Norway’s Ingvild Snildal set a new national 200 meter butterfly record tonight at Amsterdam Swim Cup, improving up the 2:12.38 record from the prelims this morning with a 2:12.29 in the final. Polands Otylia Jedrzejczak won gold in 2:10.30, Snildal silver and then Sweden’s Ida Marko-Varga bronze in 2:13.34, the FINA A qualifying time being a tough 2:08.95. Via www.simma.nu/no
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CC photo #77: Serbia World Champs at Roma 2009
When at the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships, in Rome, Italy, we had time and opportunity to go watch the Serbia vs Croatia water polo semi-final and the Serbia vs Spain final. We had chosen Serbia as ‘our’ team because of the European Juniors in Belgrade in 2008, and that was lucky since Serbia won both of these matches, the final even with a penalty shootout. Very exciting, and ‘we’ won! :-D
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Snildal sets Norwegian record in the 200 butterfly
Norway’s Ingvild Snildal set a new Norwegian national record in the women’s 200 meter butterfly prelims at the Amsterdam Swim Cup this morning, with a time of 2:12.38 where Karoline Brudvik Sanderud’s and Sara Nordenstam’s record was 2:13.45. The FINA A qualification time is 2:08.95, which she might go for in the final this evening, but Sander Smørdal speculates on TV2 Sporten that it is more realistic that she will qualify in the 100, where she earlier this year has been only 0.3 seconds from the FINA A qualifying time of 58.70.
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British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 video recap
A look back on the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships at the London Aquatic Centre. We hear the thoughts of Rebecca Adlington, Sascha Kindred, Michael Rock, Ellie Simmonds, Fran Halsall, Lizzie Simmonds, Amy Smith, Robbie Renwick and Hannah Miley as they prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in August 2012.
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Antwerp 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships website online
The EJSC 2012 Antwerp 2012 website can be found on www.europeanjuniors2012.be, maybe a bit 90-ies design, but with all details you need well laid out. Cool in a very kitsch way ! :-)
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Ian Thorpe 1:49.91 and 12th in the Australian Trials 200 freestyle semi
Breaking news from Australian Swim Team on Facebook:
“Australia’s greatest Olympian, Ian Thorpe, has clocked the 12th fastest time from the 200m freestyle semi-finals, he’ll miss the final tomorrow night but has the 100m freestyle to come…”
The splits tell their telling tale 24.77 – 27.42 – 28.54 – 29.18 = 1:49.91
Courier Mail has this analysis from Thorpe himself:
“I’m terribly disappointed with that, I had a really good heat swim and I thought I could swim a lot quicker,” Thorpe said.
“The last 100 was a struggle, I’m not sure why.
“This was slower than what I swam this morning, probably the inexperience of racing in the last 18 months held me up.
“The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
“I’m really grateful for everyone’s support, they’ve been great.
“Hopefully I’ll be faster (in the 100m).”
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Coaches in the Know: David Marsh
Head Coach David Marsh of SwimMAC Carolina talks about maintaining a high standard of success and also recalls a memorable coaching moment from his days at Auburn. Courtesy of USA Swimming.
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Thorpe 1:49.16 and 5th in the Australian Trials 200 free prelims
Olympic superstar Ian Thorpe has made a great start in his campaign to qualify for the Olympics, clocking 1:49.16 behind Ryan Napoleon in 1.48.27, Kyle Richardson in 1:48.57, Kenrick Monk in 1:48.72, Cameron McEvoy in 1:48.89 and with David McKeon also clocking 1:49.16. Semis are in a few hours, then the final tomorrow.