1999 European Championships: Day 227 July 1999HOW SWEDE IT IS! KAMMERLING FLYS TO WORLD RECORD! By Craig Lord Istanbul, Turkey - Anna-Karin Kammerling, an 18-year-old student from Sundsvall in Sweden, set the first world record of the 24th European championships in Istanbul, Turkey, to win the inaugural 50m butterfly title in 26.29, 0.1 better ...
1999 Australian Short Course Championships05 September 1999FIVE WORLD RECORDS FOR THE AUSSIES!! By Stephen Thomas After the rigors of the Pan Pacific Championships, it was not surprising that many of the leading Australian swimmers set themselves a limited program or decided to rest from this meet altogether. The SC Championships commenced only four days af...
Tucker Wins Two At World Cup III28 November 1999Scott Tucker flew down to Rio de Janeiro for Thanksgiving to enjoy some southern hemisphere summer sun, check out the action at Ipanema and, oh yeah, compete at the FINA World Cup III meet. It was a good decision. The Auburn University graduate, known primarily as a freestyle sprinter, walked away w...
1999 European Short Course Championships: Day 412 December 1999YANA WINS FOUR, SWEDES KEEP ROLLING AT EURO SHORT COURSE Lisbon, Portugal - Martina Moravcova went down in history in Lisbon Sunday as the last swimmer to win a European, or for that matter, any other international, swimming title of the 20th century, when she raced to a 1:56.28 victory in the 200m ...
Martina Wins Two, Yana Takes Home Big Bucks on the Final Night of the Euro Short Course Champs16 December 2000VALENCIA, Spain. Dec. 17. Italy's Massi Rosolino won his fourth title, Martina Moravcova won her second and third, and Yana Klochkova won DM200,000 (US$90,400) on the final day of competition of the 2000 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Valencia, Spain. Rosolino, 22, added the 200...