Spanish Rafael Muñoz Perez demolished the 50 meter long course butterfly world record today, by swimming 22.43 where Roland Scoeman’s world record was 22.99. Read SwimInfo.com
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Joanne Jackson Sets 400 Freestyle WR
Britain’s Joanne Jackson set at new 400 freestyle world record at the British Long Course Championships today, swimming 4:00.66 where Pellegrini’s world record was 4:01.53. Rebecca Adlington also swam under the now former world record and 4:01, with a time of 4:00.89. Read swiminfo.com
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Alshammer Sets 50 Butterfly WR, And Looses It Again
Sweden’s Therese Alshammer swam under her own 50 meter butterfly world record at the Australian Long Course Championships today, but was subsequently disqualified for wearing two suits. Read swiminfo.com
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Annamay Pierse Sets 200 Breaststroke WR
Canada’s Annamay Pierse clipped the 200 breaststroke world record at the Canadian Short Course Championships today, with a time of 2:17.70 where Leisel Jones’ world record was 2:17.75. Read swiminfo.com
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FINA Announces 'The Dubai Charter'
FINA press release: “Amendments to the FINA Swimwear Approval Procedures: the Bureau approved the “Dubai Charter†(see attached document) to be immediately implemented.”
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Pellegrini Sets 200 Freestyle WR
Italy’s Federica Pelegrini bettered her own 200 freestyle long course world record today, at the Italian Long Course Championships in Riccione. The new world record time is 1:54.47, where her old one from Beijing was 1:54.82. Read swiminfo.com
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New Men's 4×100 Meter SC WR
France’s Gregory Mallet (47.41), Fabien Gilot (44.92), William Meynard (47.65) and Frederick Bousquet (45.00) shattered the 4×100 meter short-course world record in Istres, France today, clocking 3:04.98 where USA’s world record from Manchester 2008 was 3:08.44. Read SwimNews
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New Women's 4×100 Meter SC WR
December 19th: Netherland’s Hinkelien Schreuder, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Inge Dekker and Marleen Veldhuis set a new 4×100 meter short-course world record at the Dutch Short-Course Championships, clocking 3:28.22 where their world record from Manchester 2008 was 3:29.42. Read SwimNews
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And 4 WRs On 4th Day Of European Championships
December 14th: France’s Amaury Leveaux clocked 22.18 in the 50 meter butterfly prelims. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte clocked 4:25.06 in the 400 meter medley. Italy’s Federica Pellegrini clocked 1:51.85 in the 200 meter freestyle. And France’s Alain Bernard (20.64), Fabien Gilot (20.33), Amaury Leveaux (19.93) and Frederic Bousquet (19.87) obliterated the 4×50 meter freestyle world record, clocking 1:20.77, 3.40 seconds below the former world record. Read SwimNews here and here
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