Chad Le Clos, Lilly King Among Swimming Stars to Commit to Inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series

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Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA

With two and a half months to go to the kick-off of the brand new FINA “Champions Swim Series”, many swimming stars have already confirmed their participation in the three-leg competition.

April 27-28 in Guangzhou (CHN)
May 11-12 in Budapest (HUN)
May 31-June 1 in Indianapolis (USA)

After the first set of invitations was sent, several Olympic and world medallists expressed their interest in taking part in the Series, distributing almost US $3 million in prize money, plus over US $800,000 in appearance fees and all travel and accommodation expenses covered. All the Series meets will serve as qualifying events for both the FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Budapest venue; Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA

Indianapolis venue; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Below is a list of swimmers that confirmed their attendance in the inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series.

Sprint Free

Anthony Ervin, USA, 50 Free
Pieter Timmers, BEL, 100 Free

Distance Free

Gabriele Detti, ITA, 400m free

Backstroke

Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Vladimir Morozov, RUS
Ryan Murphy, USA
Xu Jiayu, CHN

Breaststroke

Joao Gomes Junior, BRA, 50 Breast
Felipe Lima, BRA, 50 Breast
Dmitry Balandin, KAZ, 200 Breast
Anton Chupkov, RUS, 200 Breast

Butterfly

Ben Proud, GBR, 50 Fly
Nicholas Santos, BRA, 50 Fly
Andriy Govorov, UKR, 50 Fly
Chad Le Clos, RSA, 100 Fly
Laszlo Cseh, HUN, 200 Fly
Kristof Milak, HUN, 200 Fly

IM

Wang Shun, CHN, 200 IM

Sprint Free

Pernille Blume, DEN, 50 Free
Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 50 Free
Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED, 50 Free
Penny Oleksiak, CAN, 100 Free
Cate Campbell, AUS, 100 Free

Mid-Distance Free

Federica Pellegrini, ITA, 200 Free
Li Bingjie, CHN, 400 Free

Backstroke

Etiene Medeiros, BRA, 50 Back
Liu Xiang, CHN, 50 Back
Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 100/200 Back
Emily Seebohm, AUS, 200 Back
Kathleen Baker, USA, 200 Back

Breaststroke

Lilly King, USA, 50/100 Breast
Katie Meili, USA, 50/100 Breast
Molly Hannis, USA, 50/100 Breast

Butterfly

Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 50/100 Fly
Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED, 50/100 Fly
Penny Oleksiak, CAN, 100 Fly
Kelsi Dahlia, USA, 100 Fly
Dana Vollmer, USA, 100 Fly

IM

Siobhan O’Connor, GBR, 200 IM
Kathleen Baker, USA, 200 IM
Kim Seoyeong, KOR, 200 IM
Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 200 IM

“FINA is very happy with the level of entries so far for this prestigious new Series. It shows that this additional opportunity to compete is deemed important for our Stars. We are preparing a top-class event, where the superb performances in the pool will be accompanied by a great show for spectators on site and digital users around the world. The ‘Champions Swim Series’ will definitively allow our Aquatic fans to perceive Swimming in a new way”, considered FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione.

— The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with FINA. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com.

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