{"id":342770,"date":"2018-12-16T05:31:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T12:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=342770"},"modified":"2018-12-16T05:31:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T12:31:58","slug":"cameron-van-der-burgh-wins-final-individual-race-of-his-career-in-new-championship-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cameron-van-der-burgh-wins-final-individual-race-of-his-career-in-new-championship-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron van der Burgh Wins Final Individual Race Of His Career In New Championship Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the final individual race of his career, South African\u00a0<strong>Cameron van der Burgh\u00a0<\/strong>set a new championship record in the 50 breaststroke en route to another short course Worlds title. Van der Burgh touched first in 25.41, breaking the 2014 championship record and falling just .16 short of his own world record from 2009. Van der Burgh won the 100 breast earlier in the meet, and announced shortly thereafter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2012-olympic-champion-cameron-van-der-burgh-announces-retirement-after-short-course-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that he would be retiring<\/a> from competitive swimming at the end of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing in second was\u00a0<strong>Ilya Shymanovich\u00a0<\/strong>of Belarus\u00a0in 25.77. Shymanovich\u00a0also grabbed silver behind van der Burgh in the 100 breast earlier in the meet. In third was Brazilian\u00a0<strong>Felipe Lima\u00a0<\/strong>in 25.80, narrowly beating out Russian\u00a0<strong>Kirill Prigoda\u00a0<\/strong>(25.83) for a spot on the podium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"342769\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-short-course-world-championships-six-championship-records-fall-on-final-night-of-meet\/screen-shot-2018-12-16-at-7-13-10-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.13.10-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1460,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-12-16 at 7.13.10 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-12-16 at 7.13.10 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.13.10-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.13.10-AM-1024x389.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-342769\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-16-at-7.13.10-AM-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-12-16 at 7.13.10 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a way to end a career! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cameronvdburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cameronvdburgh<\/a> won his last final, 50m Breaststroke, and broke a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChampionshipsRecord?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChampionshipsRecord<\/a>! Legend! ????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DL4UgTQvh9\">pic.twitter.com\/DL4UgTQvh9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FINA (@fina1908) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fina1908\/status\/1074265760896376832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final individual race of his career, South African\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh\u00a0set a new championship record in the 50 breaststroke en route to another short course Worlds title. 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