Australian swimming remains in strong position after the European championships – Swimming News
After the conclusion of 2012 European Long Course Championships, the Australian swimming team is expected to dominate them at the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games.
The seven-day championship included all swimming events in Men and Women’s corner and allowed the European swimmers to demonstrate their stupendous efforts in their respective disciplines.
One event that stayed clearly out of the reach of European swimmers was 100m freestyle as the Australian star, James Magnussen is the fastest in the world so far with his timing of 47.10 seconds.
Magnussen made a significant improvement in his timing and won gold medal of the 100m event at the Australian Selection Trials, sending a frightening message to his challengers.
With his immaculate efforts, Magnussen stayed almost 0.20 seconds slower from improving the world record of 46.91 seconds, set by Cesar Cielo of Brazil at the 2009 Rome World Championships.
In contrast, the European 100m freestyle title was occupied by Filippo Magnini of Italy, who clocked an effort of 48.77 seconds, which was a substantially sluggish effort.
The silver medal of the discipline was secured by Alain Bernard of France, who stayed 0.18 seconds slower from the champion and posted an effort of 48.95 seconds.
Subsequently, Australia won’t face any trouble from the other swimming dominant nations in the 4*100m freestyle relay, as Magnussen will be the main player of the Australian squad.
He will be accompanied by his teammate, James Roberts, who won silver medal in the 100m event at the Australian Selection Trials with the timing of 47.63 seconds, which is the second fastest in the world so far.
On the other hand, one of the greatest Australian female swimmers, Stephanie Rice, who recovered from her shoulder surgery in the early 2012, has remained unbeatable in her main events, the 200m and 400m Individual Medley (IM).
Rice’s effort in the 200m IM is the fastest in the 2012 early world rankings while she is on third place in the 400m IM, just behind British swimmer, Hannah Miley and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu.
Furthermore, the Australian swimmers will face fierce competition from their competitors at the upcoming Olympic Games.
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