The World Championships of Water Sports.

13th World Championships of Water Sports (FINA World Championships 2009) was opened on 17 July in Rome and will run until August 2. In the competitions participated and a record number of athletes - 2556 athletes from 185 countries. Program of the World Championship includes a competition with the water polo, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and diving in open water.

Yee Mun Leong (Malaysia).

Wu Minxia (China).

Wang Han (China).


Usa team.

Ukrainian team.



Russian team.


Japanice team.

Great Britain team.

French team.

Canadian Team


Brazilian team.

Tania Cagnotto (Italy).

Natalia Ischenko (Russia).

Melissa Wu (Australia).

Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon (Canada).

Mandy Zollner (Germany).

Jennifer Abel (Canada).

Jenna Randall & Olivia Allison (UK).

Jenna Randall (UK).

Ilya Zaharov (Russia).

Flora Piroska Gondos (Hungary).

Eric Sehn (Canada).

Emillie Heymans (Canada).

Elisabetta Marconi (Italy).

Claire Febvay & Audrey Labeau (France).

Chris Colwill (USA).

Carlos Calvo (Spain).

Arianna Garibotti (Italy).

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