Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2009

  • Britta Steffen Sets 100 Freestyle WR

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    Germany’s Britta Steffen demolished the 100 meter freestyle world record at the German Long Course Nationals today, with a time of 52.56 where her world record from the prelims was 52.85. Read SwimInfo.com

  • Samulski Edges 50 Backstroke WR

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    Germany’s Daniella Samulski set a new 50 meter backstroke world record yesterday at the German Long Course Nationals, with a time og 27.61 where Sophie Edington’s world record from March 2008 was 27.67. Read The Guardian

  • Britta Steffen Sets 100 Meter Freestyle WR

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    Germany’s Britta Steffen has set a new 100 meter freestyle long course world record, at the German national championships and world championship trials in Berlin. Her time was 52.85, where Libby Trickett’s world record from 2008 was 52.88. Read SwimNews.com

  • Ryosuke Irie Sets 200 Backstroke World Record

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    Japan’s Ryosuke Irie went below 1:53 in the “Duel in the Pool” competition between Japan and Australia, swimming 1:52.86 where Ryan Lochte’s world record from Beijing was 1:53.94. Read SwimInfo.com

  • Felipe Silva Sets World Record In 50 Breaststroke

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    Brazil’s Felipe Silva set a new 50 meter breaststroke long course world record yesterday, and became first man under 27 seconds, when he at the Maria Lenk Trophy meet in Rio de Janeiro swam 26.89, where Cameron van der Burgh’s world record was 27.06. Read SwimInfo.com

  • 3 More World Records In Moscow

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    Russia’s Anastasia Zueva bettered her new 50 meter long course world record from 27.48 in the heats to 27.47 in the final. And Yulyia Efimova bettered the 50 meter breastroke world record twice, with first a 30.23 in the semifinal, and then 30.05 in the final. Read SwimNews.com

  • Zueva Sets 50 Meter Backstroke World Record

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    Russia’s Anastasia Zueva set a new 50 meter backstroke long course world record today, at the Russian national championships in Moscow. The new world record is 27.48, where Australia’s Sophie Edington’s world record was 27.67. Read eurosport.yahoo.com

  • Bousquet First Man Under 21 Seconds

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    France’s Frederick Bousquet obliterated the 50 meter freestyle long course world record today, with a time of 20.94 where Eamon Sullivan’s world record was 21.28. Alain Bernard also went under the now former world record, with a time of 21.23, at the Championnats de France de Natation.

  • Bernard First Sub-47 Man

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    France’s Alain Bernard broke the 100 meter freestyle long-course world record today in the semifinals of the French Nationals, with a time of 46.96 where Eamon Sullivan’s world record was 47.05. Read SwimNews.com