{"id":502212,"date":"2022-04-07T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=502212"},"modified":"2022-04-11T05:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:51:05","slug":"duncan-scott-sets-british-and-commonwealth-record-in-400im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-sets-british-and-commonwealth-record-in-400im\/","title":{"rendered":"Luma Lanes Performance of the Week: Duncan Scott Sets British And Commonwealth 400IM Record Of 4:09.18; Faster Than Tokyo Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Performance of the Week, Sponsored by Luma Lanes<\/em><\/p>\n

Duncan Scott<\/strong> set a British and Commonwealth 400IM record of 4:09.18 at the British Championships<\/strong> in a time that would have won gold at the Tokyo Olympics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Chase Kalisz<\/strong> claimed the Olympic title last July in 4:09.42 and Scott’s excellence in a range of events spanning the 100 free to long medley makes him one of the most versatile current swimmers.<\/p>\n

It also propelled the Scot to the top of the rankings ahead of Frenchman Leon Marchand<\/strong> and his 4:10.38.<\/p>\n

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Scott led throughout to take 0.09 off Brendon Smith’s<\/strong> Commonwealth record of 4:09.27 from Tokyo as well as cutting 0.44 from the national mark of 4:09.62 set by Max Litchfield<\/strong> at the 2017 World Championships.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Litchfield is not competing in Sheffield but is instead training with Chad le Clos<\/strong> in South Africa having been preselected following his fourth place in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

It was well within the cut for the World Championships in Budapest with the six-time Olympic medallist also selected to the 200IM following his Olympic silver.<\/p>\n

Splits: 56.77\/1:59.97\/3:11.92 before reaching the 350 mark in 3:40.94 and coming home with a 28.24 blast.<\/p>\n