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By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we begin 2018, we inevitably look back on the accomplishments and milestones we saw this year. Big moments like Adam Peaty\u2019s<\/strong> 50 breaststroke and Sarah<\/strong> Sjostrom\u2019s <\/strong>100 freestyle world records from the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest come to mind but, perhaps more interestingly, despite those new world marks, the swimming world still has a long road to recovery, in terms of overcoming the polyurethane \u201csuper\u201d suit era.<\/p>\n

One might find it easy to forget what happened to the record books eight years ago. In the year 2009 alone, 147 world records were broken in super suits and 43 of those records were set at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.<\/p>\n

What is even more interesting is the fact that 13 of those world records between the men\u2019s and women\u2019s long course events set in 2009, still stand today. Six of those 13 are in sprint events, meaning 100 meters or shorter, which would suggest that the distance swimmers of the world have had an easier time recovering from 2009 than the sprinters.<\/p>\n

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The year 2017 did see some world records though, exactly seven in the long course pool, and many near eclipses as well. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> nearly shattered several world records this summer in three events, all of which were 100 meters or shorter, which further indicates that the swimming world\u2019s long road to recovery is coming to an end. Dressel\u2019s impressive summer included a\u00a0challenge to Michael Phelps\u2019<\/strong> 100 butterfly world record of 49.82 by posting a 49.86. The young American sprint superstar almost nabbed new world marks in the 50 and 100 free as well. Both records belong to Brazil\u2019s sprint freestyle legend Cesar Cielo<\/strong>, who put up times of 20.91 and 46.91, respectively, in 2009. Dressel\u00a0put up times of 21.15 in the 50 free and 47.17 in the 100 free.<\/p>\n

Outside of Dressel\u2019s world record scares, this summer China\u2019s Sun Yang<\/strong> came within a second and a half of Paul Biedermann\u2019s<\/strong> 400 freestyle world record of 3:40.07. Sun posted a 3:41.38 in Budapest, which was the closest we have seen someone get to the elusive 3:40 barrier since 2009.<\/p>\n

The world records in the backstroke events were nearly erased when France\u2019s Camille Lacourt<\/strong> swam to a 24.30 in the 50 backstroke, just missing Liam Tancock\u2019s<\/strong> 24.04 from 2009. On the women\u2019s side Brazil\u2019s Etiene Medeiros<\/strong> put together a 27.14, which narrowly missed Zhao<\/strong> Jing\u2019s<\/strong> 2009 world record of 27.06. Canada\u2019s Kylie Masse<\/strong> was able to get past a super-suit time with her 58.10 in 100 backstroke, which was just two one-hundredths off Gemma Spofforth\u2019s<\/strong> 58.12 set in Rome.<\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s Nicholas Santos<\/strong> swam to a 22.61 in the 50 butterfly this summer which almost surpassed the 22.43 Spain\u2019s Rafael Mu\u00f1oz posted in 2009.<\/p>\n

Once all those nearly broken records are actually broken, we will have seven less world records that were set in 2009\u00a0remaining on the books. When that milestone is reached we will be one step closer to fully eradicating all records from the super suit era, which would conclude the path to recovery from the\u00a0year that changed the sport of swimming for practically a decade.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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