16th Fina World Championship in Swimming

I also miss that, betfair used to have it in the past

"With regards to your enquiry I can advise our Market Operations Department have confirmed they do not plan to offer these markets as history in previous years shows that there is very little liquidity on the these markets They have also advised if they have numerous contacts with regards to this they may reconsider. If you wish to contact the UK further on this matter please visit https://en-betfair.custhelp.com/app/contact_us"

That was my response from Betfair Australia as swimming is more popular over there than here, although it seems from their reply that it's a UK based decision and they are not really bothered.  Aussie bookies are betting on it so I thought they might want to too although the timing is all wrong ffor the Aussie market.  Fwiw they've had Europeans and Worlds every year since 2005.  I've won and lost 4 figure sums on Swimming so didn't personally think the turnover was that bad.  Still that's life.  I pm'd bb66 and he kindly replied that he can no longer use the exchange as Betfair have pulled out of his country, so imagine that is partly behind the decision.

Still you can bet on bowls, badminton, poker, e-sports, volleyball, chess and stage 2 of the Tour of Poland if it takes your fancy.

markets up now. mens 200 free should be a cracker. Think Yang Sun at 3,6 is a little value

The Yanks are having a bit of a mare.  Take out Katie Ledecky and they've only won 2 bronze medals.

Aug 4, 2015 -- 6:22PM, CLYDEBANK29 wrote:

The Yanks are having a bit of a mare.

Spot on Clyde without Ledecky US in big trouble winning most gold in Rio

Any idea why the men's 4*200m freestyle relay is not on yet, relays are always the most interesting market.

its up now. according to my calculation. australia half second before us and GB so very close race which odds suggest

Michael Phelps is back and should be in Rio.  A big ask to come back at the very top but you can't rule it out.  His events haven't moved on like some of the others. 

A bit of trivia that virtually no one knows.  In 2004 Michael Phelps was going to win the BBC Overseas Sports Personality Award.  But in November of that year he got charged with drink driving and the BBC decided to award it to Federer instead.

Another bit of trivia.  Katie Ledecky's time in the women's 1500m would have won the men's World Championships in 1973 and 1975 and places her in the top 100 of the men's World Rankings which would make her the number 1 ranked male swimmer in Denmark Sweden Austria Switzerland Ireland and Portugal.  That's very impressive!