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Category: Competition

  • Alicia Coutts sets world bests in 100 fly and 200 IM

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    Alicia Coutts dominated the women’s 100 fly at the Australian Long Course Championships today, with a winning time of 57.25, surpassing the previous world pacesetter of 57.62 clocked by Inge Dekker in Amsterdam in March. And then she followed up with winning 200 IM in 2:10.06, ahead of Stephanie Rice in 2:10.41, crushing the previous…

  • Zhang sets world’s best at Chinese Nationals

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    Zhang Fenglin downed the Chinese record in the men’s 200 back with a time of 1:56.34 at the Chinese Long Course Nationals today, moving ahead of James Goddard’s 1:57.08 for first in the world 2011 rankings. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Ejdervik posts world leading time at Canadian Trials

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    Sweden’s Rebecca Ejdervik blazed to a 31.06 in the 50 breaststroke during prelims at the Canadian World Trials yesterday. This is the best time in the world this year, with also Sweden’s Jennie Johannsson in 2nd spot with a 31.23 from Amsterdam Swim Cup in March, and also a Swedish record. Ejdervik then won the…

  • Canadian record for Katerine Savard

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    Katerine Savard of Quebec City broke the Canadian record in the women’s 100 butterfly on Friday at the Canadian World Trials. Savard, 17, clocked 57.97 seconds to eclipse the previous national mark of 58.67 set by Audrey Lacroix in July 2009. It was also the fifth fastest time in the world this year and she…

  • Icelandic Jakobsson sets Norwegian record at Danish Open

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    Icelandic born Sindri Þór Jakobsson set a Norwegian record at Danish Open 2011 today, with a time of 2:02.38 in the 200 butterfly. Andreas Schiellerup and Daniel Skaaning set Danish junior records, Jeanette Ottesen and Pernille Blume qualified for Shanghai 2011, and three swimmers qualified for the European junior championships in Belgrade this summer.

  • Belmonte 4:34.91 and Spanish 400 IM record

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    Mireia Belmonte García was a league apart from the field on the way to her third victory at the Spanish Open in just over 24 hours, a 4:34.91 over 400 IM taking down her own Spanish record by 1.4 seconds. Read more here on SwimNews.com, where Craig Lord rates her as one of the favourites…

  • Wilkinson sets national record and qualifies for Shanghai

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    With two days gone at the 2011 Canadian World Trials, Julia Wilkinson has set the only national record until now, with a 28.13 in the 50 backstroke on day 1. She didn’t qualify for the World Championships in that event, as Canadians don’t allow swimmers to qualify in non-Olympic events, but then qualified in 100…

  • Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities

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    Technical director for Spanish swimming, Luis Villanueva, told reporters this week that Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities. “She is a swimmer with a beastly talent, there are very few like her.” She answered by bagging two titles on the first day of the Spanish Open in Madrid, clocking a Spanish record 2:06.25 in the 200…

  • Danish Open starts with a bang

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    The Danes are testing out a for them new system this year, allowing only results from the Danish Open finals as qualification times for the World Championships in Shanghai and European Junior Championships in Belgrade this summer. It worked out well, with three swimmers qualifying for the World Championships and 10 for the European Junior…