Swedish Swimming Team Announced for 2025 World Championship in Singapore

Superstar Sarah Sjöström is pregnant and that she would miss the summer's World Championship in swimming in Singapore was clear earlier. Now, ten blue-yellow swimmers have received clearance for the championship and the team includes names such as sisters Louise and Sophie Hansson and Victor Johansson.

» Published: May 27 2025

Swedish Swimming Team Announced for 2025 World Championship in Singapore
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"The team is selected, but it may be completed after the U21, U23 and National Championship competitions, which will be decided on the last weekend in June," says national team captain Martina Aronsson in a press release.

In total, ten swimmers have received tickets to the World Championship in Singapore, which will take place from June 27 to August 3.

Sarah Sjöström, who won double Olympic gold in Paris last summer, announced in December that she will not compete at all in 2025. In February, the 31-year-old revealed that she is pregnant.

The Swedish team for the World Championship: Louise Hansson, Helsingborg (100 meter butterfly), Sophie Hansson, Helsingborg (50 meter breaststroke), Sara Junevik, Falun (50 meter butterfly), Hanna Rosvall, Helsingborg (relay), Sofia Åstedt, Elfsborg (100 meter freestyle), Robin Hanson, Spårvägen (200 meter freestyle), Victor Johansson, Jönköping (400, 800, 1,500 meter freestyle), Daniel Kertesz, Helsingborg (50 meter breaststroke), Elias Persson, Malmö (50 meter freestyle), Erik Persson, Kungsbacka (200 meter breaststroke).

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