This morning at the LEN 2015 European Short Course championships in Netanya, Israel, Hungaryรขโฌโขs Katinka Hosszu broke the 400 meter individual medley world record, clocking 4:19.46 where Spainรขโฌโขs Mireia Belmonte Garciaรขโฌโขs world record from the Doha 2014 World Short Course Championships was 4:19.86. See the result list here.
Katinka Hosszu said after the race:
รขโฌลEver since Mireia Belmonte broke my world record in Doha a year ago I wanted to regain it so badly. Well, I couldnรขโฌโขt wait with it until the afternoonรขโฌยฆ I felt the legs came together really well and since I wanted to get back the WR as soon as possible, I can say, I wasnรขโฌโขt surprised to make it in the morning. I donรขโฌโขt know if it could be better in the afternoon, however. I think I can be faster but donรขโฌโขt forget that the short-course season has started only a couple of weeks ago as we had the World Cups in 50m pool so the rhythm is not the same. If I have a couple of wrong turns in the afternoon, I canรขโฌโขt improve this time. But after all itรขโฌโขs not appropriate to approach the final this way: there you must race, go for the gold medal, time is secondary.รขโฌย
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