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14th April 2008
Ryan Lochte celebrates fourth world record
Records continue to be broken at the short course world championships being held in Manchester.
Lochte set four world records and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe set three new world records.
The LZR Racer swim suit continues to prove its worth.
“A world record is a world record,” Lochte said. “It means you’re the best in the world. If you break a world record, you can’t be like, ‘Uh, all right.’ It’s something no one else can do and you should really remember that.”
Other records broken include Markus Rogan in the 200 backstroke, Sanja Jovanovic of Croatia in the women’s 50 back, Felicity Galvez from Australia in the women’s 100 butterfly, Marleen Veldhuis of the Netherlands in the women’s 50 freestyle and Russia in the men’s 400 medley relay.
10th April 2008
More records broken in the pool at short course world championships
Just as FINA announced that they wouldn’t be banning the new high-tech LZR Racer swimsuits, more records have fallen at the short-course world championships.
Some of the records broken include:
- Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe in the 400-meter individual medley.
- Ryan Lochte, Bryan Lundquist, Nathan Adrian and Doug Van Wie from the United States in the men’s 400 freestyle relay.
- Inge Dekker, Fernke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis and Ranomi Kromowidjojo from the Netherlands in the women’s 800 freestyle relay.
- Mary Descenza set a championship record in the women’s 200 meter butterfly.