The Finnish Swimming Federation has announced their roster for the World Championships in Kazan.
Out of the 12 swimmers that will be representing Finland at the competition five qualified with a FINA A standard, three were chosen by the federation based on the B standard while four athletes will be headed to Russia to swim on relays.
A standard
- Mimosa Jallow
- Veera Kivirinta
- Jenna Laukkanen
- Matias Koski
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
B standard
- Tessa Nurminen
- Sami Aaltomaa
- Matti Mattsson
Relay swimmers
- Roosa Mört
- Emilia Pikkarainen
- Hanna-Maria Seppälä
- Fanny Teijonsalo
At the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona the Finnish team had four swimmers qualify for the semi-finals including Anni Alitalo, Jenna Laukkanen, Hanna-Maria Seppälä and Eetu Karvonen.
Mattsson won the bronze in the 200 breaststroke setting a new Finnish record in the event posting a 2:08.95. Since that time his fastest performance in the event has been a 2:11.86 which he recorded in March of this year.