Tag: Istanbul 2009

  • CC photo #35: Aleksander Hetland celebrates his Istanbul 2009 win

    Norway’s Aleksander Hetland just after his Istanbul 2009 LEN European Short Course Championships win in the men’s 50 meter breaststroke. Hetland’s time was 26.19, ahead of Italy’s Alessandro Terrin in 26.24 and Serbia’s Caba Siladji in 26.31. Tongue-in-cheek guy is Slovenia’s Matjaz Markic, defending champion from Rijeka 2008, here 5th in 26.42. Hetland by the…

  • CC photo #8: Donets and Vyatchanin double world record at Istanbul 2009

    So how often does this happen? – Russia’s Stanislav Donets and Arkady Vyatchanin on the Istanbul 2009 LEN European Short Course Championships podium, after both having set a new world record of 48.97, bettering Vyatchanin’s 49.17 from the semis the day before. Donets won gold in all three backstroke events, back then, and bettered the…

  • Jovanovic Sets 50 Backstroke World Record

    Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic set a new 50 meter backstroke short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 25.70, where China’s Zhao Jing’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 25.82. Read SwimInfo

  • Bui Duyet Sets 100 Butterfly World Record

    Frances’s Diane Bui Duyet set a new 100 meter butterfly short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with at time of 55.05, where Australia’s Felicity Galvez’s world record from the World Cup meet in Stockholm last month was 55.46. Read SwimInfo

  • Mankoc Sets 100 IM World Record

    Slovenia’s Peter Mankoc set a new 100 meter short course individual world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with a time of 50.76 where Russia’s Sergey Fesikov’s world record from the World Cup leg in Berlin last month was 50.95. Read SwimInfo

  • Cseh Sets 400 IM World Record

    Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh improved upon his own 400 meter short course individual medley world record, yesterday at the Europan Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 3:57.27, where his world record from 2007 was 3:59.33. Read SwimInfo.com