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Tag: World Record

  • U.S. Trials: Phelps And Hoff Set New 400 IM WRs

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    Katie Hoff beat Australia’s Stephanie Rice’s time of 4:31.46 with the new world record 4:31.12. And Phelps bettered his own world record to 4:05.25, in a race where Ryan Lochte with 4:06.08 also went under the former world record of 4:06.22. Read here and here at SwimInfo. Here is Phelps’ world record

  • 35 Feet Dive Into 12 Inches Of Water

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    Imagine having to belly flop in order to survive…

  • Kitajima Breaks 200 Breaststroke World Record

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    Two days after wearing a T-shirt stating “I am the swimmer”, in protest against the Japanese Swimming Federation restricting Japanese swimmers to use only Mizuno, Descente or Asics swim suits, Kosuke Kitajima breaks the 200 meter breaststroke world record, wearing a Speedo LZR Racer at the Japan Open. The new world record is 2:07.51, beating…

  • David Blaine Breaks Breath Holding World Record

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    Endurance artist David Blaine held his breath for 17 minutes 4 seconds today on the Oprah Winfrey Show, breaking the previous mark of 16 minutes 38 second set by Peter Colat on February 10 this year.

  • 2 SCM World Records At Australian Grand Prix

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    Two world records fell at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday. Libby Trickett broke the 100 butterfly world record with a time of 55.74, beating Felicia Galvez’s time of 55.89 from two weeks ago. And Leisel Jones lowered her own 100 breaststroke world record from 1:03.86 to 1:03.72. Read here and here at SwimInfo.

  • Steffen 100 Freestyle LC European Record

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    Germanys Britta Steffen set a new European Record at the German Olympic trials today, breaking her own and until recently global standard of 53.30 with the new time of 53.20. This was not in a Speedo LZR Racer, but in an Adidas PowerWeb full body suit. Sources: SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • The 100 Is Now More Power Than Technique

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    Bernard broke the opposition and softened up the record with the fierce speed of his first length. “I always went out very fast. If you think before the race that the end will be tiring you’ll never make it,” he said. He acknowledged there had been a change in approach to the classic 100m race,…

  • Last Dolphin Kick Won The Race

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    Some 8 years ago, a wise man at the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg told us students, that he expected the underwater dolphin kicks in backstroke to be where the biggest performance improvements would be made in swimming technique the coming years. Watch this video from the 200 backstroke final in Manchester this weekend, and notice how equal…

  • And 6 More World Records at Manchester 2008

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    Austria’s Markus Rogan lowers the 200 backstroke world record from Ryan Lochte’s 1:49.05 to 1:47.84. Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic lowers own 50 backstroke world record from 26.50 to 26.37. USA’s Ryan Lochte lowers own 100 IM world record from yesterday’s 51.25 to 51.15. Australia’s Felicity Galvez lowers Libby Lenton’s 100 butterfly world standard of 55.95 to…