2025 BERGEN SWIM FESTIVAL
- Friday, April 4th – Sunday, April 6th
- Ado Arena, Bergen, Norway
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Entries/Results
The 2025 Bergen Swim Festival came to a close this evening with another head-turning performance at the hands of Australian Olympian Kyle Chalmers.
We reported how 26-year-old Chalmers fired off a new lifetime best of 21.78 to notch just the second time of his career under the 22-second barrier.
Runner-up status went to Sean Niewold of the Netherlands who hit a near-lifetime best of 22.o7 to fall just .02 outside the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 22.05 needed for Singapore. Bronze went to Bjørnar Grytnes Laskerud of the host nation who touched in 22.23.
Dutch Olympian Nyls Korstanje turned in a super solid in-season result of 51.13 to top the men’s 100m butterfly podium.
The former NC State standout opened 23.97 and closed in 27.16 to rank 4th in the world this season with the Dutch Championships on the horizon later this month.
2024-2025 LCM Men 100 Fly
PONTI
50.27
| 2 | Shaine Casas | USA | 50.82 | 03/08 |
| 3 | KATSUHIRO MATSUMOTO | JPN | 51.10 | 03/23 |
| 4 | Nyls KORSTANJE | NED | 51.13 | 04/06 |
| 5 | Maxime GROUSSET | FRA | 51.30 | 04/03 |
Additional Notes
- A Norwegian national record went down at the hands of Silje Rongevaer Slyngstadli. Racing in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Slyngstadli punched a time of 1:07.53 to clear the former benchmark of 1:07.84 Katharina Stiberg put on the books in 2009. The Bergen Swim Festival record remains at the 1:07.29 Jennie Johansson established in 2015.
- Dutch swimmer Tessa Giele contested two events to close out her campaign. The 22-year-old first topped the women’s 50m free podium, stopping the clock at a time of 25.11. She then took on the ‘off’ event of the 200m fly, posting 2:13.57 for the gold.
- Already having nailed new national records in the 100m and 200m free here, Sander Sorensen finished strong with a solid swim of 3:52.26 to take the men’s 400m free.
