Heading into the semifinals of the International Swimming League season, one of the world records on alert was the women’s 50-meter backstroke. Indeed, that global standard went down on Saturday at the Duna Arena in Budapest, as the London Roar’s Kira Toussaint covered her two laps in 25.60 to better the 2014 mark of Etiene Medeiros. The Brazilian held the mark for nearly six years at 25.67.
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Big Sense of Gratitude to the ISL League – Anton Mckee – Toronto Titans (Pinnacle Racing VT – PRVT)
Anton McKee shares with us his “big sense of gratitude to the ISL League” for what they are doing for the sport of swimming and for the continuity of professional swimmers like him.
Anton has won three of the four matches in the 200 Breaststroke so far before the semi-final match. During the process, he has become the 8th All-Time Performer in the History of the 200 breaststroke in short course meters. In a year he has dropped over 3 seconds his Iceland National Record. Also during these matches he has broken three Nordic and Icelandic records (two in the 200 and one in the 100 Breaststroke).
Watch the whole chat we had with Anton and get some great inside stories of what is going on in Budapest with the ISL League.