Louise Hansson

Ekstrom Erases Two Junior Marks In Boras

18 year old Oscar Ekstrom set new Swedish junior records in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly on Saturday evening in Boras…

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Sjostrom Ties World’s Best In The 100 Butterfly in Boras

Sjostrom matched her world’s number one ranked time in the 100 butterfly recording a 56.50 at the Swedish National Championships…

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Sweden announces Junior Euros squad, gives update on current European Champs roster qualifiers

Sarah Sjostrom leads the current Euros roster, while 14 swimmers were officially named to the Junior Euros team.

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Rikke Moller Pedersen Takes A Run At Her Own World Record In The 200 Breaststroke

Rikke Moller Pedersen took a run at her own record winning the event in a time of 2:19.94…

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Ottesen Moves Up On The 100 Butterfly World Ranking List

Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark posted a time of 58.10 to win women’s 100 butterfly on the second evening of the Danish Cup, moving her up one spot in the world rankings…

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Sweden Breaks World Record, Not European Record in Women’s 200 SCM Freestyle Relay

Sarah Sjostrom led the Swedes to the World Record in the 200 free relay, but not the fastest all-time relay. Not even close.

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Swedish Swimming Federation Publishes European Championships Criteria

The Swedish Swimming Federation have published their qualifying standards for the 2014 European Aquatic Championships that will run from August 13-24 in Berlin…

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Sjostrom, Gardell Get More Meet Records; Sjodin Solid Ahead of Worlds

The Swedish Championships wrapped on Sunday with three more Meet Records, as the country’s biggest stars look ready for the World Championships. (Stock Photo: Janna Schulze)

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Johansson Breaks Noteworthy, 11-Year Swedish Championship Record in 100 Breaststroke

Sweden’s Jennie Johansson broke a Meet Record that used to be the European Record as well. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Gardell Breaks Swedish Championship Record in 400 IM on Day 3

USC’s Stina Gardell was out very fast in the 400 IM en route to a season-best and a new Meet Record. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sjostrom Caps Junior Nationals with Lifetime Best, Junior Record, in 50 Free; 100 Fly Gold Too

At the end of an exciting weekend of swimming that included 18 events, prelims-finals, over four days of short course…

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5 Things to Watch at Dubai World Cup Stop

On the eve of the first stop of the 2011 FINA/Arena World Cup, we now have psych sheets for the…

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Final Day of Euro Juniors Sees Many Record Scares, UK's O'Connor Among Many to Win Second Gold

The final day of competition at the European Junior Championships saw a grand total of 33 medals handed out, and…

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Day 4 at European Juniors – Germany's Christian Diener On Impressive Double

Day 4 at European Juniors was a little slow in terms of finals  – there were only 6, though two…

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