Thilda Haell, Victor Johansson, Amongst Pre-Nominated Names for Sweden for Short Course Worlds

The Swedish Swimming Federation has pre-nominated seven swimmers for the Short Course World Championships in Beijing this December.

The federation primarily based its nominations on the athletes’ performances on the European Championships in Paris, the place swimmers had been chosen for the Short Course Worlds crew in the event that they certified for a person closing or relay closing.

Swedish Athletes Pre-nominated for Short Course World Championships:

In a report from Svensk Simidrot, National crew captain Martina Aronsson praised the athletes nominated and is happy in regards to the probability to return to racing in Beijing.

She additionally added that the qualification interval for the Swedish Team can be open till November 10, and that “a lot can happen.”

“We are very happy to be able to present these seven pre-nominated swimmers. It gives us a strong starting point for the Short Course World Championships, while the qualifying period is still open and a lot can happen until November 10th,” Aronsson stated. “We are strengthened by this summer’s European Championships, where we competed against the absolute world elite, and are now looking forward to this autumn’s championships, which will culminate in the World Championships in Beijing, which will be held in the same arena that hosted the swimming competitions during the 2008 Olympics. We look forward to coming back there and giving our swimmers the opportunity to compete with the world’s best on short course.”

The crew options distinguished stars akin to distance freestyle ace Victor Johansson, who completed seventh within the 400 freestyle. Another massive identify is Thilda Haell, who just lately completed sixth within the ladies’s 800 freestyle at Europeans in 8:31.52 and added a Ninth-place end within the 1500 free in 16:19.12.

One distinguished identify not on the record is Sarah Sjostrom, who gained the 50 fly on the European Championships and completed 2nd within the 50 free. Sjöström has not but introduced whether or not she is going to compete on the Short Course World Championships in December on the time of publication.