Kristof Milak despatched shudders throughout poolsides all over the world as he took a sledgehammer to Michael Phelps’ world report within the 200m butterfly as enviornment swimmers dominated the pool on Wednesday in Gwangju, South Korea.
Milak, of Hungary, led a clear sweep within the occasion with Daiya Seto and Chad Le Clos rounding out the rostrum because the 10-year world report was lowered to 1min 50.73secs.
The 19-year-old sliced an enormous chunk of 0.78secs from the earlier report set by Phelps on the World Championships in Rome in 2009.
He stated: “Michael Phelps was by no means a hero of mine. I used to be solely 9 when he swam in Rome. I’ve seen the movies of his races however they’re poor high quality.
“Katinka Hosszu is way more a hero to me as a result of I can see her in coaching on the Duna Enviornment and I understand how arduous she works.”
Seto of Japan was 3.13secs adrift in second and Le Clos, who led for the primary 100m earlier than ending in 1:54.15, was surprised, saying: “I’m fairly shocked with what a good time it was, it was unbelievable. Wanting on the splits are simply phenomenal.
“He really shattered it! 1:50.7 is a freestyle time: I feel I went 1:49 at nationals 200 free in order that’s a really particular time.
Gregorio Paltrinieri set a brand new European report of 7mins 39.27secs to win the 800m freestyle title whereas Adam Peaty swam the third-fastest time in historical past to win the 50m breaststroke and turn out to be the primary swimmer to win six world breaststroke titles.
Paltrinieri had received a silver and two bronze medals within the 800m however he was a transparent winner as defending champion and team-mate Gabriele Detti completed fifth.
He stated: “I imply it’s a giant shock. After the open water final week, I used to be feeling actually drained. It was troublesome to alter from the open water to the swimming pool so it’s loopy to be right here proper now on the high of the world. I used to be silver in Kazan, bronze in Budapest, so simply miss the gold.”
Peaty received the 50m breaststroke in 26.06, a time solely he has bettered, to win the 50/100m double for the third time.
He’s the primary man to have accomplished that and moved forward of Cameron van der Burgh and Oleg Lisogor.
He stated: “I don’t know that, that’s fairly cool. I feel for me as a result of I’m in such a efficiency mindset that my emotion simply stays impartial. I feel in my reflection course of within the subsequent couple of weeks once I go dwelling that’s when it’s going to begin to sink in. Precisely like I received the Olympics it didn’t begin to sink in till after I acquired dwelling.”
Sarah Sjostrom received bronze within the 200m freestyle in 1:54.78 however needed to be handled with oxygen following the race though she recovered sufficiently to attend the medal ceremony. Charlotte Bonnet was seventh.
Philip Heintz and Seto have been second and third respectively into the ultimate of the 200m particular person medley whereas Marcelo Chierighini was third into the 100m freestyle remaining. Alessandro Miressi simply missed out on an computerized place and is first reserve.
Franziska Hentke was fifth into the ultimate of the 200m butterfly.
