Sjostrom and Hosszu Will Race Helsinki Open, Too, on Nordic Swim Tour
Entry Lists for the Helsinki leg of the Nordic Swim Tour have been released. Katinka Hosszu will be at both meets, but with slightly-different entries.
Sjostrom and Hosszu Headline Entry Lists for April’s Stockholm Open
Sarah Sjostrom has 8 entries, including one in the 400 free, at the Stockholm Swim Open: the 3rd meet of the new Nordic Swim Series.
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.
Recordings of Tamás Gyárfás Conversations Found in Graveyard
The recordings, which are cut from original conversations and were allegedly being used for blackmail, support prosecutors’ claims that the FINA Bureau Member and LEN Executive ordered the murder of a media rival in the 1990s. Gyárfás says that the edited recordings are misleading.
2019 Euro Meet to Kick Off New ‘LEN Swimming Cup’
The first two public commitments to the LEN Swimming Cup are Hungarians Katinka Hosszu (above) and David Verraszto.
Katinka Hosszu Leads All Swimmers with $54k in SC Worlds Prize Money
The Hungarian was the biggest earner at the World Championships. Team USA led all nations with almost half-a-million dollars won.
Cameron vd Burgh; Katinka Hosszu Are SwimSwam’s Swimmers of the Meet
Cameron van der Burgh wrote a fairytale ending to his professional swimming career.
Start Lists for SC Worlds Released; Hosszu Entered in 8 Events
It’s not quite the 12 events that she entered (11 of which she swam) in Windsor, but Hosszu is working her way back to the monster schedules that we’re used to from her.
5 Inducted into Hungarian Swimming Hall of Fame
Among the 5 inductees in the 2018 Hall of Fame class is Eva Ristov, the 2012 Olympic Champion in open water.
Tamas Gyarfas Ordered to Pay 200 Million Forint Bond in Murder Case
Gyarfas, a former Hungarian Swimming Federation president and current LEN treasurer, was detained in April in connection with the late 1990s murder of a Hungarian media rival.
Sarah Sjostrom Now Leads All Women With 23 European LC Medals
Sarah Sjostrom’s 23 medals are the most-ever by a woman at the European Aquatics Championships. Her 14 golds are the 2nd-most ever.
Russia Chooses Kuimov Over In-Form Sadovnikov for Men’s Medley Final
Kliment Kolesnikov (above) should give Russia a significant lead in the men’s medley final, but the question mark will be if their young butterflier Egor Kuinov can hold it.
Kristof Milak Breaks European Championship Record in 200 Fly
Milak was short of his best time on Sunday, but was within a tenth of the European Record in his best event.
European Junior Championships Day 3: Prelims Recap
2018 LEN EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre, Helsinki, Finland Wednesday, July 4th – Sunday, July 8th (swimming) LCM Meet…
Russia Has 7 Golds Already Through 2 Days at Euro Jrs (Medals Table)
2018 LEN EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Mäkelänrinne Swimming Centre, Helsinki, Finland Wednesday, July 4th – Sunday, July 8th (swimming) LCM Meet…
