European Short Course Championships: Flash Alessia Filippi Demolished 800 Free World Record – Video Included!

RIJEKA, Croatia, December 12. KATE Ziegler's short course world record in the women's 800 free could not hold a candle to the pair of performances set by Italy's Alessia Filippi and France's Coralie Balmy.

Ziegler set the global standard with an 8:08.00 last year in Essen, Germany. Tonight at the European Short Course Championships, Alessia Filippi clocked an astonishing time of 8:04.53 to set the record. She was followed by France's Coralie Balmy under the previous record with a second-place 8:05.32.

Notably, Filippi's readout also crushed the European standard of 8:08.25 set by Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington at the 2008 World Short Course Championships in Manchester.

Here are the comparative splits of the world-record performances:
Ziegler: 28.72, 59.22 (30.50), 1:29.78 (30.56), 2:00.48 (30.70), 2:31.15 (30.67), 3:01.96 (30.81), 3:32.75 (30.79), 4:03.73 (30.98), 4:34.65 (30.92), 5:05.46 (30.81), 5:36.35 (30.89), 6:07.13 (30.78), 6:37.84 (30.71), 7:08.48 (30.64), 7:39.30 (30.82), 8:08.00 (28.70).

Filippi: 29.19, 59.82 (30.63), 1:30.61 (30.79), 2:01.30 (30.69), 2:31.95 (30.65), 3:02.55 (30.60), 3:33.08 (30.53), 4:03.36 (30.28), 4:33.80 (30.44), 5:04.40 (30.60), 5:34.77 (30.37), 6:05.02 (30.25), 6:35.19 (30.17), 7:05.51 (30.32), 7:35.53 (30.02), 8:04.53 (29.00)

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