Erik Persson

2019 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Team USA’s Chase Kalisz swims his first individual final of the meet tonight as he competes for back-to-back 200 IM titles.

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Sjostrom Strikes Twice On Night 1 Of Swedish Championships

Sarah Sjostrom took on the domestic competition in the women’s 200 free and 50 back in Malmö tonight, winning both events.

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Sjostrom & Company Gear Up For Pre-Worlds Racing At Swedish Championships

The 2019 Swedish Championships kick-off Friday, with the nation’s senior, junior and para athletes all competing together at Lindängsbadet in Malmö, Sweden.

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Talent Pool Grows Significantly for Canet Stop of Mare Nostrum Tour

World Record-holder Adam Peaty is one of a number of swimmers entered to race this week in Canet in what is a much stronger field overall compared to Monaco.

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FSU Swimmer Ida Hulkko Takes 50 Breast On Day 2 Of Pori Classic

On night 2 of the Pori International Swimming Classic taking place in Finland, NCAA Championships finalist Ida Hulkko took the women’s 50m breaststroke.

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Persson Beats Mattsson In 2Breast Battle On Day 1 Of Pori Int’l

As a repeat of this year’s Stockholm Open, the men’s 200m breaststroke battle between Swedish National Record holder Erik Persson and Finnish rival Matti Mattsson carried on in Pori, Finland.

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2019 Pori Int’l Swimming Classic Preview (Finland)

Finnish sprint ace Ari Pekka Liukkonen will be in the water this weekend, racing at the 2019 Pori International Swimming Classic.

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Sjostrom & Coleman Head Up 7-Strong Swedish Worlds Roster

The Swedish Swim Association (Svensk Simidrott) has revealed it initial roster for the 2019 World Championships taking place this summer in Gwangju, Korea. 

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Sjostrom Fires Off 1:55.29 200 Free & 25.34 50 Fly On Day 1 Stockholm

Sarah Sjostrom swims a casual 1:55.39 to put up her best 200m free time of the season in Stockholm.

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Wellbrock Drops 14:44 1500 FR, Hosszu 4:35 IM on Bergen Night 1

Wellbrock was less than ten seconds off of his German record in this event.

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Sjöström, Hosszu, & More to Continue Spring Racing at Bergen Swim Fest

Sjöström is entered in the 50 and 200 free and the 50 and 100 fly this weekend in Norway.

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Sjostrom Rocks 1:55 2Free, 57.0 1Fly & 24.2 50 Free On Day 1 Helsinki

Busting out the 2nd fastest time in the world this season in the women’s 200m freestyle, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom kicked off her Nordic Tour campaign breathing fire. She would also go on to win the women’s 100m fly and 50m free in commanding fashion.

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Bonnet Produces 53.6 100 Free To Complete Trifecta In Nice

2019 FFN GOLDEN TOUR CAMILLE MUFFAT – NICE Friday, February 8-Sunday, February 10, 2019 Prelims 8:30am GMT+1 (2:30am EST/11:30pm PST); finals 4pm…

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Charlotte Bonnet Swims 1:57 in 200 Free at Golden Tour – Nice

Bonnet (above) opened her season in her best event with a bang, while a French male teenager swam a new lifetime best to win the 100 free.

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Stjepanovic and Tarasevich Crack Meet Records at GP Malmö Day 2

Grigory Tarasevich, one of the top backstrokers out of Russia right now, won the 50 back (25.56) to set a new meet record.

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