2026 MALMSTEN SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM
- Thursday, April 9th – Sunday, April 12th
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Two protesters jumped into the pool on Saturday night at the 2026 Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm, briefly delaying the women’s 50m freestyle final.
The protesters floated over to lane three, where they each laid a sign on top of the water. They did not lift up the signs, making it difficult to make out exactly what they read, but “Rösta nej till fossil,” Swedish for “Vote no to fossil fuels,” was visible, which suggests the pair were climate activists.
About 30 seconds in, a bystander on the pool deck jumped in and snatched both signs, while another person entered the water and guided the protesters to the side of the pool, where they were greeted by security and escorted out of the facility.
It is unclear at this time whether any law enforcement action was taken.
SwimSwam is on site and has video of the situation unfolding:
Where is Shane Tussup when you need him?
How badass Sarah’s coach diving in to kick the intruders out 😄
They did it. They just saved the planet right there
Oh Brother. Not all the performative prof. Managerial class yuppies (with their NOT climate friendly teslas) and far-righters in the comments banding together because people don’t want to live in dystopia.
An alternative to B finals
Honestly kind of honored that of all the sports they could have chose they decided swimming was relevant enough to pick… if anything this will bring some publicity to the sport which is always a plus
Oh brother
What’s next streaking?