Sinead Russell smashed through the national record in the women’s 200 backstroke, clocking 2:08.89 where Lauren Lavigna’s record from 2009 was 2:10.03. Erica Morningstar notched the Canadian record in the 200 IM, with a 2:11.23 where Julia Wilkingson’s record from August was 2:11.32. And Lauren Lavigna, Haylee Johnson, Noemie Thomas and Heather Maclean demolished the 400 medley national record with a 4:05.89, where the previous mark was 4:08.71. Canada picks 32 swimmers in total for the world championships in Shanghai. Source: SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Seebohm likes to race angry
Alternative tactics here, “I’ve got to get angry before I get to the pool, whether it’s my boyfriend who doesn’t text me or my mum who does something to annoy me. Or it’s my coach getting angry at me. I can just draw on that anger and the outcome is a fast Seebohm.” Read Adelaide Now
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This pool opens with a chainsaw
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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Shanghai ladies are faster than most countries
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
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One more junior record at the Danish Open
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…)
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Marina Ribi downs Swiss record in the 400 IM
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.
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Coutts fears drowning during the 200 freestyle
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.
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Köbrich & Ignacio set top times in Madrid
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.
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Alicia Coutts sets world bests in 100 fly and 200 IM
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.