Karnell's Success in Dubai

by Orion Swimming Club Birmingham, 2023-02-28T05:21:37.000-08:00February 28 2023, at 05:21 AM PST

This February 6-12, Karnell was part of group of 75 swimmers from clubs up and down the country who were taking part in a week of training and competition in an offshore camp in Dubai, representing Team England.
The group of swimmers took part in three high-performance training sessions at the Hamdan Sports Complex.
They then took part in a further three days of racing at the Middle East Open and Junior Championships.
On Saturday 11th, Karnell finished 3rd behind the 100m short course WR holder llya Shymanovich in the 100m Breaststroke final, improving his personal best to 1:04.06.
The next day, in his 50m breaststroke, he set a new massive personal best of 28.36 and was nearly a second faster than everyone in his heat. He won his final later that day with a slightly slower time of 28.62. This wa... [more]