All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 19th
Brazil’s Olympic Trials meet is nearly upon us as we take a look at this week’s big competitions having Tokyo complications.
Everything You Need To Know From April’s Olympic Qualifying Meets (So Far)
Evgeny Rylov’s European Record in the men’s 200 backstroke is among the top performances we’ve seen in 2021.
Kaylene Corbett Gets Under Olympic Qualification Cut With 2:25.18 200 Breast
After missing the cut in both the prelims and the finals, Corbett managed to crack the 200 breast FINA A during a Saturday night time trial.
Faster Than Murphy, South Africa’s 16-Yr-Old Coetze Clocks 53.62 100 Back
16-year-old Pieter Coetzé put up the swim of his life to qualify in the men’s 100m backstroke at the just-concluded South African National Championships.
Emma Chelius Gets Under FINA A & South African Record With 24.72 50 Free
Chelius not only got under the former national record in the 50 freestyle but also swam a time fast enough to earn a spot on the 2021 Olympic team.
Schoenmaker Clocks 1:05.74 African Record, 12th Fastest Performer In History
On the 4th day of racing at South African Nationals, Schoenmaker rocketed to a 1:05.74 100 breaststroke to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Chad le Clos Just Misses Automatic Olympic Qualification In 100 Fly – 52.13
The two-time silver medalist in the event was just over the required 51.96 that it would have taken to automatically qualify for the Games.
Stanisavljevic and Bukvic Each win Two Events At Day Two of Serbian Grand Prix
Nina Stanisavljevic and Martina Bukvic both amassed three event wins this weekend at the Serbian Grand Prix in Belgrade.
Matt Sates Just Misses OLY Qualification In 400 IM, 1 Shot Left With 100 Fly
While some got close, no swimmers managed to hit the Olympic selection cut in their respective events on day 2 of South African Trials.
Schoenmaker Sole Addition To South African Olympic Roster On Day 3 Of Nationals
Schoenmaker’s 2:20.17 200 breaststroke was the only swim of the night to get under the South African Olympic selection criteria.
Schoenmaker Throws Down 2:20.17 200 Breast To Become 7th Fastest Of All Time
With the swim, Schoenmaker also became the fastest woman in the world this year as well as South Africa’s newest qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Israeli Records Fall in Stockholm
The Israel record in the women’s 200 freestyle has fallen twice in two days as Andi Murez now holds the record at 1:57.97.
2021 RSA Nationals: Chad Le Clos & 17-Yr-Old Ethan Du Preez Qualify for Tokyo
Chad le Clos qualified for the 2021 Olympics with his national title-winning time of 1:55.88 in the 200 fly. Also qualifying was Ethan du Preez, 17 years old.
Schoenmaker Breaks South African Record, Has Sights Set On Tokyo
Tatjana Schoenmaker got off to a quick start at 2021 South African Nationals by lowering her own NR not once, but twice on day 1.
T. Schoenmaker Breaks Own 50 BR National Record (30.32) at 2021 RSA Nationals
Tatjana Schoenmaker broke her own 50 BR national record twice in the same day at the 2021 South African Nationals, going 30.42 to 30.32 just hours apart.
