Category: World Record
-
Mieko Nagaoka: 100-year-old Japanese swimmer sets 1,500m record
A Japanese woman has become the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m freestyle swim in a 25m pool. Mieko Nagaoka, who only took up swimming at the age of 82, already holds the record in her age category for the same distance in a 50m pool. She completed the latest feat in just over one…
-
Longest underwater kiss (mouth to mouth breathing) – Classics
To celebrate Saint Valentines Day we present to you the Longest Underwater Kiss (mouth to mouth breathing)! Antonio de la Rosa Suarez (Spain) was able to stay underwater sat at the bottom of a tank for 7 min 1 sec by being given air through kisses from Esperanza Ruiz Aranda and Sonia Matesanz (both Spain)…
-
Mireia Belmonte smashes 1500m short-course record
Short-course 1500m world champion Spain’s Mireia Belmonte broke the discipline world record by almost three seconds at her national swimming championships on Friday. The new mark of 15 minutes 19.71 seconds, set during the Spanish short-course championships at Sabadell, takes over from New Zealander Lauren Boyle’s previous world record mark of 15min 22.68sec. Belmonte won…
-
Natalia Molchanova sets new Freediving World Record, 237 meter Dynamic
At the AIDA team world championships in Sardinia, Italy, on Friday the 26th of september 2014, Natalia Molchanova from Russia broke the world record dynamic with a dive of 237 meters. Camera Daan Verhoeven http://daanverhoeven.com
-
FINA videos of Hosszu’s and Gyurta’s World Records at the Dubai 2014 World Cup leg
Specifically Katinka Hosszu’s 100 and 200 meter individual medley short course world records, and Daniel Gyurta’s 200 meter breaststroke short course world records.
-
FINA videos of Katinka Hosszu’s 200 and 400 IM SC World Records at the Doha 2014 World Cup leg
Courtesy of FINA on YouTube, thumbs up from here!
-
Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 56.86 and New 100 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu set a new short course world record yet again, clocking incredible 56.86 in the 100 meter short course individual medley, where her world record from Doha last Thursday was 57.25. First woman ever under 57 in the 100 IM, and her…
-
Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:00.48 and New 200 Breast Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta set a new 200 meter short course breaststroke world record, clocking 2:00.48 where his own world record from the Istanbul 2009 World Short Course Championships was 2:00.67. See the result list here. Featured image of Gyurta at the Bergen Swim Festival 2014…
-
Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:20.83 and New 400 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Doha tonight, Hungary’s “Iron Lady” clipped the short course world record, clocking 4:20.83 in the 400 meters individual medley where her own world record from the Berlin leg of the 2013 World Cup series was 2:20.85. In the 100 meter IM later in the session, she was…