Canada’s Artistic Swimming Team heads into the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, with a core group of athletes who participated in last year’s Worlds in Budapest, and a few athletes who will compete at the event for the first time. The Artistic Swimming events will be held at the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A from Friday, July 14 to Saturday, July 22.
The event will be the team’s fourth outing in 2023, after participating in World Cup events in Markham and Montpellier and the Super Final in Oviedo, Spain, where they garnered 4 medals to close out the World Cup season. in Fukuoka, where the entire world field will be present, they will take part in 5 events: solo technical, solo free, duet technical, team technical and acrobatic routine.
Coming off a strong training camp in Singapour, the team is ready for the challenge ahead which will be the last event before this fall’s Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.
Team Canada Competition Schedule
| Start Time (JPN) | Start Time (EDT) | Event | Athletes | Start Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 14 | ||||
| 09:00 | 20:00 (July 13) | Solo Technical Prelims | Audrey Lamothe | 26/30 |
| 17:50 | 04:50 | Duet Technical Prelims – Group A | Scarlett Finn Kenzie Priddell |
33/38 |
| July 15 | ||||
| 10:00 | 21:00 (July 14) | Acrobatic Routine Prelims | Laurianne Imbeau Jonnie Newman Raphaelle Plante Kenzie Priddell Kiara Quieti Claire Scheffel Florence Tremblay Olena Verbinska |
18/19 |
| 19:30 | 06:30 | Solo Technical Finals | Audrey Lamothe | |
| July 16 | ||||
| 10:00 | 21:00 (July 15) | Team Technical Prelims | Sydney Carroll Scarlett Finn Laurianne Imbeau Raphaelle Plante Kenzie Priddell Claire Scheffel Florence Tremblay Olena Verbinska |
13/22 |
| 19:30 | 06:30 | Duet Technical Finals | Scarlett Finn Kenzie Priddell |
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| July 17 | ||||
| 9:00 | 20:00 (July 16) | Solo Free Prelims | Audrey Lamothe | 25/29 |
| 19:30 | 06:30 | Acrobatic Routine Finals | ||
| July 18 | ||||
| 19:30 | 06:30 | Team Technical Finals | ||
| July 19 | ||||
| 19:30 | 06:30 | Solo Free Finals | Audrey Lamothe | |
The full Competition Schedule, which also displays live results as the competition progresses, is available on the World Aquatics website (please note that times should be displayed as your local time).
How to watch
All final events will be webcast live on CBC, and the preliminary events will be presented on the pay-per-view platform recast.tv.
The CBC artistic swimming streaming schedule is available here.
Team Members
The team members competing for Canada at the FINA World Aquatics Championships are:
| Sydney Carroll | Saskatoon, SK |
| Scarlett Finn | Toronto, ON |
| Laurianne Imbeau | Québec, QC |
| Audrey Lamothe | Montréal, QC |
| Jonnie Newman | Calgary, AB |
| Raphaelle Plante | Québec, QC |
| Kenzie Priddell | Regina, SK |
| Kiara Quieti | Saint-Léonard, QC |
| Alicia Rehel | Mirabel, QC |
| Claire Scheffel | Brantford, ON |
| Florence Tremblay | Rimouski, QC |
| Olena Verbinska | Toronto, ON |
| COACHES & STAFF | |
| Kerri Morgan | Chief Sport Officer |
| Kasia Kulesza | Coach |
| Yelyzaveta Yakhno | Coach |
| Kim Vinck | Team Manager |