Browsing: Istanbul 2009

Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic set a new 50 meter backstroke short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 25.70, where China’s Zhao Jing’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 25.82. Read SwimInfo

Frances’s Diane Bui Duyet set a new 100 meter butterfly short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with at time of 55.05, where Australia’s Felicity Galvez’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 55.46. Read SwimInfo

Slovenia’s Peter Mankoc set a new 100 meter short course individual world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with a time of 50.76 where Russia’s Sergey Fesikov’s world record from the World Cup leg in Berlin last month was 50.95. Read SwimInfo

Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh improved upon his own 400 meter short course individual medley world record, yesterday at the Europan Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 3:57.27, where his world record from 2007 was 3:59.33. Read SwimInfo.com