Tag: Kazan 2021
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 6, Summary
WR for Shymanovich and the Dutch, ER for Paltrinieri, Sjostrom grabs 4th gold The 25th-anniversary edition of the European Short-Course Swimming Championships couldn’t have ended in a more festive way: records fell in succession. First Ilya Shymanovich from Belorussia equaled the world record in the 50m breast, then Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri smashed the 800m free…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 5, Summary
Szabo sets WR, grabs third title like Toussaint and Sjostrom Three swimmers grabbed their third individual titles here respectively: while this has been no surprise from the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint (backstroke treble) and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (100m fly added to the 50-100m free double), Szebasztian Szabo of Hungary emerged as a new star of the…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 4, Summary
More doubles, Sjostrom, Kolesnikov, Toussaint, Kirpichnikova keep golden pace The specialists carried on their winning streak here in Kazan, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom completed the 50-100m double in the women’s free, Anastasia Kirpichnikova achieved it on the ‘high end’ in the 800-1500m (though cried after because of the narrowly missed WR). Fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov did…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 3, Summary
Double for Szabo, shockers from Tchorz and Martinenghi, Wellbrock reinforces his reign Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo became the first swimmer to clinch a second gold after a blast in the men’s 50m free. Kira Toussaint kept the Netherlands among the elite circles in the medal table, though top-ranked Russia also carried on claiming medals – the…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 1, Summary
Grand opening: Dutch double and thrilling finishes The Netherlands kicked off the party in style in Kazan by claiming an individual and a relay gold on the opening day. The first title went to Turkey’s Victoria Gunes in the women’s 400m IM, she won a thriller by 0.03sec. Host Russia also clinched its first win,…
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New dates for 2021 LEN short-course Europeans in Kazan
The 2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships will be held on 2-7 November in Kazan, a month earlier than had been set previously. LEN agreed with the Russian Swimming Federation and the host city of Kazan to stage the event on 2-7 November 2021 in the capital of Tatarstan. “On whatever dates we hold our premium…