Swimmer's Daily

  • Double gold for Kolesnikov (RUS), 5th title for Kesely (HUN)

    Russians took home all three men’s titles on offer on Saturday at the European Junior Swimming Championships. Kliment Kolesnikov was the hero of the day as he captured two backstroke wins in 53 minutes, first in the 200m, then in the 50m. Hungary’s Ajna Kesely stroke gold once more, this time in the 200m free, this was her 5th triumph in Netanya.

    VILLESEN Katrine Bukh DEN 200m Butterfly Women Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day01 28-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    KESELY Ajna HUN 400m Freestyle Women Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Final session action of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.

  • Hungary’s Milak cracks World Junior Record, Britain lands double

    Hungary’s Kristof Milak’s thrashed the World Junior Record and hit the second place on the FINA World Rankings in the 200m fly on Day 3 at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya. Hungary added three more golds, including Ajna Kesely’s 4th title in three days and the Brits also earned two.

    KESELY Ajna HUN 400m Freestyle Women Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    BLACK Layla GBR 200m Breaststroke Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MARTINENGHI Niccolo’ ITA 50m Breaststroke Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MILAK Kristof HUN 200m Butterfly Men Final Gold Medal and New World Junior Record LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    NEMETH Nandor HUN 100m Freestyle Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    NEMETH Nandor HUN 100m Freestyle Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Podium 4X200m Freestyle Relay Men Final Team Hungary HUN Gold medal, Russian Federation RUS Silver Medal, Team Israel ISR Bronze Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Podium 4X100m Medley Relay Women Final Russian Federation RUS Gold Medal, Team Hungary HUN Silver Medal, Team Poland POL Bronze Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    VASKINA Daria RUS 50m Backstroke Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    VASKINA Daria RUS 50m Backstroke Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day03 30-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    DEAN Thomas GBR 200m Medley Men Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Final session action of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.

  • Russians start to rock

    Team Russia began dominating as happened a couple of times in the previous editions of the European Junior Swimming Championships. After a modest opening day they amassed three titles and got three more medals. In the mixed free relay the Hungarians set a new European Junior Record.

    KESELY Ajna HUN 400m Freestyle Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th Arena European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    SOMOV Evgenii RUS 200m Breaststroke Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th Arena European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    STEENBERGEN Marrit NED 100m Freestyle Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th Arena European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    VILLESEN Katrine Bukh DEN 200m Butterfly Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th Arena European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    EGOROVA Polina RUS 200m Backstroke Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th Arena European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day02 29-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Final session action from Day 1 of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.

  • Five-medal opening for the Hungarians

    Hungary kicked off the European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya with two golds, two silvers and a bronze but even more remarkably nations without too much experience in enjoying swimming glory, like Serbia, Ireland and Turkey, could also celebrate fine wins.

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  • Lilly King was called into a meeting to discuss poor grades. Turns out those grades were symptomatic of a larger issue.

    Lilly King, the indomitable swim heroine of the Rio Olympics, was having trouble with the aftermath. School was hard. Celebrity was annoying. Racing was dull. Practice was drudgery.

    “She started talking, and it all came out,” Indiana University coach Ray Looze said.

    She talked. She sobbed. She lost it.

    Since that winter meeting, King said, she has been fine.

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  • Having a swimming pool is a super fun way to stay cool during the summer. For the small animals living in your backyard, however, it can be a death trap. Wildlife biologist Rich Mason is out to change that with his simple, yet ingenious invention – the FrogLog.

    “In June of 2004, good friends who had recently built an in-ground swimming pool on their wooded lot near Baltimore, Maryland, called to let me know frogs were dying in their pool,” Mason wrote on his official website. Deeply troubled by what he was hearing, Mason decided to construct a life-raft of sorts that animals could use to climb out of the pool if they became trapped.

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