{"id":413299,"date":"2020-01-31T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T19:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=413299"},"modified":"2020-01-31T18:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T01:28:44","slug":"louise-hansson-erik-persson-selected-early-for-swedish-olympic-swim-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/louise-hansson-erik-persson-selected-early-for-swedish-olympic-swim-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Hansson, Erik Persson Selected Early For Swedish Olympic Swim Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Swedish Olympic Committee<\/a> has pre-selected six athletes to represent the nation at the 2020 Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo. Two swimmers\u00a0Louise Hansson\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Erik Persson\u00a0<\/strong>were among those athletes selected. Both of them will be making return trips to the Games after making their debuts in Rio in 2016.<\/p>\n

Both Hansson and Persson made the final at the World Championships in their respective best events with Hansson getting seventh in the 100 fly and Persson getting eighth in the 200 breast. They will not need to rest for the Swedish Open in April and will be able to save a full rest for the Olympic Games in 176 days.<\/p>\n

Those two have added their name to the Swedish Olympic swim team that now has three members, with superstar\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom\u00a0<\/strong>being the third to have already qualified.<\/p>\n

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