Victor Johansson finished seventh in the 400-metre freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships. A 16-year-old Hungarian, Oliver Papai, took silver behind French star Léon Marchand. “It’s really inspiring, really cool,” Johansson says.
SportsOn the last day of the European Championships, Victor Johansson was on top. He made it to the final in the 400-meter freestyle with the fifth-best time. "With the week I've had, it's nice to get out of the hole," says Johansson.
SportsVictor Johansson's tough European Swimming Championships continue. He missed the final in the 1,500-meter freestyle and is groping in the dark for answers. It’s scary. On paper, I'm in better shape than ever, he says.
SportsWorld Championship fifth place last year - fiasco at the European Championships. Victor Johansson missed the 800-meter freestyle final in Paris and was left looking like a living question mark afterward. It felt so good, I was fooled by the feeling I experienced. I know I'm in shape, he says.
SportsSwedish record by over four seconds - but just outside the final. The Swedish men's team had pole position in the 4x200 meter freestyle at the European Swimming Championships. Charlie Skoglund Macmillan was exhausted and vomiting after the final stretch.
SportsThe hunt for the first championship medal continues. Swimmer Victor Johansson has been close so many times - but still has a relaxed attitude ahead of the European Championships. It's clear that I want to win a medal, but the most important thing is that I see personal development, he says.
SportsBack in the Olympic gold city of Paris. After a two-year break from the championships and a new life as a mother. But with the same expectations as before - gold favorite in both of her European Championship events. There is no difference from before, but I absolutely did not think I would be at the European Championships a year ago, says Sarah Sjöström, almost 33.
SportsSarah 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.
SportsThe first day of the Swim Open offered two Swedish victories - in the same race. Louise Hansson and Sara Junevik touched the wall at exactly the same time in the 50-meter butterfly. "It wasn't the first time. I know we're so even," Junevik said.
SportsThe void and the longing have been enormous. When Sarah Sjöström, 32, returns to the competition pool, the national swimming team is rejoicing. She is the one who carries us forward and delivers results. "We couldn't have had anyone better than Sarah," says long-distance swimmer Victor Johansson.
SportsOnly two golds in history – and 13 years since the last one. Junior crowns' national captain Magnus Hävelid is still optimistic about the junior world championships. I think the chance is there, we have a lot of match winners in the team, he says in connection with the selection.
SportsVictor Johansson set a new Swedish record in the 1,500-meter freestyle during the trials at the European Short Course Championships in Lublin, Poland.
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.
SportsHalf of the regular starting eleven will be missing when Graham Potter makes his debut as national team captain. So who will get a chance from kick-off against Switzerland at the Stade de Genève?
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.
SportsErik Persson is trying to find his way back to the old times. He did not do so in the World Championship semifinal on 200 meter breaststroke in Singapore and was eliminated. Swimming is a mystery even if you have been doing it for a long time, says the 31-year-old.
SportsErik Persson made it to the semifinal on 200 meter breaststroke in the World Championship. But it was by a hair – a three hundredth margin. A messy start almost ruined it. I almost started shaking, says Persson who made it to the next round as 16th and last man.
SportsThe second fastest race in his career gave a fifth place on 800 meters freestyle in the World Championship. But a hard opening cost forces for Victor Johansson in the pursuit of yet another record. It became a little too aggressive, says Johansson.
SportsA new case of stomach flu in the World Championship opens up for Victor Johansson in the final on 800 meter freestyle.
SportsVictor Johansson is the shining exception. Otherwise, all Swedes have been knocked out in the trials after three days of World Championship. We are not here just to swim in the morning (trials), says national team captain Martina Aronsson.
SportsVictor Johansson struck again and crushed his own Swedish record on 800 meters freestyle in the World Championship in Singapore with the time 7.44,81. Now I just want to swim even faster, says Johansson who made it to the final as fifth.
SportsSwedish record twice and World Championship fourth. That got Victor Johansson, 26, to show emotions – in the form of tears of joy. Here I come and sob. I am so damn happy, says the previously so ill-fated Jönköping swimmer.
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