We’re saying goodbye to the year 2024 and looking ahead to 2025, which brings along with it a host of elite competitions including the European Junior Championships (July), World Championships (July), and European Short Course Championships (December).
Before we get to those high-profile meets, however, we need to first check some January meets off the list. Let’s see what we have to look forward to this month in terms of international competitions.
Please let me know in the comments of any I may have inadvertently missed.
01/11 – 01/12 Tokyo New Year Swimming Championships (JPN)
01/11 – 01/12 Victorian Sprint Championships (AUS)
01/16 – 01/18 Apostolos Pavlos Meet (GRE)
01/17 – 01/19 South Australia State Open Championships (AUS)
01/23 – 01/26 Kosuke Kitajima Cup (JPN)
01/23 – 01/26 Australian Open Water Championships (AUS)
01/23 – 01/25 Geneva Challenge (SUI)
01/30 – 02/01 Luxembourg Euro Meet (LUX)
I believe the Texas, Virginia, North Carolina State, Arizona State meet in Austin 1/24-25/25 will have more significant high profile world class athletes from multiple countries in it than any of the meets listed here.
Sarah Sjostrom normally pulls off some super quick LCM times at the Luxembourg Euro Meet, but we will not see that this year.
https://swimswam.com/sarah-sjostrom-will-not-compete-in-2025/
In 2024 she did 23.87 in the 50 Free and 25.23 in the 50 Fly (where she missed her own meet record of 25.02).
How about some ideas for meets.Europe versus North America?…Canada/Australia versus the USA?,I don,t mean Canada or Australia but a combined team.
What a dead month
Aus Openwater will be interesting toward the end of January, plenty on the line for the Open 5km and 10km swims, have also heard of a couple of Italians that will certainly be mixing it up with our best Aussie swimmers and the usual Japanese Junior team turning up again this year. This is the start of our 2025 World Champs team selection process, no doubt a full taper event for those seriously in contention.
Which Italians? Or you don’t know?
Couple of Italians training at SPW too.
1 Male and 1 Female, I would have to say “rumour” until start list is released but reckon it’s from a fairly reliable source.
Appears my source was correct. From Italy, Ginevra Taddeucci confirmed for Women’s 10km and 5km, Matteo Furlan confirmed for Men’s 5km only. From Great Britain, Leah Crisp in Women’s 10km and 5km. Japan also entered quality athletes in both Men’s and Women’s 10 and 5km events.
Full entry list under competition documents tab of the event page here : https://www.swimming.org.au/events-results/events/2025-australian-open-water-championships-and-oceanswim-festival
USAS just watching other countries get better.
Alas do not despair, my understanding is that some of the Aussie Openwater team members (if not, all) are looking into swimming the US Openwater Nationals, not set in stone just yet but discussions certainly on.
Currently there is another high profile UK Openwater and Japanese distance phenom training down under and planning to compete at Australian Openwater nationals also. Looking like it’s going to be quite a stacked and “international” field down under in late January. So good for the progression of the sport and our local athletes when they get to train/race alongside stars of the sport.
It is January! Even swimmers need some down time from competition.
Ugh. There should at least be a pro series in Knoxville or something.
When I saw the article headline, I was excitedly expecting to read about some high level international meets for January, 2025 ….. what are these??
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