Category: World Record
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Chad Le Clos 1:48.56 and new World Record in the 200 SC butterfly
At the FINA Swimming World Cup leg in Singapore tonight, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos became the first ever swimmer under 1:49 in the 200 short course meter butterfly, clocking 1:48.56 where his own record from the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup leg was 1:49.04. See the result list here. Post by FINA. Watch this video…
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France 1:39.54 and new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley
At the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Doha today, France took down the mixed 4×50 medley world record. Read for instance SwimmingWorld and see the result list here. France demolished the world record that already should stand to them in the first place. Jeremy Stravius (23.25), Giacomo Perez Dortona (26.41), Melanie Henique (25.45)…
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Japan 1:32.52 and new world record in the mixed 4×50 free
On day 2 of the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Dubai, yesterday, Japan’s relay team of Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito and Kanako Watanabe took out the 4x50m mixed freestyle relay in 1:32.52, beating Russia’s world record of 1:33.01 from the World Cup meet in Moscow last Sunday. Brazil was also faster…
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Russia 1:41.70 and a new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley
At the World Cup meet in Moscow today, Russia’s team of Sergey Makov (23.98), Andrey Grechin (26.90), Daria Tcvetkova (25.97) and Ekaterina Borovikova (24.85) managed to crush the mixed 4×50 medley world record, with a time of 1:41.70 beating Indiana University’s world record of 1:49.87 from September. This is an only recently recognized FINA event, so…
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Ruta Meilutyte 1:02.36 and new World Record in the 100 meter SC breaststroke
At the World Cup leg in Moscow today, Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte scorched the Olympiisky pool, when winning the women’s 100 short course meter breaststroke final in a new world record time of 1:02.36. Old record was Rebecca Soni’s 1:02.70 from the Europe vs USA Duel in the Pool event in Manchester back in the supersuited…
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Records Broken In The Pool | 90 Seconds Of The Olympics
“London 2012 saw an incredible array of talent take compete in the aquatics centre with records being set on a daily basis.”
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Mireia Belmonte 3:54.52 and new 400 free SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte today managed to break the women’s short course meter world record in the 400 meter freestyle also, clocking 3:54.52 at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany where Camille Muffat’s world record from the Chartres Europeans in November 2012 was 3:54.85. That is two world records in two days, both…
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Katinka Hosszú 4:20.85 and new 400 IM SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set yet another world record this afternoon, when she at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany clocked 4:20.85. The old record Julia Smit’s 4:21.04 from the Dual in the Pool between Europe and USA back in December 2009. Hosszú has now set 6 world records in 5 days, including…
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Katinka Hosszú 57.45 and new 100 IM SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
At around 09:59 local time in Germany this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set yet another world record, clocking 57.45 at the FINA 2013 World Cup leg in Berlin, where her world record from Eindhoven Thursday was 57.50. This is her fifth world record this week, and she has finals again this evening. See the result…