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special
prize
„FINA/ARENA
Swimming World Cup 2009
Berlin
”
VW
Scirocco (worth
ca. 30,000 €uro)
for the
best performance
Cameron
van der Burgh (RSA)
50
m breast
25,25 seconds
World
record
1144
points
All
records during the FINA-Arena Berlin worldcup [...more]
International
long-distance camp in
Potsdam
Berlin
(pps) The swimmers will start into the new year with an international
long-distance training camp (including Open water swimmers) to take place
in
Potsdam
,
Germany
, on January 4-17, 2010. The training camp, an initiative of the German
Swimming Federation, will unite athletes from
Russia
,
Australia
,
South Africa
,
Italy
as well as former European junior champion Pal Joensen (2008) of the
Faroe Islands
.
Quotes
day 2
Paul Biedermann (GER)
200m Freistil/free, Sieger/winner in 1:39,37 (Weltrekord/World
record): “
Canada
's Brent Hayden really chased me on the first 100 metres. But I knew that
the second 100 metre were mine alone. I hope that with today's record I'll
leave Michael Phelps behind – at least as far as the 200m free are
concerned. I really feel at home in
Berlin
and that is why I wanted to show the fans here what I'm able to
achieve.”
[...more]
Sixth European record by
Russia
's Lakhtyukhov
Berlin
(pps) The internationally still unknown Russian
swimmer Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (21) set the sixth European record at the
Swimming World Cup in
Berlin
on Sunday morning. In the 100m breast-stroke event he improved the mark of
Ukraine
's Igor Borysik (57,21) by five hundredths of a second to now 57,16
seconds.
Car
for the best performance
Germany
's
Biedermann without a chance
Berlin
(pps) After the first competition day at the Berlin Swimming World Cup,
Germany's Paul Biedermann is without a chance to win the car as a special
prize for the best performance at the meet[...more]
Saturday's
records [...more]
“I still enjoy
myself”
World record after a break
Berlin
(pps)
„After the Olympic Games in
Beijing
I decided to take a break and to refocus my goals. After nine years with
my team I just needed to try different things and I wanted to enjoy myself
outside the pool“,[...more]
World record for
Germany
's Paul Biedermann
Berlin (pps) When it took Germany's Paul Biedermann
1:46,68 minutes to swim the first 200m, no one in the completely sold-out
competition venue at the World Cup in Berlin thought about a World record
in the 400m. [...more]
Sarah Poewe: Quality
instead of quantity
Berlin (pps) At the World Cup in Berlin Germany's Sarah
Poewe lost the national German record (1:06,02) in Saturday's heats to
first [...more]
Germany
's Daniela Samulski
– two months in
New Zealand
Berlin
(pps) With another European record in the 50m
backstroke event (26,21 seconds)
Germany
's Daniela Samulski continued a series of successes started last summer. [...more]
Lotte Friis (DEN) 800m
Freistil/freestyle, Siegerin/winner in 8:04,61: “I never realised that I would come this
close to the World record. I'm in full training right now, swimming 12
kilometres a day.
Berlin
has a really great pool and the audience is fantastic.”
[...more]
Sergey
Fesikov sets World record in
Berlin
Berlin
(pps)
Russia
's Sergey Fesikov set the first World record at this year's Berlin World
Cup. In the heats of the 100m individual medley he improved the record by
Ryan Lochte (USA) on April 13 last year by two tenth of a second to now
50,59 seconds. “I had my sights set on this record” admitted the
20-year old Russian athlete, who set up two European records in the past
meets of the World Cup series – 51,96 seconds in
Durban
and 51,45 seconds in
Moscow
. At the same time, the
Berlin
meet can celebrate its silver jubilee – Fesikov set the 25th
World Cup World record in the history of the competition site at
Europasportpark in 2000.
Sarah Poewe with famous
training partners
Berlin
(pps)
It's a rather prominent training group at the
University
of
Southern California
in
Los Angeles
,
USA
, coached by Dave Salo.[...more]
European record by
Hungary
's Laszlo Cseh
Berlin (pps) Records are not only set at the Berlin World Cup this
weekend – at the short course Championships in Hungary's Szazhalombatta
Laszlo Cseh improved his own European record in the 200m individual
medley, set up on December 17, 2007, by 15 hundredths of a second to now
1:52,84 minutes. In the heats, however, his compatriot Daniel Gyurta
(2:04,61 minutes) missed the European record of Melquiades Alvarez
(Spain/2:03,46) by more than a second.
World Cup meet
completely sold-out on both competition days
Berlin (pps) The Berlin Swimming and Diving Pool at Europasportpark on
Landsberger Allee is completely sold-out on both competition days of the
„FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2009“. The best field of entries,
headed by
US
swimmer Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all times, has attracted
innumerable fans. On both days the competition site had been sold out with
approximately 2,000 visitors.
Hanna-Maria Seppala and
Marleen Veldhuis will not compete
Berlin
(pps) Hanna-Maria Seppala of
Finland
and Marleen Veldhuis of the
Netherlands
will not compete at the Berlin World Cup. At the meet in
Stockholm
on Wednesday,
Finland
's Seppala had to cancel her two finals at short notice – she is now
confined to bed, running a fever. On Tuesday Seppala had posted 1:54,71
minutes thus taking second place in the 200m freestyle. Dutch swimmer
Veldhuis is currently concentrating on completing her degree and has
reduced her training schedule. After a test at a meet in
Bolzano
last weekend the 30-year old European short course champion in the 50m and
100m freestyle decided not to start in
Berlin
.
World Cup for the first
time on ten lanes
Berlin
(pps) It's a premiere at the World Cup in
Berlin
. For the first in the history of the series heats will be carried out on
ten lanes.[...more]
World
record bonus of 180,000
US
$ already paid
Berlin
(pps) At the World Cup series prize money and bonuses are not only paid
for victories and in the overall rankings.[...more]
Rogan
wants „his“ World record back
Berlin
(pps)
Austria
's Markus Rogan will compete in only one event at the World Cup meet in
Berlin
. The 2008 World short course champion has set his sights on the 200m
backstroke World record set by George du Rand of
South Africa
. [...more]
„Still got two big goals to achieve in my
career“
Phelps: „Never again in a high-tech swim suit“
Berlin
(pps) The World Cup series is a kind of stopover for Michael Phelps.
„I'm already concentrating on the two big goals I want to achieve in my
career“, the 14-times Olympic champion explained.[...more]
„Go
head“ for Biedermann by doctor Mark Warnecke
Berlin
(pps) The doctors gave Germany's Pauls Biedermann the „all-clear“ -
the double 2009 World champion in the 200 and 400m freestyle will be able
to compete at the World Cup meet in Berlin.[...more]
Britta
Steffen – studies instead of short-course season
Berlin
(pps) Written exams
instead of World Cup. In the upcoming winter
Germany
's Britta Steffen will focus on her studies (environmental engineering).
[...more]
Phelps'
coach Bowman favours return to records „of the old era“
Berlin
(pps) since the introduction of the high-tech swim suits in February last
year a total of 208 World records have been set up – 100 alone this
year.[...more]
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