By Retta Race on SwimSwam
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
Aoki
2:23.12
2 | Lilly King |
USA | 2:23.33 | 03/04 |
3 | Tes Schouten |
NED | 2:23.67 | 12/02 |
4 | Kaylene Corbett |
RSA | 2:24.01 | 12/02 |
5 | Kanako Watanabe |
JPN | 2:24.31 | 02/18 |
6 | Tatjana Schoenmaker |
RSA | 2:24.45 | 02/26 |
7 | Runa Imai |
JPN | 2:25.00 | 12/04 |
8 | Jenna Strauch |
AUS | 2:25.11 | 01/20 |
9 | Kelsey Wong |
CAN | 2:25.49 | 03/04 |
10 | YUKINO MIYASAKA |
JPN | 2:25.54 | 12/04 |
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.
SwimSwam: Denmark’s Blomsterberg Enters World Rankings With Lifetime Best 200 Breaststroke
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