Monday, 8 December 2014

World Records Galore in Doha

The FINA World Short Course Championships have just finished in Doha; an incredible number of world marks were eclipsed. They are listed below. What was evident was that if you want to win these days, you better be good at fly kick and streamlines - that was the difference!

WORLD RECORDS in Doha
 SWIMMER/TEAMEVENTTIME DATE
Alia Atkinson (JAM)
W 100m breast
=1:02.36
Dec 6
BRA
M 4x50m medley
1:30.51
Dec 4
Chad Le Clos (RSA)
M 100m fly
48.44
Dec 4
DEN
W 4x50m medley
1:44.04
Dec 5
Etiene Medeiros (BRA)
W 50m back
25.67
Dec 7
Florent Manaudou (FRA)
M 50m free
20.26
Dec 5
Florent Manaudou (FRA)
M 50m back
22.22
Dec 6
Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
W 100m back
55.03
Dec 4
Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
W 200m back
1:59.23
Dec 5
Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
W 100m IM
56.70
Dec 5
Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
W 200m IM
2:01.86
Dec 6
Markus Deibler (GER)
M 100m IM
50.66
Dec 7
Mireia Belmonte (ESP)
W 200m fly
1:59.61
Dec 3
Mireia Belmonte (ESP)
W 400m IM
4:19.86
Dec 3
NED
W 4x200m free
7:32.85
Dec 3
NED
W 4x100m free
3:26.53
Dec 5
NED
W 4x50m free
1:35.74
Dec 7
NED
W 4x50m free
1:34.24
Dec 7
RUS
M 4x50m medley
1:32.78
Dec 4
RUS
M 4x50m free
1:22.60
Dec 6
Sarah Sjostrom (SWE)
W 100m fly
54.61
Dec 7
Sarah Sjostrom (SWE)
W 200m free
1:50.78
Dec 7
USA
Mix 4x50m free
1:28.57
Dec 6