It has to be creative under the circumstances and swimming has found its stuff. The project "Sweden swims", which started to stimulate the swimmers when the competition season was canceled, has led to the idea of ​​national championships.

- There are about 9,000 results registered in "Sweden Swim" every week so it has become a success. When there was no SM, the wish came from a swimmer in Sweden that we would have something else instead, says Ulrika Sandmark, the league captain who is also sports manager at the Swedish Swimming Association.

The national championship will contain all the distances that would have been included in the SM, JSM and youth SM (Sum-sim). The associations are allowed to sign up, make sure to appoint officials and then only run for four days at the end of June. The Swedish Championship should have been held in Halmstad on June 26-30.

Medals by mail

The results are registered via the swimming association. Long track is recommended, but the associations that only have a 25 meter pool are allowed to use it and so the results are separated into short and long track.

- The idea is that then you can drive in your own environment, according to the recommendation of the Public Health Authority and then the results are reported and you make a result list of it, says Sandmark.

Then the medals come as a letter on the mail.

Stars in team race challenge

National team stars such as Sarah Sjöström, Michelle Coleman and Erik Persson are not expected to participate.

- This is mostly for the rest. We are facing a challenge where all the stars are participating and where their results are registered in a kind of team race, 4x100 meters free for ladies and gentlemen, says Sandmark.

When swimming is allowed to hold a championship for real again is written in the stars. All international championships this year have been moved to 2021 and nationally the next possible championship short-circuit championships in Helsingborg on November 11-15.