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 world best of 2:12.01 set by Hannah Miley last month in Great Britain. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Zhang sets world’s best at Chinese Nationals
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.
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Ejdervik posts world leading time at Canadian Trials
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 B final in 31.56. Her best time before this was apparently 31.42 from a meet in Norrköping in Sweden in 2008. Via SwimmingWorld Magazine and ejdervik.blogg.se
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Japanese dog rescued after 3 weeks at sea
A Japanese dog somehow managed to survive three weeks at sea atop the debris of a house, swept out miles to sea after the tsunami. And still it was well enough to wag its tail and hide from the rescue crew. Sources Geekosystem and scaq.blogspot.com.
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Under Armour spot featuring Phelps
Can you spot him ? (no, there are no prizes)
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Catch up drill with a ball
Interesting catch up drill demonstrated here by coach Brian Brown and Mike Smit of Hydro Swim Team.
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Icelandic Jakobsson sets Norwegian record at Danish Open
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.
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Belmonte 4:34.91 and Spanish 400 IM record
Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa 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 for the crown in Shanghai this summer, and certainly a strong medal contender.