CC photo #45: Kristina Elin Thomsen took down 2 Faroese records this weekend

Kristina Elin Thomsen from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag is only 13 years old and not very tall at that, but still blew away two relatively long-standing Faroese senior records this weekend at the Ægir-meet in Klaksvík. First with a 2:25.36 in the 200 meter short course butterfly (yeah I know, we need to improve on that), and then with a 1:03.44 in the 100. The 200 butterfly was the longest standing record in our book, from May 2005, and the 100 butterfly from the supersuited days back in 2009.

Kristina Elin Thomsen

Here is her 100 butterfly swim:

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  1. […] very impressed. Pál for one, but also younger swimmers like 13-year-old Kristina Elin Thomsen, who recently broke the Faroese (senior) records in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly, with times of 1:03.44 and 2:25.36 […]

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