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  • The Baltic countries are apparently very fond of ice swimming, and I didn’t realize that I haven’t ever been to a really cool swim meet. Cool as in opening it with a chainsaw.

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  • Wow, “In the closing 4x100m free relay, Shanghai’s Zhu Qianwei, Pang Jiaying, Lu Ying and Tang Yi clocked 3:39.18 to take the crown ahead of Liaoning, on 3:41.38, and Guangzhou, on 3:42.55. Only 12 nations in the world, including China, have a national record faster than Shanghai’s squad triumphed in today.” Source: SwimNews.com

  • Andreas Schiellerup managed to improve upon his 100 backstroke junior record from yesterday, with a 57.15 compared to 57.24 then. The Danish women’s 4×100 medley relay managed to qualify for Shanghai, while Christina Munkholm and Søren Dahl qualified for the European junior championships in Belgrade in July. (more…)

  • Marina Ribi smashed her Swiss record in the women’s 400 IM today at the Swiss Long Course Championships in Geneva. Ribi clocked a 4:48.38, bettering her previous standard of 4:50.53 set in 2009. Dominik Meichtry posted a fifth-fastest time of the year yesterday in the 200 freestyle, with a 1:47.93 in the 200 freestyle. And the day before yesterday, Ivana Gabrilo set a Swiss record in the 100 backstroke, with a 1:03.13 clearing Martina Van Berkels 1:03.18 from 2009. Read more here, here and here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Alicia Coutts posted world-leading times in the 100 fly and 200 IM today, but has a fear of drowning during the 200 freestyle tomorrow. “When I was 14, I went to Australian Schools’ Nationals in Perth and on the third turn of the 200m freestyle I blacked out.” Coutts says she only blacked out for “a few seconds”, and after coming to she managed to finish the final lap before collapsing. “It kind of gave me a bit of a phobia of it (the 200m) for a few years. I’ve been doing a little bit of work in training for it and hopefully I can make it to the end without drowning.” Read foxsports.com.au.

  • Kristel Köbrich set a world-leading championship record at the Spanish Open today, with a time of 16:02.01 in the 1500 meter freestyle, not so far off her Chilean and South American record 15:57.57. And in the 100 butterfly, 16-year-old Judit Ignacio set a Spanish record, with at time of 59.21, erasing Angela San Juan’s 59.60 record from 2009. Read more here on SwimNews.com.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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