{"id":399926,"date":"2019-10-28T06:59:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=399926"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:32:55","slug":"minna-athertons-milestone-world-record-in-league-waters-will-stand-fina-tells-aussie-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/minna-athertons-milestone-world-record-in-league-waters-will-stand-fina-tells-aussie-fed\/","title":{"rendered":"Minna Atherton\u2019s Milestone World Record In League Waters Will Stand, FINA Tells Aussie Fed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive – It\u2019s official! Minna Atherton\u2019s milestone world record will stand<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Additional reporting Craig Lord)<\/em><\/p>\n

Australian Minna Atherton<\/strong>\u2019s world record in the 100m backstroke<\/a> from the International Swimming League<\/strong><\/a> in Budapest will stand \u2013 and that\u2019s official!<\/p>\n

Swimming Australia<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s leading administrators have confirmed today that governing body FINA<\/strong> would officially recognise the milestone world record of 54.89 seconds \u2013 the first woman under 55 seconds \u2013 and the first Australian to hold a world record in the short-course 100m backstroke.<\/p>\n

There had been doubt because the international federation had failed to answer media questions, including those from Swimming World Editor Craig Lord<\/em>, about the status of any World records set in ISL competition. FINA approved some IDSL events but not those that clashed on the calendar with FINA’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

While the question of what will happen if a World record falls when FINA would rather it didn’t hangs heavy in the air yet, Atherton’s Hungarian Rhapsody on backstroke in Budapest is in the clear.<\/p>\n

Minna Atherton’s World Record:<\/p>\n