Slovenia’s Peter Mankoc set a new 100 meter short course individual world record today, at the European Short Course Championships semifinal in Istanbul, with a time of 50.76 where Russia’s Sergey Fesikov’s world record from the World Cup leg in Berlin last month was 50.95. Read SwimInfo
Year: 2009
Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh improved upon his own 400 meter short course individual medley world record, yesterday at the Europan Short Course Championships in Istanbul, with at time of 3:57.27, where his world record from 2007 was 3:59.33. Read SwimInfo.com
Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto improved upon her own 200 individual medlay short course world record today, at the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, with at time of 2:04.64, where her world record from the World Cup meet in Moscow in October was 2:06.01. Read SwimInfo
Sweden’s Therese Alshammar improved upon her own 50 meter butterfly short course world record today, with a time of 24.38 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, where her world record from the Stockholm leg was 24.46. See results
USA’s Peter Marshall improved upon his own 50 meter short course backstroke world record today, with a time of 22.61 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, where his world record from the Stockholm leg was 22.73. See results
South Africa’s Kathryn Meaklim demolished the short course 400 indvidual medley today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, with a time of 4:22.88, where Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia’s world record was 4:25.06. See results
Germany’s Steffen Deibler became the one to set world record number 113 this year, and to be the first man under 22 seconds in the 50 meter short course butterfly, when he at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin today improved upon his world record from last October, from 22.06 to 21.80 seconds. South Africa’s Roland Schoeman also managed to swim below the now former world record, with a time of 21.87 seconds. See results
Japan’s Shiho Sakai set a new 200 meter short course backstroke world record today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, with a time of 2:00.18, where Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry’s world record from the World Short Course Championships in Manchester 2008 was 2:00.91. See results
Germany’s Paul Biedermann absolutely crushed the 400 meter short course freestyle world record today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, with a time of 3:32.77, where Australia’s Grant Hackett’s world record from 2002 was 3:34.58. See results
Australia’s “Lethal” Leisel Jones is back with a vengeance, with a 100 meter short course breaststroke world record of 1:03.00 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, where USA’s Jessica Hardy’s world record from last year was 1:03.72. Hardy also swam faster than the now former world record time, with a time of 1:03.30. See results