2023 DANISH JUNIOR/SENIOR MEET
- March 3rd – March 5th
- Aarhus, Denmark
- LCM (50m)
- Results
Thea Blomsterberg of Denmark raced earlier this month at a domestic meet where the 21-year-old put up a lifetime best in the women’s 200m breaststroke.
Blomsterberg stopped the clock in a speedy result of 2:24.47 to grab the gold, splitting 1:10.76/1:13.71 in the process.
Entering the meet, Blomsterberg’s career-quickest rested at the 2:25.44 she logged in the semi-final of the event at the 2022 European Championships. There in Rome, the Dane wound up ultimately placing 4th with a final result of 2:25.57.
Blomsterberg also made the women’s 200m breast final at last year’s Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, producing a time of 2:20.14 to finish 7th.
With her new PB of 2:24.47, Blomsterberg enters the season’s world rankings as the 7th fastest performer. She ranks as #2 in Europe, sitting only behind Dutch ace Tess Schouten’s time of 2:23.67 from last December’s Rotterdam Qualification Meet.
2022-2023 LCM Women 200 Breast
Chikunova
2:17.55 WR
| 2 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | RSA | 2:20.80 | 07/28 |
| 3 | Lilly King | USA | 2:20.95 | 06/28 |
| 4 | Kate Douglass | USA | 2:21.22 | 06/28 |
| 5 | Tes Schouten | NED | 2:21.63 | 07/28 |
| 6 | Thea Blomsterberg | DEN | 2:22.42 | 07/28 |
| 7 | Ye Shiwen | CHN | 2:22.44 | 05/05 |
| 8 | Kotryna Teterevkova | LTU | 2:22.86 | 08/05 |
| 9 | Runa Imai | JPN | 2:22.98 | 04/07 |
| 10 | Kaylene Corbett | RSA | 2:22.99 | 08/05 |
Blomsterberg remains the 2nd fastest Danish woman in history, slowly creeping up on the national record of 2:19.11 Rikke Pedersen put on the books at the 2013 World Championships.