Cardinals Complete Competition at World University Games
July 11, 2019 | Swimming & Diving
Fears, Sos and Tarasevich all final in Napoli, Italy
University of Louisville swimmers and a diver have completed their competition at the World University Games in Napoli, Italy.
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Over 8,000 participants (including coaches and officials) participated in total at the Games, which officially runs from July 3-14. Many of the student-athletes are looking to kick-start their athletic careers with a view to Tokyo 2020, but some are already Olympic and World Championship medallists in their own right. Twenty-two years after Italy last organised the event in Sicily in 1997, 5971 athletes from 112 countries will compete in 222 events across 18 sports.
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Diver Molly Fears was the first to compete as the first Cardinal diver to represent Team USA in program history. She finished 11th in the finals of the platform.
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Daniel Sos finished sixth in the finals of the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.72 and was 19th in the 400-IM with a time of 4:23.81 for his native Hungary.
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Cardinal Forever Grigory Tarasevich won gold in the 100 Back with a time of 53.51. The Russian also took second in the final of the 200 backstroke with a 1:57.91. Â He collected more hardware with a silver in the 4x100 Medley Relay for his native Russia. He split a 53.94 in the backstroke leg as Russia went 3.33.72.
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Over 8,000 participants (including coaches and officials) participated in total at the Games, which officially runs from July 3-14. Many of the student-athletes are looking to kick-start their athletic careers with a view to Tokyo 2020, but some are already Olympic and World Championship medallists in their own right. Twenty-two years after Italy last organised the event in Sicily in 1997, 5971 athletes from 112 countries will compete in 222 events across 18 sports.
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Diver Molly Fears was the first to compete as the first Cardinal diver to represent Team USA in program history. She finished 11th in the finals of the platform.
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Daniel Sos finished sixth in the finals of the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.72 and was 19th in the 400-IM with a time of 4:23.81 for his native Hungary.
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Cardinal Forever Grigory Tarasevich won gold in the 100 Back with a time of 53.51. The Russian also took second in the final of the 200 backstroke with a 1:57.91. Â He collected more hardware with a silver in the 4x100 Medley Relay for his native Russia. He split a 53.94 in the backstroke leg as Russia went 3.33.72.
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