Category: World Record

Chad Le Clos 1:49.04 and new 200 fly SC world record at the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

South Africa’s Chad Le Clos managed to break the men’s 200 butterfly short course meter world record this evening, with a time of 1:49.04 bettering Kaio Almeida’s (BRA) 1:49.11 world record from the Stockholm World Cup leg back in November 2009. See the result list here.
Katinka HosszÃº 2:04.39 and new 200 IM SC world record in the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup prelims (!)

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record, Wow

Breaking news !! Old record was Julia Smit (USA) 2:04.60 at the Duel in the Pool meet between Europe and USA in Manchester back in 2009. See the result list here. #BCN2013 might be over but #swimming #WorldRecord are still falling! Hosszu (HUN) just set new 200m IM WR in 2:04.39 at #swc2013 Eindhoven —…
Katie Ledecky 800 free WR at BCN2013

Aug 3, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

USA’s Katie Ledecky downed also the women’s 800 freestyle world record now at the 15th FINA World Championships, clocking 8:13.86 where Rebecca Adlington’s world record from the Beijing 2008 Olympics was 8:14.10.
Efimova 50 breast WR in the prelims, Meilutyte in the final

Aug 3, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

A wild day at the 2013 FINA World Championships, with first Russia’s Yuliya Efimova breaking the world record of 29.80 (Jessica Hardy, august 2009) with a time of 29.78 in the prelims and the Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte taking it down to 29.48 in the semifinal.
CC photo #578: Rikke 200 breast WR at BCN2013

Aug 1, 2013

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rokur

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Denmark’s Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen reacts to setting a new world record in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She clocked 2:19.11, the old record Rebecca Soni’s (USA) 2:19.59 from the London 2012 Olympics. See the result list here.
CC photo #576: Katie Ledecky 1500 free WR at BCN2013

Jul 30, 2013

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rokur

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USA’s Katie Ledecky on top of the medal podium at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, after setting a huge new world record in the women’s 1500 meter freestyle, with a time of 15:36.53. See the result list here.
CC photo #575: Ruta Meilutyte 100 breast WR at BCN2013

Jul 29, 2013

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rokur

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Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte greets the athlete’s stand after breaking the women’s 100 meter breaststroke world record in the semifinal of the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The photo unfortunately a bit grainy, but there you go. See the result list here.
Camille Muffat 8:01.06 and huge world record in the 800 SCM free

Nov 16, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, World Record, Wow

Olympic Nice Natation is having a ball at the French Nationals – Yesterday Yannick Agnel set that world record in the 400 freestyle, this morning he set a new European record in the 800 freestyle, and now Camille Muffat demolished the women’s 800 meter short course freestyle world record, with a time of 8:01.06, more…
Video: Yannick Agnel 3:32.25 and world record in the 400 SCM free

Nov 15, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, World Record, Wow

Update 2: Video below replaced with a YouTube version Update: In case the videos below are geoblocked, it might work to try the direct link: http://video.eurosport.fr/natation/championnats-de-france/2012/le-record-du-monde-de-yannick-agnel_vid254572/video.shtml Courtesy of Eurosport The interview, afterwards (in French, of course)