming Championships and paid tribute to the amazing accomplishments of a number of the worlds finest sporting stars. Throughout the weeks exciting rivals, fans consisted of in the Etihad Enviornment experienced a variety of brand-new information set, together with four World Information.
From December 15– 21, Etihad Enviornment on Yas Bay has actually been the setting for one of many areas most enjoyable sporting and leisure eyeglasses with the 15th version of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) and the World Aquatics Pageant. Throughout the week, greater than 1,100 professional athletes from over 180 Nationwide Federations throughout all 5 continents competed in 57 celebrations and for an overall prize pool of USD $3.2 million, the most important prize pool ever in a FINA swimming occasion. Over 800 volunteers guaranteed the elegant working of the event all through the week of competitors.
Captain Husain Al-Musallam, FINA President mentioned:” This week, the worlds most skilled swimmers lined up on the world stage to reveal their competence and skills to 1000s of viewers contained in the Etihad Enviornment and naturally to tens of millions of TV viewers world wide. This exemplifies that our sport goes in the finest route as extra people world broad aspire to be the subsequent world champ. From December 15– 21, Etihad Enviornment on Yas Bay has been the setting for one of numerous locations most enjoyable sporting and leisure spectacles with the 15th version of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) and the World Aquatics Pageant.
