Streamlined News, July 1, 2011

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1. THE first night of action at the Australian short course championships was full of star power. Leisel Jones fired a warning shot to Rebecca Soni that she's ready to race in a few weeks at the world championships with a time of 1:04.02. The time is about a second off what Jones swam last short course season.

The women's 100 free had a lot of storylines going on. Marieke Guehrer had just won her spot on the world championship team as an alternate in the 400 free relay three days ago, but reports from Australian indicate that Guehrer hasn't been officially selected for the team yet. She made a case in the 100 final with a 53.32, then helped her club relay team to a win with a 52.90 anchor leg. Libby Trickett, the short course world record holder, was sixth in the event with a 54.18. The time isn't noteworthy, but Trickett told the media she was pleased with the result, with this being her first week of competition in about a year.

James Magnussen, the third-fastest 100 freestyler on the planet leading up to the world championships, won the 100 short course race in 46.98 over Kyle Richardson.
Ian Hanson is on deck in Adelaide, and he's bringing us all the scoop from Down Under each day on swimmingworld.com.

Therese Alshammar races all over Europe during the season, and rarely appears in her home country of Sweden to race, but she's at the Swedish nationals this week. She won the 50 freestyle today in 24.59, which is a little off her best of the season, but considering that it's overcast and about 65 degrees at the outdoor event, the time isn't too bad.

A few world-ranked swimmers showed up to the Scottish nationals yesterday and today and put on a show for the crowd. Rafael Munoz, the world record holder in the 50 butterfly from Spain, won that event with a 23.94. According to reports from the meet, Munoz was using the race as a last chance to qualify for the world championships. He came up about four tenths short of the time needed to swim in Shanghai. Mireia Belmonte is poised to continue to breakout in the swimming world in a few weeks at the world championships, and she swam two strong events today. She won the 200 IM in 2:13.87 and the 800 free in 8:30.9. She finished second in the 800 to Rebecca Adlington, who won with an 8:23.46. Adlington has been an 8:20 already this year, but no one in the world has swum faster than she did today in Glasgow.

Hannah Miley never swims just one event a day at meets, and she swam not only the 400 IM yesterday, but the 200 free. She told media she was happy with the 4:37 she swam in the 400 IM, given that she's still in heavy training.

And finally today, a little swimming-related wedding news. In what is being viewed as the second-biggest royal wedding of the year, Monaco's Prince Albert II wed South African swimming Olympian Charlene Wittstock today in the small municipality. Wittstock, now known as the Princess of Monaco, has some pressure on her to give birth to a male heir to the throne. If a male heir is not produced by the prince and princess, Monaco reverts back to France. So, best of luck to the newly-wedded couple.

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