Sarah Sjöström is the obvious star of Sweden's squad for the European Championships in Paris in August. The swimming star is making a championship comeback in the French capital, where she won two Olympic gold medals at her most recent championship.
SportsAfter the failure of the World Championships this summer, Sweden is fielding a huge squad in the Short Course European Championships. Ten of the 29 swimmers are debutants and six are teenagers. We need to find who we are without Sarah Sjöström, says national captain Martina Aronsson.
SportsWith an eye on future Olympics, 29 swimmers will get the chance at the European Short Course Championships in Poland in December. For many of them, it will be their debut in a senior championship.
SportsThird distance – third personal record. Sofia Åstedt, 21, is approaching an individual World Championship ticket. I don't know what happened, she says after the record crush on 100 meters freestyle.
SportsStill, a Swedish record was not enough to reach the World Championship podium. Sweden finished sixth in the mixed final of the 4x50 meter medley in short course.
SportsShe is the super talent who has already taken two European Championship medals. Now, the breaststroke swimmer Olivia Klint Ipsa, 19 years old, makes her World Championship debut. She has extremely good prerequisites to become one of the world's best swimmers, says national team captain Martina Aronsson.
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