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  • Australia’s Felicity Galvez has set a new world record in the short course 50 meter fly at Manchester 2008, with the time of 25.32, a hundredth of a second faster than the now former world record of 25.33, that Sweden’s Anna-Karin Kammerling set in 2005. See SwimInfo and SwimNews.

  • Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry has improved the 200 SCM backstroke world record with more than 3 seconds, when she and Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds went under Japan’s Reiko Nakamura world standard of 2:03.24 from February. The new world record is 2:00.91. Read about it on SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • Quote Swimming Science Journal. The new bodysuits are a threat to the very nature of swimming, because some will benefit more than others, some might get them in better fitted form, women benefit more than men, and more. “The Genie is out of the bottle while the man behind the curtain is left holding Pandora’s box”, proclaims Brent Rutemiller here on SwimInfo.

  • American Jessica Hardy clocked an astonishing 29.58 at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester this evening, claiming the world record of 29.90 that had stood to Australian Jade Edminstone since 2005. Sources: SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • Coaching guru Forbes Carlile has sent an open letter stating that his sport is being prostituted by new suit technology. Italy head coach Alberto Castagnetti describes the LZR as ‘technological doping’, and FINA president Mustapha Larfaoui is open to review the suit rules. Craig Lord at SwimNews.com wants FINA to bar bodysuits at all junior events, because of the potential $40.000 of costs a year. Meanwhile, Mitzuno launches a new suit that they say rivals the LZR Racer.

  • Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry set a new 400 IM SCM world record in a race where no 2 and 3 also swam within the former world record. USA crushed the 400 freestyle relay SCM world record, and the Dutch women totally obliterated the 800 freestyle relay SCM world record with more than 7 seconds, in a race where 4 teams (!) went clear under the 6 year old world record.

    Here is the 400 IM final in Spanish



    SwimNews coverage:
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6037
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6038
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6039

    SwimInfo coverage:
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17780.asp
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17781.asp
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17782.asp

  • As stated here on fina.org, FINA has now incorporated the new version of the WADA World Anti-Doping Code into its rules, together with a new set of FINA Medical & Ethic Rules.

    The FINA Extraordinary Congress has also approved the adoption of a starting platform in swimming that may have an adjustable setting back plate (to be implemented only after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing), the definition of 10km open water events as ‘Marathon Swimming’, and the new regulations related to cases of emergency abandonment of open water swimming races.

  • There is no doubt the suit makes a difference and there is no doubt that there is one manufacturer that’s put millions into research while the other manufacturers are more into fashion.

    Read all about it here on swimnews.com.

  • The 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships start lists are now available here on omegatiming.com.

    The top three contenders in each event are

    Men’s 50m Freestyle
    WR: NYSTRAND Stefan (SWE), 20.93

    1. DRAGANJA Duje (CRO), 21.23
    2. FOSTER Mark (GBR) 21.38
    3. ZANDBERG Gerhard (RSA) 21.47

    Women’s 50m Freestyle
    WR: VELDHUIS Marleen (NED), 23.58

    1. VELDHUIS Marleen (NED), 23.58
    2. PALMER, Hayley (NZL), 24.25
    3. SCHREUDER, Hinkelien NED), 24.29

    Men’s 50m Backstroke
    WR: RUPPRATH Thomas (GER), 23.27

    1. BAL Randall (USA), 23.33
    2. RUPPRATH Thomas (GER), 23.43
    3. ZANDBERG Gerhard (RSA), 23.67

    Women’s 50m Backstroke
    WR: JOVANOVIC Sanja (CRO), 26.50

    1. SIMMS Joan Christel (PHI), 26.27
    2. JOVANOVIC Sanja (CRO), 26.50
    3. GAO Chang (CHN), 27.30

    Men’s 50m Breaststroke
    WR: LISOGOR Oleg (UKR), 26.17

    1. LISOGOR Oleg (UKR), 26.75
    2. VAN DER BURGH Cameron (RSA), 26.88
    3. HETLAND Aleksander (NOR), 26.93

    Women’s 50m Breaststroke
    WR: EDMISTONE Jade (AUS), 29.90

    1. EDMISTONE Jade (AUS), 30.04
    2. EFIMOVA Yuliya (RUS), 30.29
    3. KATSOULIS Sarah (AUS), 30.62

    Men’s 50m Butterfly
    WR: ALMEIDA Kaio (BRA), 22.60

    1. KOROTYSHKIN Evgeny (RUS), 22.90
    2. DIETRICH Johannes (GER), 22.94
    3. MUNOZ Rafael (ESP), 23.16

    Women’s 50m Butterfly
    WR: KAMMERLING AnnaKarin (SWE), 25.33

    1. DEKKER Inge (NED), 25.72
    2. RETIEF Lize Mari (RSA), 25.90
    3. SCHREUDER Hinkelien (NED), 25.90

    Men’s 100m Freestyle
    WR: NYSTRAND Stefan (SWE), 45.83

    1. GASIOR Lukasz (POL), 46.67
    2. MAGNINI Filippo (ITA) 46.90
    3. ZANDBERG Gerhard (RSA) 47.50

    Women’s 100m Freestyle
    WR: LENTON Lisbeth (AUS), 51.70

    1. VELDHUIS Marleen (NED), 52.08
    2. LILLHAGE Josefin (SWE), 52.84
    3. KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi (NED), 53.47

    Men’s 100m Backstroke
    WR: LOCHTE Ryan (USA), 49.99

    1. DONETS Stanislav (RUS), 50.61
    2. BAL Randall (USA), 50.66
    3. ROGAN Markus (AUT), 51.12

    Women’s 100m Backstroke
    WR: COUGHLIN Natalie (USA), 56.51

    1. JOVANOVIC Sanja (CRO), 57.94
    2. SIMMONDS Elizabeth (GBR), 58.14
    3. GAO Chang (CHN), 58.40

    Men’s 100m Breaststroke
    WR: MOSES Ed (USA), 57.47

    1. ALEXANDROV Mihail (BUL), 58.52
    2. BORYSIK Igor (UKR), 58.57
    3. DALE OEN Alexander (NOR), 58.60

    Women’s 100m Breaststroke
    WR: JONES Leisel (AUS), 1:03.86

    1. EFIMOVA Yuliya (RUS), 1:04.95
    2. EDMISTONE Jade (AUS), 1:05.18
    3. KATSOULIS Sarah (AUS), 1:06.18

    Men’s 100m Butterfly
    WR: ALMEIDA Kaio (BRA), 22.60

    1. KOROTYSHKIN Evgeny (RUS), 22.90
    2. DIETRICH Johannes (GER), 22.94
    3. MUNOZ Rafael (ESP), 23.16

    Women’s 100m Butterfly
    WR: LENTON Lisbeth (AUS), 55.95

    1. DEKKER Inge (NED), 56.82
    2. RETIEF Lize Mari (RSA), 56.94
    3. GALVEZ Felicity (AUS), 57.45

    Men’s 100m Individual Medley
    WR: NEETHLING Ryk (RSA), 51.52

    1. ZANDBERG Gerhard (RSA), 52.45
    2. BRODIE Leith (AUS) 52.76
    3. MANKOC Peter (SLO) 52.88

    Women’s 100m Individual Medley
    WR: COUGHLIN Natalie (USA), 58.80

    1. SIMMS Joan Christel (PHI), 59.93
    2. SEPPALA HannaMaria (FIN), 1:00.23
    3. URBANCZYK Aleksandra (POL), 1:00.53

    Men’s 200m Freestyle
    WR: THORPE Ian (AUS), 1:41.10

    1. PALMER Kirk (AUS), 1:43.12
    2. MONK Kenrick (AUS) 1:43.27
    3. MAGNINI Filippo (ITA) 1:43.50

    Women’s 200m Freestyle
    WR: LENTON Lisbeth (AUS), 1:53.29

    1. LILLHAGE Josefin (SWE), 1:53.55
    2. PALMER Kylie (AUS), 1:55.11
    3. STUBBINS Kelly (AUS), 1:55.84

    Men’s 200m Backstroke
    WR: LOCHTE Ryan (USA), 1:49.05

    1. ROGAN Markus (AUT), 1:49.86
    2. BAL Randall (USA), 1:50.42
    3. DONETS Stanislav (RUS), 1:51.94

    Women’s 200m Backstroke
    WR: NAKAMURA Reiko (JPN), 2:03.24

    1. SIMMONDS Elizabeth (GBR), 2:05.21
    2. ADCOCK Frances (AUS), 2:05.37
    3. INGRAM Melissa (NZL), 2:06.26

    Men’s 200m Breaststroke
    WR: MOSES Ed (USA), 2:02.92

    1. YONEHARA Kyosuke (JPN), 2:06.72
    2. ALEXANDROV Mihail (BUL), 2:06.91
    3. CHRISTENSEN Chris (DEN), 2:07.45

    Women’s 200m Breaststroke
    WR: JONES Leisel (AUS), 2:17.75

    1. EFIMOVA Yuliya (RUS), 2:19.08
    2. JUKIC Mirna (AUT), 2:20.99
    3. VAN BILJON Suzaan (RSA), 2:22.45

    Men’s 200m Butterfly
    WR: ESPOSITO Franck (FRA), 1:50.73

    1. SKVORTSOV Nikolay (RUS), 1:50.74
    2. KORZENIOWSKI Pawel (POL), 1:51.61
    3. DRYMONAKOS Ioannis (GRE), 1:54.28

    Women’s 200m Butterfly
    WR: NAKANISHI Yuko (JPN), 2:03.12

    1. GALVEZ Felicity (AUS), 2:04.74
    2. LOWE Jemma (GBR), 2:06.57
    3. HAMILL Samantha (AUS), 2:07.01

    Men’s 200m Individual Medley
    WR: CSEH Laszlo (HUN), 1:52.99

    1. BRODIE Leith (AUS) 1:54.66
    2. LOCHTE Ryan (USA), 1:56.19
    3. TANCOCK Liam (GBR) 1:56.93

    Women’s 200m Individual Medley
    WR: WAGNER Allison (USA), 2:07.79

    1. BARANOWSKA Katarzyna (POL), 2:09.25
    2. REESE Shayne (AUS), 2:09.85
    3. URBANCZYK Aleksandra (POL), 2:10.68

    Men’s 400m Freestyle
    WR: HACKETT Grant (AUS), 3:34.58

    1. KORZENIOWSKI Pawel (POL), 3:38.72
    2. PRILUKOV Yuriy (RUS) 3:40.66
    3. SPRENGER Nicholas (AUS) 3:41.36

    Women’s 400m Freestyle
    WR: MANAUDOU Laure (FRA), 3:56.09

    1. BARRATT Bronte (AUS), 3:59.94
    2. POTEC Alina Camelia (ROU), 4:02.11
    3. PALMER Kylie (AUS), 4:02.33

    Men’s 400m Individual Medley
    WR: CSEH Laszlo (HUN), 3:59.33

    1. DRYMONAKOS Ioannis (GRE) 4:05.08
    2. DALE Euan (GBR), 4:08.83
    3. BRODIE Leith (AUS) 4:09.20

    Women’s 400m Individual Medley
    WR: KLOCKOVA Yana (UKR), 4:27.83

    1. FILIPPI Alessia (ITA), 4:29.68
    2. BELMONTE Mireia (ESP), 4:31.06
    3. BARANOWSKA Katarzyna (POL), 4:31.89

    Women’s 800m Freestyle
    WR: ZIEGLER Kate (USA), 8:08.00

    1. VILLAECIJA Erika (ESP), 8:12.40
    2. FILIPPI Alessia (ITA), 8:12.84
    3. PALMER Kylie (AUS), 8:14.11

    Men’s 1500m Freestyle
    WR: HACKETT Grant (AUS), 14:10.10

    1. SAWRYMOWICZ Mateusz (POL), 14:24.54
    2. PRILUKOV Yuriy (RUS) 14:39.91
    3. STANCZYK Przemyslaw (POL) 14:40.04

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