Category: World Record
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 57.25 and new 100 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Doha this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu set a new short course world record, clocking 57.25 in the 100 individual medley where here own world record from the World Cup leg in Berlin last year was 57.45. This during prelims, with the final coming up later today. See…
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Katie Ledecky 3:58.86 and World Record in the 400 free
Read SwimmingWorld Ledecky raced her way to a 3:58.86 to win the middle distance event, and down Federica Pellegrini’s world record (3:59.15) and her own American record (3:59.82) as she blasted through the 3:59 barrier. Ledecky, who already holds the world records in the 800 (8:11.00) and 1500 (15:34.23) freestyle events, becomes the first swimmer…
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Lauren Boyle Sets Controversial 1500 Free SC World Record
Read SwimmingWorld Today, at the Wellington Winter Championships, Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lauren Boyle was reported to have smashed a world record in the short course 1500-meter freestyle event. Boyle, who will be competing at the Pan Pacific Championships later this month, clocked a 15:22.68 in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle.  That effort crushed Mireia Belmonte…
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Australia clocks 3:30.98 and new World Record in the Women’s 4×100 Free at Glasgow 2014
At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this evening, Australia’s women’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay set a new world record, clocking 3:30.98 where the Netherlands’ world record from the (supersuited) Rome 2009 World Championships was 3:31.72. Comparative splits Australia 2014 Bronte Campbell: 53.15 Melanie Schlanger: 52.76 Emma McKeon: 52.91 Cate Campbell: 52.16 The Netherlands 2009 Inge Dekker:…
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Katie Ledecky 8:11.00 and World Record in the 800 free
Read SwimmingWorld Katie Ledecky put an exclamation point on a thrilling meet this afternoon with a world record in the women’s 800m free during the final day of racing at The Woodlands Senior Invite. Ledecky, who lowered her own world record in the 1500m free on Thursday, broke her second world record of the meet…
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Katie Ledecky 15:34.23 and World Record in the 1500 free
Read SwimmingWorld The American distance star just keeps on dropping jaws as NCAP’s Katie Ledecky smashed her own world record in the women’s 1500-meter free with a sizzling time of 15:34.23. Ledecky’s effort crushed her previous mark of 15:36.53 set at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, and provides a potentially scary time to come…
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Jaring Timmerman, age 104, sets 2 world swimming records
See CBC and WPTV A 104-year-old Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books, finishing two races and becoming the world’s oldest masters swimmer. Pan Am Pool was packed with family members, friends and swimming fans who cheered on Jaring Timmerman as he completed the 50-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle races at a masters…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 2 – Finals
Mie Ø. Nielsen saved the day for Denmark, well and truly. Yuliya Efimova broke the women’s 200 meter breaststroke world record, Nielsen the women’s 100 backstroke European record, Russia an (obligatory?) world record in the mixed 4×50 medley, and Sarah Sjöström a championships record in the 50 fly.
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Mireia Belmonte blasts 1500 meter Short Course World Record, now 15:26.95
See SwimmingWorld and rfen.es According to the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN), Mireia Belmonte Garcia has smashed the short course world record in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle. Belmote Garcia raced to a 15:26.95 to demolish Lotte Friis’ world record of 15:28.65. That gives Belmonte Garcia a sweep of the 400-800-1500 freestyle world records currently. Post by…