Tag: Thom de Boer
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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 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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Men’s 50m Freestyle Final 🏊🏻♂️ | Tokyo Replays | Olympics
Caeleb Dressel smashed the Olympic record to win 50m freestyle. The American swimmer touched the wall in a time of 21.07, shaving 0.23 off the previous mark set by Brazil’s Cesar Cielo in 2008. The win gave Dressel his fourth gold medal of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the USA’s 27th in the pool.…