{"id":342007,"date":"2018-12-12T05:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T12:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=342007"},"modified":"2019-07-03T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:02:57","slug":"cameron-van-der-burgh-sprints-to-new-championship-record-in-100-breast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cameron-van-der-burgh-sprints-to-new-championship-record-in-100-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron van der Burgh Sprints To New Championship Record In 100 Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh\u00a0<\/strong>set a new championship record en route to a gold medal in a tight men’s 100 breast final, touching the wall in 56.01. Van der Burgh took about two-tenths from the old championship record and was .40 off of his own world record.<\/p>\n

Just behind him was Belarus’\u00a0Ilya Shymanovich\u00a0<\/strong>in a new national record\u00a0(56.10), followed by\u00a0Yashuhiro Koseki\u00a0<\/strong>(56.13). Kosecki’s time will stand as a new Japanese and Asian record, breaking his own mark from his country’s World Champs Trials earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt means the world to me. It is my last race, so I am extremely happy. The world championship means a lot,\u201d Van der Burgh said.<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the last one. It is sad but I am happy to end on a high.\u00a0<\/span>The last 25 metres was the most pain I have ever had in my life in swimming, so it was a good way to finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/u>\u201cIt is funny how these things turn out. At least I have no loose ends to tie up or reason to come back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n