The only thing I dislike about covering international swimming events (note: I’m not in Russia. I haven’t covered an event since the Olympics in 2004 in Greece), is figuring out the time zone change from whichever country Nathan Adrian is swimming in to what time it is here in Bremerton and Pacific Daylight Savings time.
This time he’s half a world away in Kazan, Russia, for the FINA World Championships.
But, I did it.
Nathan will swim his first prelim, the 100 freestyle, starting tonight at 11:30 p.m. It’s actually 9:30 a.m. in Kazan. The semifinals/finals sessions begin for us at 7:30 a.m. (5:30 p.m. in Kazan). That means that Nathan will swim overnight and then, if everything goes according to plan, he’ll swim in the morning in the evening session.
I’m going to stay as up-to-date as I can on the blog and Twitter, you can follow me @AnnetteKSSports, late tonight and then I’ll update the blog in the morning following the evening session. It’s a little confusing, but that’s why I’m here. We’ll get through it together!
It looks like Nathan will be swimming every day from here on out at Worlds as he also has to swim the 50 free. I’d be hard-pressed to think he wouldn’t be on the medley relay on the final day.
