2018 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- August 3-9, 2018 (swimming portion)
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Tollcross International Swimming Centre
- Meet Central
- Program
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
Olympic champion Pernille Blume of Denmark keeps raising the bar in the women’s 50m freestyle, setting a new European Championships Record and Danish National Record while competing in tonight’s semi-final in Glasgow.
Producing a solid morning effort of 24.27 in the heats, Blume fired off a swift 23.85 to claim the top seed headed into tomorrow night’s final. The 24-year-old represented just 1 of 2 swimmers to dip under the 24-second threshold in tonight’s semi, with Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom taking the #2 spot in 23.92.
For Blume, her effort tonight overtakes her own Danish NR of 23.92, a time she earned just earlier this year to mark her first time ever under 24 seconds. She won the gold medal in Rio in a time of 24.07, so already she and Sjostrom have easily surpassed that outing even here at Euros.
Blume now moves up ahead of Sweden’s retired star Therese Alshammar to tie Ranomi Kromowidjojo of Netherlands as the 4th fastest performer of all-time.
Fastest 50m freestylers all-time, entering European Championships
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FASTEST PERFORMERS EVER
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| 1 | Sarah Sjostrom | 23.67 |
| 2 | Britta Steffen | 23.73 |
| 3 | Cate Campbell | 23.78 |
| 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 23.85 |
| 5 | Therese Alshammar | 23.88 |
| 6 | Pernille Blume | 23.92 |
Shame about her sketchy as hell TUE
She has had asthma since 2010 so if her asthma medicine helps her perform as you suggest, it is a bit weird that her big break happened as long as 6 years after she began taking the medicine..
Yeah, she was given a TUE for an asthma medication that specifically [to quote] “improves power and sprinting ability”…go figure
I’m guessing an asthma medicine wouldn’t be of much help to Blume on the 50 free though, since she holds her breath the whole race?
Her medication has a SIDE EFFECT of improving sprint performance and muscular power. There are a number of inhalers available for use by those with asthma that don’t enhance performance yet she specifically obtained a TUE to use this particular one
She may beat Sjostrom
A beautiful swim to say the least.
She was better than her competitors at every single part of that race: Start, underwater, break out, and turnover over the last 20m.
Any video of Glinta going 24.12 and Kolesnikovs Insane WJR of 24.25. The mens backstroke is already awesome. Kolesnikov might get Murphy’s WR
Look at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClkYednHbfH_tm8o_98Q5UQ they post some videos from the chanpionship
Why Kolesnikov and not Glinta?
Isn’t Blume sponsored by Speedo? What’s with the TYR cap?
I think that TYR sponsors the Danish Swimming Federation so she has to wear it, much like F. Manaudou often wore the TYR cap and Speedo suit and goggles
Watched this strictly to hear the Swedish commentators speak Swedish.