Tag: Jessicah Schipper
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World Record – Team Australia | #FINAShanghai2006 | 4x100m Medley Relay
Relive Team Australia’s World Record performance in this epic flashback with this power team: Jessicah Schipper, Jade Edmistone, Lisbeth Lenton, and Tayliah Zimmer. In the Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Shanghai, these four athletes set an outstanding time World Record time of 3:51.84!
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Australia’s 4×100 Medley Relay World Record at Melbourne 2007 | FINA World Championships
Today’s epic moment takes you back to 2007 when Seebohm, Jones, Schipper and Lenton swam a perfect 4×100 Medley Relay in front of the home crowd at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne. Team Australia claimed the Gold Medal ahead USA and China and set a new World Record with a time of 3:55.74!
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Jessicah Schipper recovering after emergency surgery
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Jessicah Schipper survived an emergency surgery this weekend after being rush to the hospital Sunday night with “extreme abdominal pain”. Initially diagnosed with the need to remove her appendix, surgeons discovered that she had a ruptured cyst on her ovary, which they then repaired. Read The Herald Sun via SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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All Aussie swimmers but two reject the Speedo Fastskin3
There is no end in sight to the Speedo suit controversy plaguing the Australian swimming team and their chief sponsor, with just two swimmers willing to wear the Speedo product in its current form. Via the Sydney Morning Herald According to sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, both sponsored by Adidas and going to wear an…
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James “The Missile” Magnussen rockets to a 47.10 in the 100 free
On the 5th day of Australian Trials, James Magnussen scorched the men’s 100 meter freestyle final with a 47.10, obviously qualifying for the Olympics ahead of also qualifying James Roberts in 47.63, with Matt Targett (48.32), Eamon Sullivan (48.53), Cameron McEvoy (48.58) and Tommaso D’Orsogna (48.64) also qualifying for the London 4×100 relay. Magnussen’s time…
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Big meet in Barcelona this weekend !
The Mare Nostrum circuit starts in Barcelona this weekend, and our guy Pál Joensen will be there, along with 4 juniors from our Faroese squad. The start list promises a lot of world-class racing, as swim stars from around the world prepare for Shanghai 2011.
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Schipper Sets 100 Butterfly World Record
Australia’s Jessicah Schipper set a new 100 meter short course world record today, at 2009 the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships. Her time was 55.68, where Libby Trickett’s world record from 2008 was 55.74. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine