{"id":518314,"date":"2022-12-15T09:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=518314"},"modified":"2022-12-17T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T13:01:35","slug":"daniel-wiffen-sets-european-sc-800-free-record-of-725-96-stands-2-54secs-off-grant-hacketts-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/daniel-wiffen-sets-european-sc-800-free-record-of-725-96-stands-2-54secs-off-grant-hacketts-wr\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Wiffen Sets European SC 800 Free Record Of 7:25.96; Stands 2.54secs Off Grant Hackett’s WR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Wiffen Sets European SC 800 Free Record Of 7:25.96; Stands 2.54secs Off Grant Hackett’s WR<\/h4>\n
Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> moved within sight of the 800 free short-course WR when he took almost two seconds off Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong>‘s European record in 7:25.96 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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Daniel Wiffin Becomes Sixth-Fastest Man Over 1500 In Short-Course History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With that performance at the Irish National Winter Championships, Wiffen becomes the first Irish swimmer to break a European record.<\/p>\n
Paltrinieri set the previous mark of 7:27.94 at the 2021 European Short-Course Championships and although Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> went 7:25.73 at an ISL test event in 2020, that time was not ratified.<\/p>\n
It moves the 21-year-old – coached by Andi Manley<\/strong> at Loughborough – to within 2.54secs of Grant Hackett<\/strong>‘s world record of 7:23.42 which has stood since 2008.<\/p>\n
Wiffen said through Swim Ireland:<\/p>\n
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“I\u2019m very happy, it\u2019s obviously a very fast time and number one in the world (this year).<\/p>\n
“I knew that I\u2019d be sub 7.30 and I was aiming for a top 10 in the world, I think that puts me fourth, but I said quietly I\u2019d go for a European record to all my friends in Loughborough, I\u2019m really happy.<\/p>\n
“The 1500m was my main focus for the meet (last weekend), and I knew that since I was going to the Irish (nationals) I would do the 800m and 400m there because I thought the 800m could be my quickest, my better event and it\u2019s what I qualified in the Olympics for, and it was nice to get a home crowd watching that.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
During the swim, Wiffen also set a new Irish 400 free record, clocking 3:41.63, lowering the previous record of 3:42.42.<\/p>\n
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Relive the magic from yesterday as Daniel Wiffen became the first ever Irish swimmer to break a European record on day 1 of the 2022 Irish Winter Championships \ud83e\ude84 @WiffenDaniel<\/a> | @LENaquatics pic.twitter.com\/EzYrqwl8Pi<\/a><\/p>\n
— Swim Ireland (@swimireland) December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n