{"id":103199,"date":"2014-08-06T07:31:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=103199"},"modified":"2014-08-06T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T20:17:56","slug":"seven-world-records-tumbled-tuesday-at-masters-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/seven-world-records-tumbled-tuesday-at-masters-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven World Records Tumbled Tuesday At Masters World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo by Nicolas Granger<\/p>\n

MONTREAL, Canada, August 6. AFTER a slow start to the record-breaking tally, seven world records fell Tuesday at the FINA Masters World Championships. Nicolas Granger was responsible for two of them, setting records in the 400 IM and 200 free.<\/p>\n

Nicolas Granger, one of Swimming World Magazine\u2019s World Masters Swimmers of the Year this year, broke his own mark in the 400 individual medley with a 4:43.83. That lowered the record in the 45-49 age group by nine tenths of a second from what the Frenchman swam in 2012.<\/p>\n

Granger\u2019s splits:
\n50m: 29.16 29.16
\n100m: 1:03.09 33.93
\n150m: 1:39.54 36.45
\n200m: 2:16.16 36.62
\n250m: 2:56.58 40.42
\n300m: 3:37.74 41.16
\n350m: 4:11.17 33.43
\n400m: 4:43.83 32.66<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the next event, Granger dominated the age group in the 200 free with a 1:57.75, just barely taking down Keith Switzer\u2019s world record of 1:57.89 from 2009.<\/p>\n

Splits:
\n50m: 27.58
\n100m: 29.97
\n150m: 30.11
\n200m: 30.09<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alex Shestakov, representing Oakwood Athletic Masters in the United States, posted a world record in the 400 IM as well. His 5:50.98 beat George Wendt\u2019s 5:52.50 from 2012 in the 65-69 age group. Shestakov took a five-year hiatus from competition, and his last long course 400 IM time was a 5:37.03 from 2008.<\/p>\n

Shestakov\u2019s splits:
\n50m: 36.38 36.38
\n100m: 1:18.84 42.46
\n150m: 2:03.70 44.86
\n200m: 2:49.95 46.25
\n250m: 3:38.71 48.76
\n300m: 4:28.75 50.04
\n350m: 5:10.70 41.95
\n400m: 5:50.98 40.28<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To cap off competition in the men\u2019s events, Jim Dragon of Garden State Masters posted a 31.37 in the 50 butterfly. That time erased Richard Burns\u2019 31.42 from the record books almost one year to the day after it was set. Burns was also in the race, and settled for second with a 31.59.<\/p>\n

The 400 individual medley was the top event of the day, as another world record fell in the race on the women\u2019s side of the competition. Ellen Reynolds of Sawtooth Masters demolished Jill Hernandez\u2019s world record of 5:30.32 in the 50-54 age group with a 5:20.68.<\/p>\n

Reynolds\u2019 splits:
\n50m: 35.93 35.93
\n100m: 1:16.61 40.68
\n150m: 1:57.23 40.62
\n200m: 2:35.47 38.24
\n250m: 3:23.24 47.77
\n300m: 4:10.21 46.97
\n350m: 4:46.21 36.00
\n400m: 5:20.68 34.47<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noriko Inada of Phoenix Swim Club took down her own world record in the 50 butterfly with a 27.46. That was enough for the three-time Japanese Olympian to beat her mark in the 35-39 age group by .34 seconds.<\/p>\n

Inada’s world record swim footage, courtesy Takahisa Ide:<\/b><\/p>\n