Tag: Simon Sjödin
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Swedish SC Championships 20-24 November decides team for Herning 2013, watch it SuperLive
The Swedish Short Course Championships are underway, that will decide who gets to represent Sweden at the European Short Course Championships. Watch the finals LIVE here on livetiming.se, with live results here, start lists here and listed results here. See also the official championships landing page and simma.nu/se Their selection procedure is explained (in Swedish) here…
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Sweden selects 12 women, 2 men for the Istanbul 2012 World Championships
The Swedish Swimming Federation today selected the Istanbul 2012 national squad, including Therese Alshammar, Jennie Johansson and that controversial Simon Sjödin, but not Sarah Sjöström. Sjöström has said earlier that she was unsure about her World Championships participation, and would use the Swedish short course championships this weekend to gauge her form, I guess that…
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The Swedish Olympic Scandal РInterview With Simon Sj̦din
The Simon Sjödin interview is now online here on simma.nu/dk “I’m really disappointed with my federation. They didn’t have my back when I needed them the most. I did my part in the pool, but they couldn’t do their part in the boardroom. But I have decided to put it behind me. Together, we must…
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The Swedish Olympic Scandal
Heads up, simma.nu/dk will break this story tomorrow, in English: “Tomorrow (Monday) we will post an interview with the Swedish medley-ace Simon Sjödin who was not selected for the Olympics despite having performed at a superb level the whole season leading up to the Olympics.” Read more on simma.nu/dk
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Swim stars rally for Sjödin to be included on the Swedish Olympic squad
As mentioned on simma.nu/se yesterday, one glaring omission from the Swedish Olympic swim team announced yesterday was Simon Sjödin, Swedish record holder in the 200 IM and finalist from Debrecen 2012 with a best effort there of 1:59.44 (FINA A cut being 2:00.17). Now someone has started an online petition here, already attracting big names like…
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CC photo #149: Sweden and Norway cheering on Granström
In picture Sweden’s Simon Sjödin and Norways Ingvild Snildal, among Swedes cheering on Marina Granström in the women’s 200 butterfly at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She won the bronze medal in 2:08.22, behind Hungary’s Katarina Hosszu in 2:07.28 and Zsuzsanna Jakabos in 2:07.86. See result list here.
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Sweden announces European squad, terminates partnership with national coach Greg Salter
In conjunction with the announcement of the European Championship squad today, the Swedish Swimming Federation also terminated its partnership with national head coach Greg Salter, saying that ‘Swedish swim sport is facing a new phase of development and therefore needs to strengthen the national team and elite swimming with new skills.’ In her role as…