Budapest, Hungary: Last night the 17th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 were opened, and willcontinue until July 30th in Budapest. The Aquatics Worlds take place every two years, and are a festival ofall things related to swimming and diving.
The two main competition venues are located in Budapest: Danube Arena, abrand-new indoor swimming pool complex for swimming and diving on the easternbank of the Danube, just north of Margaret Island, and the existing AlfrédHajós National Swimming Stadium, on Margaret Island itself, for water polo. Open water swimming events will be held at LakeBalaton. High diving and synchronizedswimming will be held at temporary venues in Budapest. The Hungarians are beasts in Water Polo, soexpect some exciting competition in the men's tournament, which starts on Mondaywith a round robin format in small group competition for the 16 countries who have made it thus far. Today's action features men's one meterdiving. France: Friday's stageof the Tour de France, Stage 13, was wonby a Frenchman, appropriate for BastilleDay. Winner Warren Barguil outlasted allchallengers on a chaotic, action filled day, with three category one climbs,and lots of curves and turns near the finish. Italian cyclist Fabio Aru is therace leader. Today's action, in Stage14, features a 181.5 km slog across southwest France, fromBlagnac to Rodez. The stage will featurethree Category 3 climbs, and an almost continuous incline, the finish being ata much higher altitude than the start city. Silvis, Illinois: In arun up to the British Open, Professional Golf's PGA Tour this week features theJohn Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run, in Hampton Township, near Silvis,Illinois. Known for many decades as theQuad Cities Open, with various title sponsorships, the Tournament has beentitle sponsored by John Deere since the late 1990s. Young golfers, including Tiger Woods andJordan Spieth, often have seen their early successes noticed by others at thethis tournament. At the end of Friday's Round two, 25 year oldPatrick Rodgers let at 13 under par, Bryson DeChambeau was in second place at11 under par. In international Cricket, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka are meeting,beginning today, in their sole test at Colombo. South Africa continues their tour of England with their 2nd Test continuing today at Nottingham. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 7/15/2017 12:01:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
