{"id":470040,"date":"2021-04-18T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T19:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=470040"},"modified":"2021-04-28T04:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T11:56:42","slug":"duncan-scott-breaks-british-200-free-record-in-144-47-tom-dean-also-goes-under-old-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-breaks-british-200-free-record-in-144-47-tom-dean-also-goes-under-old-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Scott Breaks British 200 Free Record In 1:44.47; Tom Dean Also Goes Under Old Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duncan Scott<\/strong> ended the British Swimming Selection Trials<\/strong> with another record-breaking performance of 1:44.47 in the 200 free to head to the top of the rankings and ninth all-time.<\/p>\n

The two-time Olympic relay silver medallist set the previous British record of 1:44.91 on the GB lead-off in the 4×200 relay at the 2019 World Championships<\/strong> in Gwangju where he won joint bronze with Martin Malyutin<\/strong> of Russia in 1:45.63.<\/p>\n

On Sunday he sliced a further 0.44 with Tom Dean<\/strong> also under the old record in 1:44.58 with the pair occupying the top two slots in the world rankings displacing Japan’s Katsuo Matsumoto<\/strong> who went 1:44.65 earlier in April.<\/p>\n

It also fired them to ninth and 10th-fastest performers in the all-time rankings.<\/p>\n

Splits;<\/em><\/p>\n

Scott: 24.45\/50.25\/1:16.88\/1:44.47 (27.59)<\/p>\n

Dean: 23.98\/50.57\/1:17.36\/1:44.58 (27.22)<\/p>\n

Matt Richards<\/strong> – the 18-year-old who qualified in the 100 – was third in 1:45.77, one place ahead of 2015 world champion James Guy<\/strong> (1:46.04) with Calum Jarvis<\/strong> also under the consideration time of 1:46.99 in 1:46.47.<\/p>\n