Tag: Sarah Sjöström
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Sjöström is back and faster than ever
Sarah Sjöström has recovered from a week of sickness that limited her training to only 3 training sessions, now only one month out from the Olympics. It seems to be going well, she says she is managing faster times now than before the illness, and her coach says that maybe she needed a bit of…
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Sjöström drops Swedish Champs due to disease
According to Sarah Sjöström here on AXA Sports Club, she’s been struggling with an infection this past week, resulting in her now getting antibiotics and canceling her participation at the Swedish National Championships this week. But they expect her to recover fast, and are searching for a competition next week to get those race muscles…
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CC photo #177: Sarah Sjöström about to step up onto the block
Yup, that is how you do it, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Event must be the women’s 50 butterfly semi-final, which she eventually won. Here is Sarah on Swedish breakfast TV (today?), assessing her chances of winning medals at the London Olympics. If you can understand Swedish, you’ll be okay…
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Swim stars rally for Sjödin to be included on the Swedish Olympic squad
As mentioned on simma.nu/se yesterday, one glaring omission from the Swedish Olympic swim team announced yesterday was Simon Sjödin, Swedish record holder in the 200 IM and finalist from Debrecen 2012 with a best effort there of 1:59.44 (FINA A cut being 2:00.17). Now someone has started an online petition here, already attracting big names like…
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CC photo #162: Sarah Sjöström’s pre-race bucket routine (2)
Sweden’s champion swimmer Sarah Sjöström before the women’s 100 meter freestyle semi-final at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She ended up winning the event in 53.61 a day later, see result list here. They should bronze that bucket No. 4 for her :-)
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CC photo #161: Sarah Sjöström’s pre-race bucket routine
Sweden’s champion swimmer Sarah Sjöström before the women’s 50 meter butterfly semi-final at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She ended up winning the event in 25.64 a day later, see result list here.
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Hungary clear favorites at home Europeans
So I got my hands on a preliminary entry list for tomorrow’s technical meeting, here in Debrecen, and had time to type in the medal contenders while waiting for my team tonight. Subject to change at the technical meeting, the host country of Hungary seems like clear medal favorites, with the Germans in second and…
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Sweden announces European squad, terminates partnership with national coach Greg Salter
In conjunction with the announcement of the European Championship squad today, the Swedish Swimming Federation also terminated its partnership with national head coach Greg Salter, saying that ‘Swedish swim sport is facing a new phase of development and therefore needs to strengthen the national team and elite swimming with new skills.’ In her role as…
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4 confirmed on the Swedish Olympic team, plus the women’s 4×100 relay
The Swedish Olympic Committee today nominated Jennie Johansson and Martina Granström for the London 2012 Olympics, in addition to already qualified Sarah Sjöström and Therese Alshammar. Johansson and Granström are Olympic debutants, while Sjöström also participated in Beijing, and Alshammar at all 4 games since 1996. The Committee also nominated the women’s 4×100 freestyle, though…