2010 Worlds in Sweden

I was at a meet this past weekend at one of the two pools that are going to be used for Worlds. We competed in the Valhalla swimming arena. I had a chance at the end of the meet to talk to the organizers about Worlds and I am even more excited about it now. I've never been to anything bigger than states, but it seems to me like they have thought of everything to make the meet as enjoyable for both the athletes and supports. The Valhalla pool is only 2-3 blocks from the start of the downtown walking area, less than than 10 minutes walking to the amusement park Liseberg. I had no idea it was so close to everything. The city is currently renovating the trolley system. For those of you that follow swimming I believe it was the same pool that the 1997 short course worlds were held. The Open water race we had on sunday was in the same lake as Worlds, but we swam a shorter distance 1500m. Considering that Swedish weather doesn't change that much from year to year, I would venture to guess that the water will be between 60-68F. The lake is where the city gets it's drinking water so it was really clean and it was only a 15 min drive from the Valhalla pool. Now that I have actually visited the compitetion area feel free to PM about anything, I will do my best to answer them as fast as I can. Other news from our meet. 1 Wolrd-, 3 Euro-, 17 Nordic- and 22 swedish records were broken over the weekend. "At the Pre World Masters Championship in Göteborg Glen Christiansen, Sweden, beat the World Record in 100m breaststroke for age group 50-54. The Swedish Open Masters Championships, Long Course, was held in the Valhalla Swimming Arena, the same pool where the FINA World Masters Championships next year will be competing. Glen´s new record is 1:10.34, over a second better than the old record from 2004. " more information about the meet you can find here.

I was at a meet this past weekend at one of the two pools that are going to be used for Worlds. We competed in the Valhalla swimming arena. I had a chance at the end of the meet to talk to the organizers about Worlds and I am even more excited about it now. I've never been to anything bigger than states, but it seems to me like they have thought of everything to make the meet as enjoyable for both the athletes and supports. The Valhalla pool is only 2-3 blocks from the start of the downtown walking area, less than than 10 minutes walking to the amusement park Liseberg. I had no idea it was so close to everything. The city is currently renovating the trolley system. For those of you that follow swimming I believe it was the same pool that the 1997 short course worlds were held. The Open water race we had on sunday was in the same lake as Worlds, but we swam a shorter distance 1500m. Considering that Swedish weather doesn't change that much from year to year, I would venture to guess that the water will be between 60-68F. The lake is where the city gets it's drinking water so it was really clean and it was only a 15 min drive from the Valhalla pool. Now that I have actually visited the compitetion area feel free to PM about anything, I will do my best to answer them as fast as I can. Other news from our meet. 1 Wolrd-, 3 Euro-, 17 Nordic- and 22 swedish records were broken over the weekend. "At the Pre World Masters Championship in Göteborg Glen Christiansen, Sweden, beat the World Record in 100m breaststroke for age group 50-54. The Swedish Open Masters Championships, Long Course, was held in the Valhalla Swimming Arena, the same pool where the FINA World Masters Championships next year will be competing. Glen´s new record is 1:10.34, over a second better than the old record from 2004. " more information about the meet you can find here.