Swimmer Sophie Hansson, who has several World Cup and European Championship medals, is pausing her career and will skip this summer's European Championships, Dagens Nyheter reports.
SportsHanna Rosvall, Sophie Hansson, Sara Junevik and Louise Hansson knew they had a chance at the medals if everything went right. They did. The quartet leaves the Short Course European Championships with a silver in the 4 x 50 meter team event.
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.
SportsThere were no Swedish medals at the World Championship in swimming in Singapore. It is the first time in 39 years that Sweden does not manage to reach the podium. I suffer with the swimmers who do not get to reach their full potential, says national team captain Martina Aronsson.
SportsSophie Hansson turns 27 years old today. But any final spot on 50 meter breaststroke, at the World Championship in Singapore, she did not manage to get.
SportsLong-term back problems have made Sophie Hansson, 26, stop and refocus. The European Champion on 100 meter breaststroke is now betting on half the distance and already notices a difference. I have fewer days that are bad, she says ahead of her new special distance in the World Championship.
SportsLouise Hansson swam 1.4 seconds faster in the mixed team than in the World Championship fiasco on 100 meters butterfly on Sunday. Why it went so badly she does not quite know. It was one off. It happens, damn annoying that it is here, she says about Sunday's race.
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