﻿{"id":527737,"date":"2023-04-20T02:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=527737"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:47:45","slug":"breaking-australia-para-swim-star-timothy-hodge-sets-his-second-world-record-of-the-day-in-the-200m-individual-medley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-australia-para-swim-star-timothy-hodge-sets-his-second-world-record-of-the-day-in-the-200m-individual-medley\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Para Swim Star Timothy Hodge Sets His Second World Record Of The Day In The 200m Individual Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Australia Para Swim Star Timothy Hodge Sets His Second World Record Of The Day In The 200m Individual Medley<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Australia Para swim star <strong>Timothy Hodge<\/strong> has tonight accomplished something rare in the swimming world, setting not one but two world record in one day on Queensland\u2019s Gold Coast at the Australian Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old from ACU Blacktown in Sydney\u2019s west, smashed his own world mark set in this morning\u2019s heats in the SM9 200m individual medley, clocking a new world record time of 2:12.06 on the final night of the Australian Championships.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_527740\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527740\" data-attachment-id=\"527740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-australia-para-swim-star-timothy-hodge-sets-his-second-world-record-of-the-day-in-the-200m-individual-medley\/del_0198\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0198-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1681949452&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DEL_0198\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DEL_0198&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0198-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0198-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-527740\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0198-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"DEL_0198\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-527740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABREAST OF THE TIMES: Timothy Hodge in world record form. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was in fact the third time he has lowered the mark this year \u2013 breaking his own time at the World Para Series event at the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dean-boxall-and-his-super-squad-of-st-peters-western-girls-scoop-the-pool-at-australian-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hodge was under this morning\u2019s world record splits from the very first 50m butterfly and by the time he touched the wall at the end of the freestyle leg he was\u2013 0.90 under the old mark of 2:12.97 (<\/p>\n<p>And admitted to break the record twice was \u201ca dream come true\u201d for himself and coach Misha Payne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to say I\u2019m very, very happy with that time and to break that world record twice was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll go back and sit with my coach and work out what we did right and what we can improve on moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hodge also praised his mentor \u2013 Australia\u2019s greatest Para swimmer in <strong>Matthew Cowdrey<\/strong>, who held the 200 IM world mark before Hodge first broke it last year at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 49  Men 12 &amp; Over 200 LC Metre IM Multi-Class<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                         === A Final ===                          <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 <strong>HODGE, TIMOTHY SM9     22 ACUB<\/strong>              2:12.97    <strong>2:12.06<\/strong>  <strong>(SM9 World Record)<\/strong>\r\n    r:+0.72  <strong>28.44      1:02.01 (33.57)\r\n        1:40.50 (38.49)     2:12.06 (31.56)<\/strong>\r\n  2 BETAR, RICKY SM14      19 CRUIZ             2:13.68    2:12.72  \r\n    r:+0.61  27.10      1:00.53 (33.43)\r\n        1:42.34 (41.81)     2:12.72 (30.38)\r\n  3 SCHLUTER, LIAM SM14    24 USCS              2:15.05    2:14.92  \r\n    r:+0.77  27.76      1:03.70 (35.94)\r\n        1:44.72 (41.02)     2:14.92 (30.20)<\/pre>\n<div id=\"attachment_527741\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527741\" data-attachment-id=\"527741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-australia-para-swim-star-timothy-hodge-sets-his-second-world-record-of-the-day-in-the-200m-individual-medley\/del_0205\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0205-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1681949496&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DEL_0205\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DEL_0205&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0205-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0205-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-527741\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_0205-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"DEL_0205\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-527741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WORLD RECORD CHASE: The style that earned Timothy Hodge two world records in one day. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_527760\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527760\" data-attachment-id=\"527760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-australia-para-swim-star-timothy-hodge-sets-his-second-world-record-of-the-day-in-the-200m-individual-medley\/del_1525-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_1525-copy-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1681978037&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DEL_1525 copy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Hodge AUS WR 200Im SM9&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr Swimming Australia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_1525-copy-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_1525-copy-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-527760\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DEL_1525-copy-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Hodge WR 200Im SM 2\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-527760\" 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