Swimming World Announces 2008 European Swimmers of the Year(11.28.2008)

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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 27. WHILE the bulk of our worldwide audience does not celebrate the holiday, Swimming World would still like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We definitely had a lot to be thankful for this year in the sport of swimming, and we honor two of the best from this past year in the December issue of Swimming World.

Today, we announce the top swimmers in Europe with the European Swimmers of the Year as voted by our expert panel. This region proved to be one of the most competitive as the top two finishers in the men's and women's categories were much closer than most of the other regions.

Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington and France's Alain Bernard are the 2008 European Female and Male Swimmers of the Year.

FEMALE
1. REBECCA ADLINGTON, Great Britain
2. Britta Steffen, Germany
3. Federica Pellegrini, Italy
4. Larisa Ilchenko, Russia
5. Alessia Filippi, Italy

Adlington assumed the throne as the Queen of Distance freestyle this year when she claimed both the 400 and 800 freestyle crowns at the 2008 Olympics. During the penultimate day of the Beijing Games, Adlington erased the oldest remaining world record from the books, and the only one set prior to 2000, when she erased Janet Evans from the books. Adlington clocked a remarkable time of 8:14.10 in the 800 free to clear Evans' nearly 19-year-old record of 8:16.22. She also touched in 4:03.22 to win the 400 free gold. Her European Swimmer of the Year title is also the first claimed by Great Britain since the award was created in 1980.

MALE
1. ALAIN BERNARD, France
2. Laszlo Cseh, Hungary
3. Milorad Cavic, Serbia
4. Maarten van der Weijden, The Netherlands
5. Alexander Dale Oen, Norway

In the closest vote of the year by the expert panel, Bernard edged Hungary's Laszlo Cseh for the Male European Swimmer of the Year award. Bernard claimed a medal of every color in Beijing with a win in the 100 free, silver in the 400 free relay and bronze in the 50 free. Bernard joined Laure Manaudou as the only swimmers from France to win a European Swimmer of the Year honor from Swimming World as Manaudou went back-to-back in 2006-07.

阿德林顿贝尔纳当选2008欧洲最佳游泳选手
美国当地时间11月27日，世界上很多国家都在庆祝感恩节，《游泳世界》公布了2008年欧洲最佳游泳运动员的名单，法国的阿兰-贝尔纳和英国的丽贝卡-阿德林顿分获男女最佳。

阿德林顿在今年的北京奥运会上获得两块金牌。在游泳比赛日倒数第二天，她以8分14秒10刷新了女子800米自由泳的世界纪录，并夺得金牌。该项目的前世界纪录是由美国选手埃文斯在1989年创造的8分16秒22，保持了近20年。而在之前进行的女子400米自由泳比赛中，她以4分03秒22获得金牌，结束了英国在奥运女子游泳比赛中近半个世纪的金牌荒。

　　男子方面，在专家组的投票中，贝尔纳以微弱的优势打败匈牙利选手拉斯洛-切赫最终问鼎2008年欧洲最佳男子游泳运动员称号。切赫在今年的北京奥运会上夺得三枚银牌，分别来自男子400米混合泳、200米蝶泳和200米混合泳3项比赛，并创造了3个新的欧洲纪录。

男女票选前5名

　　女子

　　1 、丽贝卡-阿德林顿（英国）

　　2 、布丽塔-斯特芬（德国）

　　3 、费德莉卡-佩莱格里尼（意大利）

　　4 、拉里莎-艾尔岑科（俄罗斯）

　　5 、阿里西亚-菲利皮巴莱（意大利）

　　男子

　　1 、阿兰-贝尔纳（法国）

　　2 、拉斯洛-切赫（匈牙利）

　　3 、米洛拉德-查维奇（塞尔维亚）

　　4 、马腾范德尔-维登（荷兰）

　　5 、亚历山大-戴尔-欧文（挪威）