The dates for the 2017 European Short Course Championships were released today. The meet will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 13th-17th.
Copenhagen was awarded the championships in October making it the second time in four years that the country will host the competition. In 2013 the event was held in Herining where the Danes finished third in the medal standings. The team also came away with the world record in the women’s 4 x 50 freestyle relay.
In 2013 577 athletes from 39 nations attended the event. The organizers of the competition in 2017 are estimating that 850 swimmers from 40 countries will be participating.
The championships will be held in the Royal Arena, which is a new multi-functional facility that is set to open in the fall of 2016. The arena has been constructed to host world class events in sport, culture and music. The floor area is 35,000 square meters and will have the capacity to hold up to 12,500 spectators for sporting events.
The 2017 European Short Course Championships will be the first sporting event held in the new arena.
Last year’s championships Netanya, Israel saw 500 athletes from 48 countries compete. There were some outstanding performances with three world records being broken. Hungarian Katinka Hosszu set new marks in the women’s 100 and 400 IM while Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri set a new record in the men’s 1500 freestyle.