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Contents December-January 2008
CONSECUTIVENUMBER299 VOLUME34,NUMBER6
N.J.Thierry, Editor&Publisher FEATURES
MarcoChiesa, BusinessManager 6 AmericanPersonality:RandallBal NikkiDryden
AnitaSmale, CopyEditor ThereisNoBetterTrainingthanRacing
2007Pay-offWasOver$130,000inPrizeMoney
FeatureWriters
8 EuropeanSCChampionships CraigLord
StephanieDixon, British Columbia RehearsingForaMoreDauntingMoment
Nikki Dryden, NewYork FourWorldandNineEuropeanRecordsBettered
Justin Finney, Quebec 11 USANationals NikkiDryden
JeffGrace, British Columbia NovemberYardsCompetition
JesseJacks, British Columbia CoughlinandLochtewithMultipleRecordSwims
12 Health Issues LaurenBeard
Craig Lord, England
AllAboutAsthma
Karin Helmstaedt, Berlin TheNumberofAthleteswithAsthmaHasRisenExponentially
Cecil Colwin, SpecialFeatures 14 CanadianPersonality:ElizabethWycliffe Nikki Dryden
WycliffehasImprovedEveryYearwithNoLimits
SwimNewsestablishedin1974 16 BreaststrokeTechnique JozsefNagy
Publishedbi-monthly KneePainsandTheirTreatments
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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
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NickThierry based in Denver, graduated from the University of Thrash"totheearlyverticalforearmstyle.
Wyomingwithajournalismdegree.Shewritesonthe Justin Finney was somewhat of a mentor to
OneofthebiggestpaydaysinswimmingwenttoWorld increasednumberofasthmaticsinhigh-levelsport. Jason Bowes in their early days on the West Island
CupoverallwinnerRandall Bal (USA). His$100,000 Nikki Dryden interviewed Elizabeth Wycliffe, of Montreal. Now Bowes has become head coach at
overall prize added to his winning 21 consecutive formerlyfromKingston,butcontinuingherswimming TampaBay,aftertwoyearsatNorthBaltimore.Finney
racesat$1,500eachgavehim$131,500in total,less inAustin,TX,aftergraduatingfromtheUniversityof tellsofhisexperiences.
his travel costs (over$20,000) toseven competitions Texas in 2006. She trains dailywith Kirsty Coventry AdamSiouispokewithStephanieHornerandgot
asfarawayaspossiblefromeachother.NikkiDryden anditobviouslyhaspaidoff,withaCanadianrecord hertoanswer20questions.
caughtupwithBalattheUSAChampionshipsinlate for200back(sc) andthreePanAmGamesmedals. CraigLordprovidedhissecondinstallmentofthe
November.Hedidithisway,withnohelpfromanyone. BreaststrokecoachJozsefNagytackleskneepains greatmomentsinOlympichistory,thistimefocusing
Atage27, andthird rankedinthe USAinbackstroke and their treatments. It's a useful explanation and onmen'sandwomen'sbackstroke.
behind Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte, an Olympic helptoalmostallbreaststrokers. KarinHelmstaedtcommentsontheMarionJones
berthwillbedifficult.Bal'sapproachisdifferent. Joanne Malar's nutrition topic is the low- scandal.AtrackstarwhowonfiveOlympicmedalsin
The annual European SC Championships, held down onfats. Herarticleexplains how goodfats are 2000,Joneshaslostthemedals,therecords,hasbeen
in the Hungarian city ofDebrecen 13-16 December, fundamentaltoyourhealth andhowtocutdownon fined,andsentencedtosixmonthsinjail.Willthisbe
hadtheusualassaultontherecordbooks.Thebiggest thebadfats. adeterrenttoothers?
surprisewas 15-year-oldYuliya Efimova (RUS) with IanCr—ockerhasbeenoneoftheall-timegreatsin CongratulationstoKarin,whosedaughterSaffire
asweep ofthe three breaststrokes, heronlyprevious the 100fly aholderofworldandOlympicmedals, wasborn7Feb2008.
outingbeingtheEuropeanJuniorslastsummer.Nine hewas aneight-timeworld-recordsetter. Hisstoryis TOP program had just under 600 participants. Your
European and four world records were established. toldbyJeffGrace. nextchancetotakepartwillbe mid-April.TAG times are
CraigLordreports. Cecil Colwin concludeshis 12-partseriesonthe up-to-datetothefirstweekendofFebruary.
LaurenBeard, aformerEtobicokeswimmernow crawl stroke with a summing up from "Splash and
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CALENDAR RECORD SETTERS
INTERNATIONAL SHORTCOURSEWORLDRECORDS
2008 •Men's 200individualmedley: 1:52.99LaszloCseh,HUN,Debrecen, 13Dec2007.Betterspreviousrecordof
Mar 12-16 SouthAm.Championships,Rio,BRA 1:53.14ThiagoPereira,BRA, 18Nov2007
Mar 18-24 EuropeanLC,Eindhoven,NED •Men's400individualmedley:3:59-33LaszloCseh,HUN,Debrecen, 14Dec2007.Betteishisownoldrecord
Apr 9-13 9thFINAWorlds(25m),Manchester,GBR of4:00.37fromTrieste,9Dec2005.
May 3-8 FINAOpenWaterWorlds,Seville,ESP •Women's 50backstroke:26.50SanjaJovanovic,CRO,Debrecen, 15Dec2007.Bettersoldrecordof26.83ilui
May 31-1 OWOlympicQualification,Beijing L•i,WCoHmNe,n2'00s1.200butterfly: 2:03.53Otyliajedrzejczak,POL,Debrecen, 13Dec2007.Bettersoldrecordof2:04.04
Jul 8-13 2ndFINAWorldYouths,Monterrey,MEX YuYang,CHN,2004.
Aug 9-16 OlympicGames,Beijing, CHN
Aug 27-7 ParalympicGames,Beijing,CHN WORLDBEST(TheserelaysarenotFINA-ecognizedforworldrecords)
Oct 10-12 FINAWorldCup 1,Brazil •Men's4x50free: 1:24.19Sweden,Debrecen,16Dec2007
Oct 18-19 FINAWorld,Cup2,Durban,RSA Betterspreviousbestof1:24.89Sweden,2006.
Oct 25.26 FINAWorldCup3,Sydney,AUS •Women's4x50medley: 1:46.67Germany,Debrecen, 15Dec2007
Nov 1-2 FINAWorldCup4,Singapore Bettersoldrecordof1:47.44Netherlands,2005
Nov 8-9 FINAWorldCup5,Moscow,RUS •Women's4x50free: 1:34.82Netherlands,Debrecen, 14Dec2007
Nov 11-12 FINAWorldCup6,Stockholm,SWE Bettersoldrecordof1:47.44Netherlands,2005.
Nov 15-16 FINAWorldCup7,Berlin,GR CANADIANSENIORSHORTCOURSE
Dec 11-14 EuropeanSC,Rijeka,CRO
2009 •Women's4x100medley:4:01.40NationalSelection,TualatinnHills, 9Dec2007.TeamoFGabrielleSoucisse,
ChelseySalli,StephanieHorner,EricaMorningstar.Bettersoldrecordof4:02.99NationalSelection,2002
Jul 19-2 13thFINAWorlds,Rome,ITA Girls 15-17NationalAgeGroup
2010 • 200breaststroke:2:27.00ChelseySalli,LOSC,TualatinHills, 10Dec2007.Bettersoldrecordof2:27.08Anne
Apr 7-11 10FINAWorlds(25m),Dubai,UAE Ottenbrite,AAC, 1984
2011
Jul 16-31 FINAWorldChampionships,
Shanghai,CHN CONTENDER
UNITEDSTATES
2008 MEN'S 1500METRESFREESTYLE 5 Jensen,Larsen, 1985, USA
Feb 15-18 GrandPrix(LCM),Univ.ofMissouri,MO TOP 10CONTENDERS (pb14:45.29in2004)
Mar 20-22 Women'sNCAA(SCY),Columbus,OH 1 Sawrymowicz,Mateusz, 1987, POL 2007Worlds4th1500free14:52.98
Mar 27-29 Men'sNCAA(SCY),FederalWay,WA (pb14:45.94in2007) 2004Olympics2nd1500free14:45.29
Apr 3-6 GrandPrix,Stanford,CA 2007Worlds1st1500free14:45.94 2003Worlds5th 1500free15:08.25
May 15-16 GrandPrix,SantaClara,CA 2005Worlds5th1500free14:59-38
Jun 5-8 GrandPrix,Charlotte,NC 6 Colbertaldo, Federico, 1988, ITA
Jun 5-8 GrandPrix,Omaha,NE 2 Prilukov,Yuri, 1984, RUS (pb14:56.22in2007)
Jun 29-6 USOlympicTrials,Omaha,NE (pb14:47.29in2007) 2007Worlds5th 14:56.22
Jul 29-2 USSummerNationals,Minneapolis,MN 2007Worlds2nd1500free14:47.29
Aug 4-8 USJuniorNationals,Minneapolis,MN 2005Worlds4th1500free14:51.62 7 Vendt,Erik, 1981, USA
Nov 14-16 GrandPrix(SCY),Minneapolis,MN 2004Olympics4th 1500free14:52.48 (pb14:57.02in2007)
Dec 4-6 US(SCY)Nationals,Atlanta,GA 2007Worlds8th1500free15:07.76
Dec 7 NationalInvitational(LCM),Atlanta,GA 3 Hackett,Grant, 1980,AUS 2004Olympicsl6th1500free15:22.00
(pb14:34.56in2001) 2003Worlds3rd1500free15:01.28
CANADA
2007Worlds7th 1500free14:5959 2000Olympcs6th1500free15:08.61
2008
2005Worlds1st1500free 14:42.58
Feb 15-17 WesternCanadians(SCM),Victoria 2004Olympics1st1500free14:43.40 8 Park,TaeHwan, 1989, KOR
Feb 14-17 EasternCanadians(LCM),Toronto
2003Worlds1st1500free14:43.14 (pb14:55.03in2006)
Feb 29-2 CISChampionships,Vancouver,BC
2001Worlds1st1500free 14:34.56 2007Worlds9th 1500free15:03.62
Apr 1-6 OlympicTrials,Montreal,QC
2000Olympics1st1500free14:48.33
May23-25 ZajacInternational,Vancouver,BC 1998Worlds1st1500free14:51.70 9 Zhang, Lin, 1987, CHN
June26-29 QuebecCup,Montreal (pb14:59.02in2007)
Jul 11-13 CAN-AMMeetSWAD,Victoria 4 Davies,David, 1985,GBR 2005Worlds6th1500free15:09.79
Jul 17-20 SummerNationals,Winnipeg (pb14:45.95in2004) 2003Worlds22nd1500free15:37.03
Jul 19-22 AgeGroupNationals,TBA
2007Worlds3rd1500free14:51.21
Aug 1-3 NorthAmericanAGCup,Edmonton,AB 2005Worlds3rd1500free14:48.1 10 Cochrane, Ryan, 1988, CAN
2004Olympics3rd1500free14:45.95 (pb14:59.02in2007)
2003Worlds4th1500free15:05.04 2007Worlds15th 1500free 15:09.88
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AMERICAN PERSONALITY: RANDALL BAL
DOING WAY
HIS
IT
There is no better training than racing;
2007 payoff was over $130,000 in prize money
Nikki Dryden what this sport has to offer," says Bal. "It doesn't physio.' Up until thatpoint I hadcompetedfor20
work with every athlete. I found out by accident yearsofmylife.Itooktheadviceofthethirddoctor
Randall Bal had a pretty great 2007. He won 21 that ifI listen to mybody, stayhonest, andput in and I spent hours in the gym and at physio, and
of 21 backstroke races on the 2007 short course hard work in moderation, so not to bring back I cutbackon a lotofyardage. In doingso, I had
World Cup, earning him the circuit's victory prize the (shoulder) injury, notso much pound out the already qualified for 2005 Worlds. I was nervous
of$100,000and$31,500forwinningraces.Healso yardage, it's thecontrary: I swimfast. Right nowI becauseIwasonlytrainingwithmastersswimmers
wondoublegoldatPanAmsinRiointhe 100back swim 1 1/2 hours adaytops, andsixdays aweek. (whoareveryintenseevenat5:30inthemorning!),
and medley relay. For most swimmers from most I lifttwo times, then run, bike, orrowtwo times a andIwasthinkingI haveaninjuredshoulderand
countries,thiskindofsuccesswouldsurelymeana weektomakeupthecardioI ammissing. Istarted these guys are showing me what's up. So heading
reservedtickettoBeijing.NotsoforRandallBal,who rowingbecauseIknewitwouldstrengthenmyback into '05 in Montreal, I was pretty much training
just happens tobeAmerican andhappensto swim andItrulybelieveit'sbeenparamount." myselfbecauseofmyshoulderinjury. Iwasadvised
thesameevents asthe twogreatestbackstrokers in to do cortisone shots, but itdidn't help. But I still
theworld:AaronPeirsolandRyanLochte. No BetterTrainingthan Racing swambesttimesandgotthesilver. Iwaslike 'holy
Bal's decision to swim the World Cup circuit in crap.' My shoulderwas only 90%. I talked to Skip
Enjoyingthe Process the Olympic year might also seem futile to other (Kenny) andsaidifIwasgoingtostayinthesport,
SoBalislearningtoenjoytheprocessofswimming swimmers.Butforthis27-year-old,thedecisionwas Ineededtodosomethingdifferent."
andrelishingthejourneyithastakenhimon, just justwhatheneededtokeephimfocusedandready.
incaseheendsthe 2008OlympicTrialslikehedid "Iwantedtostarttheseasonracing. Inthelastfew AnAmericanin Italy
theonesin2000,withathird-placefinishinthe100 years, the World Cups have been good to me, and So from February to June of 2008, Bal will be
back, orfourth like in 2004. Thatmeanstraveling I get faster and faster as it goes. There is no better training in Italywith Di Nino. "I did a couple of
the world, meeting new people, and maybe even trainingformethanracing. Itis adifferentsortof meets in EuropewithJason Lezakafewyears ago,
learninganewlanguagealongtheway. training." andthiscoachcametomeandsaid 'Ihavemeets,
Bal's decision to train mostly on his own in This training and racing regime was not just ifyouwanttocometoItaly'AtfirstIwaslike'Who
the U.S. and in Italy with coach Andrea Di Nino created by choice, but by survival. "IfI back up a isthisguy?' HeemailedmeandI almostdeletedit
duringtheOlympicyearmightseemcrazytoother fewyears, I injuredmyshoulder. IhadanMRI and becausetheEnglishwassobad,butIsteppedouton
swimmers. ButforBal, itwas justwhatthe doctor Iwenttothreesurgeons; thefirsttwosaid I needed alimbandhereIam."
ordered. "Iwanttohavefun andtakeadvantageof surgery, the third said T think we can do it with Of Di Nino, Bal says, "Andrea speaks four
languagesandheisapassionate
coachofthesport.Igottoknow
him and he said, 'Do you like
it?' and I said 'Yeah. I like to
travel. I thinkyourapproach is
awesome.' Together, I knewwe
could achieve something with
\ enthusiasm and competition.
Hesaidtome'Ihaveadealwith
I this club and we can do what
3 you'vebeensayingyouwantto
"I was hesitant as I was
going against the grain. I am
the first swimmer to go to
Europe. It's been happening
with water polo and basketball
for awhile, but I felt confident
thatitwouldtakemetothenext
level because of the facilities
an^dforthe^ren^ewedenMthusiamsm
Randall Ball inaction PatrickB.Kraemer , fof - [$
6 SWIMNEWS/ DECEMBER-JANUARY2008
training alone. Since late
2007, a group of Olympic
and international-level
swimmers have all been
training with Di Nino in
Ispra, Italy. "We have great
friendshipsandrelationships.
It starts as fun and being
passionate, and then it's
where you find the highest
results." Compared to his
old training, this welcome
change is what he needed
to keep him swimming.
"Before, I wouldkeepdoing
the same thing over and
overwithnoresult;that'sthe
definitionofinsanity."
There is also some
pressure for Bal to learn
the language in Italy. "I
speak Spanish, but a news
reporteraskedmewhetherI
wouldeverbeintodatingan
Italianwoman and I said 'I
keepallmyoptionsopen.' It
wastranslatedinto,'Randall
Bal afteroneof21 World PatrickB Kraemer
Bal is looking to marry an
Italianwoman.' Iamgettingaprivatetutor!"Asfor QUICK FACTS: BAL Randall, USA Instead, he came back stateside for US Nationals
Italy in general, he says, "I love the environment, Birthday 14NOV1980 before flying straight back to Europe for a long-
withthefood,culture,mountains,andpeople." Placeofbirth Sacramento,CA course meet in Eindhoven. There he swam a best
Height/Weight 190cm/89kg
Education! BelaVistaHS1999 time in the 100 back long course with a 53-54,
NoSupportfrom USASwimming (Psychology)Stanford2003 2/100thsofasecondfasterthanLochtedidthesame
Having$100,000willnothurtthingseither."Itisthe RReefsriedseennctes CoralAtShperritnogn,sSCCA weekendintheUS. Itwashis49thraceinamonth.
most money I have evermade, but quite honestly, Coaches MichaelLohberg,USA While Bal made his World Cup success look
I've always had fun with World Cup travel, seeing AndreDiNino,ITA easy, he showed a fewsigns offatigue and mental
countries, and meeting swimmers." Bal's decision LCInternational toughness that are perhaps even more impressive.
2007PanAms1st100back,1st4x100medley
wasnotsupportedbyUSASwimming,whotoldhim 2005Worlds4th50back,2nd100back After a heatswim in the 200back at US Nationals
that itwas not in theirbudget this year. While he 2003Worlds5th50back that put him in ninth spot, he was sitting in the
received supportfrom otherfederations with some 2001Worlds1st50back,4th100back hot tub thinkinghis meetwasoveranddoingthis
LongCourseProgression(worldranking)
ofhishotel accommodationsandflights,itwasthe Year,Age 50back 100back 200back interview with SwimNews, when the eighth-place
logisticsthatwereanightmare. 2007.26 (1)24.84 (5)53.54 swimmercameoverandsaidhehadscratched. Bal
Having to do everything himself (except a bit 2006.25 (36)25.94 (5)53.84 thenhadtodecidewhetherhetoowouldscratchor
from his Mom) was not easy. "Getting visas for 22000054..2243 (1(45))2255..8213 ((52))5544..0210 2:03.88 swim.Atfirst,heseemedreadytoscratch;thenaUS
Brazil and Russia and dealing with passports, it 2003.22 (5)25.19 (6)54.46 coach came overandstarted to tell him he looked
was complete chaos! I have no agent. Whatever 22000021,,2210 (3(22))2265..2384 ((26))5544..2943 22::0063..6812 tired and—needed to pull out. Hiswhole demeanor
you do, don't use executive passports.net. I had a 2000,19 (43)26.52 (7)55.09 2:03.80 changed he sat up and said, "I'm doing it." He
paperticketforoneofmyflightsfromAustraliathat 1999.18 56.82 2:04.65 finishedwiththesilver.
IleftinCaliforniabecauseIamsousedtoe-tickets. 1998,17 - 57.59 2:05.60 "I am putting myself in a position where I
So I'm in theSydney airportandtheysaymyonly SCInternational cannot fail," says Bal ofhis decision to swim the
option istobuyatickettoRussiafor$2500. Somy 2007WorldCupoverallwinneronpoints World Cup, and live in and travel throughout
mom drove to my house andfaxed over acopy of 2006Worlds5th50back,3rd100back EuropeduringtheOlympicyear. "The 100backat
ShortCourseProgression(worldranking)
theticket.IwasflyingthroughDubaiandtheywere 2008.27 (1)23.33 (2)50.66 (2)1:50.42 Trialswillbeatight,tightrace,butI'mhavingthe
like, 'You can'tboard.' I knew an email was sent, 2007.26 (4)24.11 (3)51.18 timeofmylife.I'mgoingtogiveitmybestandthat
butitwassostressful. Itwas alotofsweatequity! 2006.25 (2)23.51 (2)50.92 (4)1:50.95 isawin-winsituation."
2005.24 (3)23.77 (5)51.38 (3)1:52.05
ButitallpaidoffandIwouldbemorethanwilling 2004.23 (5)23.89 (6)51.61 By notfocusing on the outcome of2008Trials,
todoitagain." 2000.19 (15)24.65 (10)52.39 (56)1:57.76 BaljustmightleaveOmahawithanewtitletoaddto
9
Bal did not stop after hisWorld Cup victories. hisalreadyimpressiveresume:Olympicswimmer.
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faces.
EUROPEAN SC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cseh'sshortcourseIMworld-recordsplits:
REHEARSING FOR A MORE 200m:24.14; 51.64; 1:25.11; 1:52.99
(24.14;27.50;33-47;27.88).
DAUNTING MOMENT ThestandardhadstoodtoThiagoPeriera(BRA)at
1:53-14fromNovember207.
400m: 54.93; 1:54.24;3:02.97;3:59-33-
Four world and nine European records bettered
TheworldrecordhadstoodtoCsehsince2005.
Conscious of the dolphin likely to turn first
CraigLord afterthe firststrokeofthe medleyin Beijing, Cseh
practised for a new opening speed with a 1:51.55
By the close of the European Short-Course winover200mbutterfly,sixth-fastesteverandgood
Championships in December, four world (three enough to confine former world champion Pawel
in Olympic events) and nine European records, Korzeniowski (POL),on1:51.61,toasilverlining.
plus twoworld andone Europeanbesttime in the
4x50m relays, had been established, and much JedrzejczakAimsto RepeatinBeijing
hopehadbeenbuiltforthecontinent'sprospectsin Ifthe Hungarian's display in Debrecenprovesthat
theOlympicyear, though thewatchwordsofshort- he is headed down the right road to Beijing, the
courseswimmingremain "handlewithcare." same could be said of Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL),
who clocked aworld recordof2:03.53 over200 m
TheStaroftheShow butterflyinthedownsizedarenasheprofessestobe
Take theverystaroftheshow, forexample: Laszlo herweakpoint.Andwhy?Becausethetimeiswhat
Cseh. He thrilled a home crowd in Debrecen with Yuliya Efimova, RUS PatrickB.Kraemer shewillbeaimingforinBeijing,sobestthinkofit
world records of 1:52.99 and 3:59-33 over200 and allasswingsandroundabouts."Myturnsarenotso
400 m medley, the latter the first sub-4-minute have his eye on a sub-4:05 long-course effort by good so this looks good for the long-course," says
effort. At anyotherpoint in history, in some other Beijing,his4:06.22atMelbournelastMarchhaving thePole.Isthereashort-coursetimepenciledinfor
world perhaps, here would be the champion of reminded us that, special as Phelps is, one day in along-course moment attheheartofthe Olympic
versatility, the bearer of the flag of flexibility, the the lifetimes ofmanyofus,we mayyetsee asub- champion'sbookofsecretsasshebidstobecomethe
fastestfour-strokerthereeverwas,amanfittowear 4-minute long-course effort unfold before our firstwomanevertoretainthe200mcrown?
the Magyar medley mantle of Darnyi. But this is unbelievingeyes. Jedrzejczak'sshortcourse200mbutterflyworld
not anotherworld: we live in Phelpsian times and Could a medley man go where Rick DeMont recordsplits:
Cseh, while impressive, was simply rehearsing the went on freestyle back in 1973? Unimaginable? 28.56;59-51; 1:31-06and2:03-53
dauntingmomentwhen hemuststep up to race a Not ifyou're Cseh and Phelps, who must imagine (28.56;30.95;31-55;32.47).
manwhoseproportions andpotentialwould make thattomorrowhasarrivedtodayontheirtime-warp TherecordhadstoodtoChina'sYuYangat2:04.04.
a porpoise look twice, an American who maywell rocketto afuturethatpicturesthemwithsmileon
face,medalroundneck,andaposyinthehandthat AfterTwo-Yearbreak
isn'twavingtofamilyandfans inaseaofChinese The fourthworld markto fall sawCroatian Sanja
m
Jovanovic clock 26.50 over the non-Olympic 50
2007SCEUROPEANMEDALTOTALS backstroke and, in challenging Laure Manaudou
for the goldover 100 m, announced her intention
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total toconverthernew-foundspeedtothetwo-lapsprint
Germany 5 7 7 19
inthebiggerpool.
Russia 5 4 3 12
The French Olympic bronze-medal winner
France 4 4 5 13
Hungary 4 2 3 9 may well have fallen shy of Natalie Coughlin's
Sweden 4 2 2 8 56.51 world record but, with a European record
Poland 3 3 2 8 of57.34, Manaudou kept her ambition ofrivaling
Netherlands 3 2 3 8
Italy 2 3 4 9 the American for gold in Beijing well and truly
Slovenia 2 1 3 alive. The standard had stood at 57.75 to Ilona
Ukraine 2 1 3 Hlavackova (CZE) since 2001. Coughlin's world
Serbia 2 2 record of 56.51 in Singapore last month came off
Austria 1 3 1 5
Croatia 1 3 4 a split of 27.54, and that's where the Europeans
Denmark 1 1 missed the mark: Jovanovic turned first in 27.96,
Finland 1 1 to Manaudou's 28.09, after which the Olympic
Spain 2 2 4 400m freestylechampion's fitnesslevelskickedin.
Norway 1 1
Greece 2 2 Nonetheless,Jovanovic's 57.94 marked a stunning
Bulgaria 2 2 progress amidst what the swimmer described as a
40 36 38 114 comebackafteratwo-yearbreakfromthesport.The
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