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Dan Wiffen<\/strong> has torn up the history books and propelled himself to the top table of distance swimming over the past year.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old delivered a stunning 1500 free of 14:34.91<\/a> at the Swim Open Stockholm<\/strong> last month to become the fourth-fastest man in history.<\/p>\n

Days later Olympic bronze medallist Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> clipped 0.02secs from Wiffen\u2019s time<\/a> to go 14:34.89 at the Berlin Open.<\/p>\n

It all adds up to a battle of the heavyweights\u00a0 at the World Championships<\/strong> where five of the seven fastest men in history will take to the water in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

Joining Wellbrock and Wiffen are Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> \u2013 who set a European record of 14:32.80 en-route to the world title in Budapest<\/a> last year and ranks second all-time \u2013 Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> with his 14:36.10 winning time at the 2022 Europeans<\/a> and Olympic champion Bobby Finke<\/strong> who went 14:36.70 for silver in Budapest.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a line-up of luminaries and one that Wiffen takes his place amongst.<\/p>\n

He told Swimming World:<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I have only just joined the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is pretty nice: I guess there\u2019s rivalry but nobody\u2019s going at each other (in the call room) we\u2019re saying good luck.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust mutual respect.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Grant Hackett: Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia<\/p><\/div>\n

The pool programme is being held at the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A<\/strong>, where Grant Hackett<\/strong> went 14:34.56 for a world record that stood for 10 years and two days before Sun Yang<\/strong> sliced 0.41 for a new mark of 14:34.14 at the 2011 worlds in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

The banned Chinese athlete subsequently lowered it to 14:31.02 at London 2012, a mark that stands today, 1.78 seconds ahead of Paltrinieri.<\/p>\n

Wiffen was 17 days old when Hackett sliced over seven seconds from fellow Australian Kieren Perkins<\/strong>\u2019 WR from the 1994 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

The Irishman – coached by Andi Manley<\/strong> at Loughborough – names Hackett and Mack Horton<\/strong> \u2013 the man who locked him out of the 400 free podium at the 2022 Commonwealth Games<\/a> by one place and 0.13 \u2013 as swimmers he\u2019s looked up to.<\/p>\n

Among his distance contemporaries, he points to Paltrinieri, the 2016 Olympic gold medallist and three-time world champion in the longest race in the pool.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the distance swimmers, I think everyone looks up to Greg.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is about 28. He\u2019s been on top for so long. He won the 1500 in 2016 and was in the final in 2012 where he came fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like he has been a name in the distance freestyle for so long that I think that\u2019s why he\u2019s well known and everyone knows he\u2019s fast.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finke And His Ripple Effect<\/h4>\n

Finke shook things up in Tokyo when he won gold following a final 50 of 25.78, just 0.10 outside Sun\u2019s WR split.<\/p>\n

It was also just 0.01 slower than Paul Biedermann<\/strong>\u2019s closing lap when he eclipsed Ian Thorpe<\/strong>\u2019s iconic 400 free mark<\/a> at the super-suited 2009 worlds and 0.08 adrift of the German\u2019s last lap en-route to the 200 WR that stands today.<\/p>\n

That last-lap blast by the American has changed the approach of the rest of the field, says Wiffen.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, 100%. I remember watching the final when Greg went 32.8 at world champs last year. I was in the crowd because I just missed the final, I came ninth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching and it seems like to beat Bobby the way Greg did it, he just went out fast and nobody else could hold it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows he is going to be there at the last 50 but I feel like people just want to like (go) \u2018oh maybe he\u2019s not going to be there\u2019 in their head so they wait until the last 50 and he\u2019s gone anyway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like people are changing their approach now to be faster on the last 50, definitely.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Gregorio Paltrinieri: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Paltrinieri won from lane one at the Duna Arena<\/strong> last year with Finke, Wellbrock and Romanchuk in the centre lanes.<\/p>\n

The Italian built up a six-second lead with Finke and Wellbrock going back and forth in the battle for silver in the latter stages with the former second in an American record of 14:36.70, 0.24 ahead of the German.<\/p>\n

Tactics play their part in the longer races, swimmers aware of what others are doing and responding to that.<\/p>\n

\u201c100%. You\u2019ve got to know your own limits I guess. People probably didn\u2019t want to go out with Greg because of how fast he was going: 3secs under world record splits and not many people can go that in that race.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the race he was so far in front but then they were still catching him in the end if you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are constantly watching everybody in the race. I can talk about my swim from Stockholm, I was against Misha Romanchuk in the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching him the whole way to make sure he wasn\u2019t going to come back on me so I guess you are constantly looking around but trying to not put yourself out of streamline so it doesn\u2019t affect you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Studying Sun Yang<\/h4>\n

One man who won\u2019t be in Fukuoka is Sun, the Chinese athlete still serving a four-year and three-month ban<\/a> stemming from an out-of-competition test in September 2018 during which a vial of his blood was smashed with a hammer by a member of his team.<\/p>\n

Sun will be free to compete in June 2024 \u2013 shortly before the Paris Olympics<\/strong> \u2013 although his intentions aren\u2019t yet known.<\/p>\n

The Chinese nationals are running at the moment so should that be the same in 2024, it may well come down to a selection policy that would allow him to still be called up.<\/p>\n

Wiffen never raced Sun and it\u2019s highly unlikely they\u2019ll ever meet in a pool even if the three-time Olympic champion returns given his distance days are behind him.<\/p>\n

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Sun Yang – Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

He has though studied the 2012 world record performance, trying to pick apart Sun’s stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It was) very long, he got really good distance with his stroke. He takes something like 28\/29 strokes and I am taking 36 so he\u2019s got more power I guess but he is coming from a 400\/200 background where I am just 1500 at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like his push-offs off the wall were like no fly kicks but he was still getting a lot of distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I didn\u2019t like was his breathing off the walls but a lot of distance swimmers do double breathe off the turns and I think that\u2019s probably a bad habit to have maybe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He paused for a second and smiled: \u201cIt\u2019s a world record so it doesn\u2019t really matter!\u201d<\/p>\n

Paltrinieri was 2.81 inside Sun\u2019s WR at 1400 in Budapest but his final 100 was 4.59secs slower.<\/p>\n

The Chinese split 27.81\/25.68 in London for a 53.49 final 100, exactly three seconds swifter than Wiffen in Stockholm.<\/p>\n

Wiffen said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to be able to come back 53 point. The only person who I think could do that would be Bobby Finke \u2013 in terms of coming back that fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2018m not going to lie, I think you just have to hold a pace that\u2019s way under the WR so you\u2019ve got that leeway on the last 100 so you probably need to be three seconds faster than him going into the last 100.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More History Beckons For Wiffen<\/h4>\n

Wiffen has rewritten the Irish record books time and again over the last year.<\/p>\n

No sooner has the ink dried on a new entry, it has to be crossed out and another added.<\/p>\n

As well as his shuddering 1500 in Stockholm, he went 3:44.35 in the 400 and 7:44.45 in the 800.<\/p>\n

In December he became the first Irish swimmer to set a European record<\/a> when he went 7:25.96 in the 800 in the short-course pool in which he holds a further three Irish marks (400, 1500 and 400IM).<\/p>\n

In Birmingham he became the first able-bodied swimmer<\/a> from Northern Ireland<\/strong> to win a Commonwealth swimming medal with silver in the 1500.<\/p>\n

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Dan Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Team Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

Now he stands on the brink of more history. Should he win a medal in Fukuoka, Wiffen would become the first Irish swimmer to stand on a World Championship podium.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also looking to the 1500 world record, his immediate reaction in Stockholm one of shock for 10 seconds before a twinge of regret he hadn\u2019t gone quicker.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I knew that time was a stepping stone of what I want to achieve and I think I am looking forward to what I am going to go in the summer because I feel like it could be quite fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also looking forward to the race at world champs because I like racing \u2013 I don\u2019t care about the time a lot of the time, I just like having a good race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the race will come down to who is the fittest \u2013 I think it\u2019ll probably come down to who is the most mentally strong in the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I think it\u2019s going to be like four or five guys in one pack going at the same time. Or maybe three of us or whatever.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think it\u2019s going to be who is going to be strong enough to make a move and keep with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added:<\/p>\n

“My goal was to make (the 2021 Olympics) and then set the next goal of each year making a different stepping stone towards an Olympic medal. This one is just gaining more experience going into Paris.<\/p>\n

“I’m hoping I’m going to be on that top podium but if I am on the silver or bronze step I am also happy because it\u2019s the first Irish person ever so either way I am happy!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wiffen will head to Turkey for a training camp in Gloria and will compete at the Sette Colli before heading to Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

Before that though are university exams with Wiffen completing the second year of his Computer Studies course.<\/p>\n

Something that\u2019s churning up far more nerves than the prospect of going head-to-head with some swimming greats in July.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI like going to university but I hate exams. I think they put too much pressure on what I have to focus on: I just want to be focusing on swimming constantly (instead of) going to my lectures to learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I have got these exams at the end of the term which I have got to actually on focus to make sure I pass them. Maybe it does distract me from swimming but maybe it\u2019s also a good thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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