Sweden Swimming

Sarah Sjostrom Named to Her 5th Swedish Olympic Team

30-year-old Sarah Sjostrom has been named to her 5th Olympic Team, one of 21 athletes pre-selected by Sweden for the Paris 2024 Games this week.

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Sarah Sjostrom, Lars Frolander Will Appear in Sweden’s “Superstars” Reality TV Show

Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Sarah Sjostrom will serve as a challenger on the upcoming season of the television show Superstars, which sees athletes from different sports compete. Lars Frolander is a contestant.

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World Championships Semifinalist Emelie Fast Commits to Tennessee (2023)

Emilie Fast, who represented Sweden in 2021 at the European and World Championships in short course, fits the mold of swimmers with recent success at Tennessee.

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Sjostrom’s 23.96 Fly Split Helps Sweden Tie 200 Medley Relay World Record

Sweden crushed a World Record in the women’s 200m medley relay on night two of the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships.

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Fabio Scozzoli, Victor Johansson Are Latest to Pull Out of Short Course Worlds

2012 World Short Course Champion Fabio Scozzoli of Italy will miss the 2021 edition after testing positive for COVID-19 again.

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#Tokyo2020 Cheat Sheet For Non Swimmers Day One Recap

In the first finals session, this 18-year old kid from Tunisia that nobody has heard of won the 400 free and everyone lost their minds.

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Sarah Sjostrom Swims Best 100 Fly Since 2017 In Spite of Injury

Sarah Sjostrom, the World Record holder in the 100 meter butterfly, swam her best time since 2017 in prelims of the 100 fly 6 months after breaking her elbow.

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Sarah Sjostrom Pleased with 100 Fly Return, “Not Convinced” of it for Tokyo Yet

After her first 100 fly in almost 2 years in long course, Sarah Sjostrom was pleased with her race – but wasn’t ready to commit to it for the Olympics.

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Sarah Sjostrom & Therese Alshammar Will Make Race Returns This Week in Canet

Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom had already announced her plan to return from injury in Canet, but the presence of 43-year old Therese Alshammar is a surprise.

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Euro, NCAA Champ Sophie Hansson Among 4 New Swedish Swimmers Named for Olympics

Sweden’s Sophie Hansson will join her older sister Louise on Sweden’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Team after winning the European Championship in the 100 breaststroke.

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Injured Swedish Swimmer Sarah Sjostrom Sets Dates for Return to Racing

Sarah Sjostrom has targeted the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum Series in June in Canet, France as the date of her return to competition.

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Sarah Sjostrom Resumes Swimming Freestyle; Still No Butterfly

In a Q&A on her Instagram channel, Sarah Sjostrom says that she’s still planning to race at the Tokyo Olympic Games after breaking her elbow in February.

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Sarah Sjostrom’s Elbow Rehab Progresses to ‘Pushups’ after 4cm Muscle Loss

Sarah Sjostrom says she lost 4 centimeters of mass on her injured right elbow while recovering from a fracture suffered in February.

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Sweden Cancels November National Championships Amid Rise in Coronavirus Cases

Sweden pulled the plug on its 2020 National Championship meet amid a record rise in new cases in the country. Sarah Sjostrom, above, the country’s biggest star, was unlikely to attend anyway.

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Bjorn Seeliger Breaks Swedish Junior Record in 50 Free

Incoming Cal freshman Bjorn Seeliger broke his own Swedish Junior National Record in the 50 free last week, clocking a 22.06

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