Swimmer's Daily

Month: December 2009

  • Russia Sets 4×100 Medley WR

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    The Russian team of Stanislav Donets, Sergey Geybel, Evgeny Korotyshkin og Daniil Isotov set a new 4×100 meter short course medley world record on Saturday, at the Salnikov Cup meet in Saint Petersburg. Their time was 3:19.16, where USA the day before swam 3:21.71. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • 3 WRs On 2nd Day Of Duel

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    On the second day of the Duel in the Pool competition between USA and Italy, Germany and Great Britain’s “E-stars”, USA’s Rebecca Soni set a new short course 100 meter breaststroke world record, with a time of 1.02.70, where Australia’s Leisel Jones’ world record was 1.03.00. USA’s Julia Smit set a new 200 individual medley…

  • 5 WRs On 1st Day Of Duel

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    USA set 5 short course world records on first day of the “Duel in the Pool” meet in Manchester, with 4 world records falling in the first 3 events, against an “E-stars” team comprising swimmers from Italy, Germany and Great Britain. First USA’s women set a new 4×100 medley world record, with a time of…

  • César Cielo Sets 50 Freestyle World Record

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    Brazil’s César Cielo Filho set a new 50 freestyle world record this morning, at the Brazilian Long Course Championships in Sao Paolo, with a time of 20.91, where France’s Frederick Bousquet’s world record from last April was 20.94. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • Donets AND Vyatchanin Set 100 Backstroke WR

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    Russia’s Stanislav Donets and Arkady Vyatchanin both won gold and set a new world record in the 100 backstroke final of the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with a time of 48.97, where Vyatchanin’s world record from the day before was 49.17.

  • Pellegrini Sets 200 Freestyle World Record

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    Italy’s Federica Pellegrini improved upon her short course 200 freestyle world record, with a time of 1:51.17 at the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, where her world record from the European Championships in Rijeka last year was 1:51.85.

  • Gyurta Sets 200 Breaststroke World Record

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    Hungary’s Daniel Guyrta crushed the 200 meter short course breaststroke world record, on the 4th day of the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with a time of 2:00.67, where Australia’s Christian Sprenger’s world record was 2:01.98.

  • Jovanovic Sets 50 Backstroke World Record

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    Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic set a new 50 meter backstroke short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 25.70, where China’s Zhao Jing’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 25.82. Read SwimInfo

  • Bui Duyet Sets 100 Butterfly World Record

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    Frances’s Diane Bui Duyet set a new 100 meter butterfly short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with at time of 55.05, where Australia’s Felicity Galvez’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 55.46. Read SwimInfo