{"id":464835,"date":"2021-03-12T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=464835"},"modified":"2021-03-12T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:32:29","slug":"luke-greenbank-sets-british-200-back-record-of-155-34-at-british-swimming-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luke-greenbank-sets-british-200-back-record-of-155-34-at-british-swimming-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Greenbank Sets British 200 Back Record Of 1:55.34 At Manchester Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Greenbank Sets British 200 Back Record Of 1:55.34 At Manchester Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luke Greenbank<\/strong> set a new British 200m backstroke record of 1:55.34 at the British Swimming Invitation Meet<\/strong> to slice 0.24secs from the mark held by James Goddard<\/strong> since 2010.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who won bronze at the 2019 World Championships<\/strong> in Gwangju<\/strong>, had served notice of his intentions with a PB of 1:55.69 in the morning heats at the Manchester Aquatic Centre.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That was just 0.11secs off Goddard’s national record of 1:55.58 set at the Commonwealth Games<\/strong> in Delhi, India,<\/strong> in October 2010.<\/p>\n

Not only did that augur well for Friday evening, but it was also an indication of an athlete capable of performing at his best come Tokyo<\/strong> with its morning finals.<\/p>\n

Link to results<\/a><\/p>\n

Come the evening in Manchester and Greenbank split 27.43\/56.33\/1:26.03 before coming home with a 29.31 blast to write a new entry into the record books.<\/p>\n

It cemented his place at the top of the world rankings ahead of Kosuke Hagino<\/strong>, the Rio 2016 400IM champion, who went 1:55.84 last week with the pair the only men to have gone inside 1:56 so far this year.<\/p>\n

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Luke Greenbank & Mel Marshall: Photo Courtesy: Mel Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n
Greenbank said:<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m over the moon with that! I came into this meet wanting to build on the last one (Manchester International)<\/a> and to do that in the heats gave me great confidence for the final tonight.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve had my eyes on this one for a while, but I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d break it in-season, I thought it\u2019d be at trials where I could have a go at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels absolutely amazing, and obviously it was James Goddard\u2019s record before this and as a kid I watched him swim at an international level, so was he kind of an idol of mine, so to get that record is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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