Adelaide (Australia): Olympic 200m breaststroke the champion Zack Stubbleti-Cook broke the world record on Thursday Australian Championship With a bang time of 2 min 05.95 sec.
The 23-year-old was under the world record pace for the entire race to break the 2:06.12 mark set by Russia Anton Chupkov At the 2019 World Championships.
“I was just trying to swim fast — I didn’t think so fast. I can’t really get it to be honest, but I’m very happy with it,” he said poolside.
“Last year I put everything in and got that result (Olympic gold), but this year there’s a lot less pressure and obviously it’s good not to have pressure and I’m just stunned.”
Stubulty-Cook competed in a power race in Tokyo last year to stun the field and win gold in a new Olympic-record time of 2 minutes 06.38 seconds over Dutch ace Arno Kaminga.
Now he will leave for the World Championships to be held in Budapest next month Commonwealth Games As a red-hot favorite in Birmingham in July.
“The ultimate goal is Paris (2024 Olympics) and whatever happens in between I’m just going to enjoy my swimming,” said the Australian.
Asked if it was the right race, he replied: “I think there is always room to improve.”
Stubble-Cook has become the only Australian man to currently hold the longest running world record. Kylie McCain Owns the women’s 100m backstroke world record.
The 23-year-old was under the world record pace for the entire race to break the 2:06.12 mark set by Russia Anton Chupkov At the 2019 World Championships.
“I was just trying to swim fast — I didn’t think so fast. I can’t really get it to be honest, but I’m very happy with it,” he said poolside.
“Last year I put everything in and got that result (Olympic gold), but this year there’s a lot less pressure and obviously it’s good not to have pressure and I’m just stunned.”
Stubulty-Cook competed in a power race in Tokyo last year to stun the field and win gold in a new Olympic-record time of 2 minutes 06.38 seconds over Dutch ace Arno Kaminga.
Now he will leave for the World Championships to be held in Budapest next month Commonwealth Games As a red-hot favorite in Birmingham in July.
“The ultimate goal is Paris (2024 Olympics) and whatever happens in between I’m just going to enjoy my swimming,” said the Australian.
Asked if it was the right race, he replied: “I think there is always room to improve.”
Stubble-Cook has become the only Australian man to currently hold the longest running world record. Kylie McCain Owns the women’s 100m backstroke world record.