Swimmer's Daily

  • viktor-bromerRead this press release (in Danish) on svoem.org

    On this first day of the 2013 Danish Swimming Championships, Viktor Bromer from Aalborg finally managed to take down Benny Nielsen’s 26-year-old 200 meter butterfly record, 1:57.67 to Nielsen’s 1:57.74 from the European Championships in Strasbourg, France, August 22nd, 1987.

    Bromer comments: “It just feels so good and I am happy and relieved now, as I have chased this record for 3 to 4 championships by now. So it is just cool, this.”

    See all results from Day 1 of the Danish Champs here on livetiming.dk

  • Read The Australian

    A strong final day in which Olympic gold medallists Nathan Adrian (50m freestyle), Lochte (200m individual medley) and Katie Ledecky (1500m freestyle) set world-leading times gave the US team some momentum but it does not look the force of last year.

    It has swimmers ranked No 1 in six events. Missy Franklin is the standout in the 100m and 200m backstroke, but that is one short of Australia’s seven top spots.

    Before the US trials began, Australians were setting the pace in nine events and the fact that they have held on to seven of those positions is very encouraging.

    Cate Campbell (50m and 100m freestyle), Alicia Coutts (100m butterfly and 200m individual medley), Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen (100m freestyle) still hold the fastest times of the year.

    That is not to suggest that the Australian team is ready to go toe-to-toe with the US for international supremacy this year but it is encouraging for a young Australian team looking for confidence and momentum to get this Olympiad rolling after the troubled London campaign.

  • Just a photo from the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. Me doing a max zoom across the pool to catch a glimpse of the Danish team celebrating Lotte Friis’ championships record and gold medal in the women’s 800 meter freestyle.

    Danish supporters at Roma09

  • Tomorrow morning at 09:00 Danish time, the 2013 Danish Long Course Swimming Championships begin with prelims in the Bellahรธj Swim Stadium in Copenhagen, to run until Saturday night. The selections for the Barcelona 2013 World Champs have already been decided to be Jeanette Ottesen, Rikke Mรธller Pedersen, Lotte Friis and Pernille Blume, and the Poznan 2013 European Junior Champs squad as listed here. Ottesen has decided to attend the Aspria Swimming Cup 2013 instead of the Danish Champs, but other than that, most of the high-profiled Danish swimmers will be there, plus our guy Pรกl Joensen from the Faroe Islands.

    Magnus J๏ฟฝkupsson ๏ฟฝ Danish Open

    Image courtesy of Jรกkup Jacobsen

  • “In this clip we dive into the science of what the body endures upon a monumental 85 kph (53 mph) impact. The impact on the body is enormous and a cliff diver has to handle it over and over. We look a at what the divers need to do in the air to find a vertical position when they hit the water.”

  • All the live stream heats and finals action from day four of the British Gas Swimming Championships 2013.

    Part 1

    Part 2

  • British Gas Swimming Championships 2013 day three finals action from our live stream of the event.

    Part 1

    Part 2

  • Katie Ledecky talks about Swimming the 200, 400, 800, and 1500 Freestyle at 2013 World Championships in Barcelona.

  • SwimTechnique TV gives you a quick tour of amazing swimming facility where 2013 Summer Universiade will take place. And if I’m not very much mistaken, also the facility where the 2015 Kazan World Swimming Championships will take place.