The Danish Swimming Federation has selected the squad to compete forย World Championship medals in Kazan in August.
There will be 12 Danish swimmers participating in the World Swimming Championshipsย when they get underway in the Russian city of Kazan from August 2
It is a very strong and experienced squad who will be competing for medal and finalย positions in a wide range of events. Lars Green Bach, the Danish Swimming Federationโsย High Performance Manager, has expectations for a number of medals for the Danishย squad.
โItโs a relatively large Danish World Championship team and a squad where many of theย swimmers have a good solid experience from previous World Championships. Swimmersย like Jeanette Ottesen, Rikke Mรธller Pedersen and Lotte Friis have all previously wonย individual medals on the World Championship stage, and Mads Glรฆsner, Mie รstergaardย Nielsen, Pernille Blume and Viktor Bromer are swimmers with significant internationalย experience. Itโs a strong foundation for our chances in the Volga cityโ, says Highย Performance Manager Lars Green Bach and continues:
โOur overall aim is an ambitious five medals in 10-12 finals. It is a realistic aim with theย potential that the Danish swimmers have but nothing happens by itself and this placesย great demands on us all. The swimmers and coaches are working extremely hard everyย day to optimise both the big and the finer swimming details and in many areas this work isย carried out with valuable assistance from Team Denmarkโs experts. We want to be theย best prepared we can possibly be in order that we can take up the fight against the top-flight international competitors in Kazan.โ
In addition 5 swimmers have been subjectively selected in order to pursue special relayย perspectives.
โThe Sports Department has chosen to select Julie Levisen for the womenโs 4 x 100 freeย which is a strong team and who we believe could be in the running for medals against theย likes of the U.S.A., Australia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Swedenโ said Highย Performance Manager Lars Green Bach .โ
โWe have also subjectively selected the menโs 4 x 200 free relay because we think thatย this squad have the potential to secure an Olympic โquotaโ place โ which is to finish in theย top 12 positions in the discipline at the World Championships, and that this would give us aย subsequent final potential at the Olympics in Rio next summerโ conclude Highย Performance Manager Lars Green Bach finally.
Below is the squad that we can look forward to following when swimmingโs majorย international highpoint of 2015 begins.
Denmarkโs 2015 World Championship squad
- Jeanette Ottesen, Vejle Swimming Club Triton/NTC
- Rikke Mรธller Pedersen, Herning Swimming Club /NTC
- Mie ร. Nielsen Aalborg Swimming Club
- Viktor Bromer, Aalborg Swimming Club
- Pernille Blume, Gladsaxe Swim/NTC
- Julie Levisen, Aalborg Swimming Club
- Lotte Friis, Gentofte Swimming Club
- Mads Glรฆsner, Sigma Swim
- Daniel Skaaning, STT-VAT/NTC
- Magnus Westermann, Herlev Swimming Club /NTC
- Anders Lie, Farum Swimming Club
- Sรธren Dahl, Herlev Swimming Club
First opportunity for achieving Olympic qualification times
At the World Championships in Kazan the Danish swimmers will start to feel that the 2016ย Olympic Games are getting closer. In Kazan they will get their first opportunity to swimย under the Olympic qualification times and so truly begin to tune in to what โ in worldย swimming circles – represents the pinnacle event of them all. The Danish Olympicย selection criteria can be found here:
During the next few months the World Championship squad will continue its targetedย training on Danish soil and will be present at the Danish Championships which are longย course in July. The Danish Swimming Federation will hold a press conference with theย World Championship squad at the Danish Championships. Further information about thisย press conference will be released at a later date.
Official website: http://kazan2015.com
Photo courtesy of Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
Sources: svoem.org; kazan2015.com
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