Category: World Record
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World Record – Katinka Hosszú | 200m Medley | #FINADoha2014
Katinka Hosszú from Hungary sets the women’s 200m medley World Record with a time of 2:01​. The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Doha, Qatar.
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Two World Records back-to-back | Chad Le Clos | 100m Butterfly
Enjoy these back-to-back World Record performances from South Africa’s Chad Le Clos in the 100m Butterly during the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). He first set an amazing new time in Doha 2014 (48.44) and then on this day in Windsor 2016, he broke his own WR in a time of 48.08.
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Stig Severinsen Sets Guinness World Record By Swimming 202m Underwater
Danish freediver Stig Severinsen has smashed the existing Guinness World Record in longitudinal swimming underwater with a 202-meter (663-foot) swim in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico.
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2️⃣2️⃣ – Katie Ledecky finishes 22 seconds ahead of her final competitor! | #31DaysOfOlympics
Setting a World record is already impressive, but winning by this margin is just mind-blowing 🤯
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Underwater World Records – Guinness World Records
Whether it’s a dip in the shallow end or going deep into the sea – we’ve probably got a record for it.
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Roland Schoeman’s World Record at Montreal 2005! | Fina World Championships
Olympic and World Championships Gold Medallist, South Africa’s Roland Schoeman gave another brilliant performance in the 50m Butterfly event in the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal. He did not only claim his second Gold Medal in the competition, but also did so in World Record time, ahead of USA’s Ian Crocker and Ukraine’s Sergii…
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Video: Caeleb Dressel Sets World Record, First Under 50 Seconds in 100 IM
Caeleb Dressel obliterated the world record in the 100 IM at Monday’s ISL Semifinal 2, going 49.88 in the 100 individual medley. The world record had been Vlad Morozov’s 50.26, the Russian with a stranglehold on the top 10 times in history before the ISL season began. Dressel’s American record had been 50.48, set in ISL Match 10, then the…
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Video: Adam Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke short course world record
Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record for the short course 100 metres breaststroke at the professional International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest on Sunday, finishing in a time of 55.49 seconds. The previous record of 55.61 seconds was set by South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh in Berlin 11 years ago. Read Reuters
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Video: Kira Toussaint Takes Down World Record in 50 Backstroke
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…