{"id":574574,"date":"2023-12-10T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T18:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574574"},"modified":"2023-12-10T12:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T19:39:41","slug":"flash-daniel-wiffen-crushes-800-free-s-c-world-record-in-720-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-daniel-wiffen-crushes-800-free-s-c-world-record-in-720-46\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASH! Daniel Wiffen Crushes 800 Free S\/C World Record In 7:20.46"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLASH! Daniel Wiffen Crushes 800 Free S\/C World Record In 7:20.46<\/h4>\n

Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> crushed the 800 free short-course world record in 7:20.46 to slice 2.96secs off Grant Hackett’s<\/strong> 2008 mark in Otopeni.<\/p>\n

The Australian’s 7:23.42 was the longest-standing WR dating back to July 2008, but Wiffen led from the front and completely left it behind in a masterclass of distance swimming that had the crowd at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni<\/strong> on its feet.<\/p>\n

Wiffen came into the race with a PB and European record of 7:25.96 from December 2022 but he also took that apart to become the first Irish world record-holder in the pool.<\/p>\n

“It was amazing,” Wiffen said. “As I reached the 400, I felt comfortable and still fast, and after that I was just like, go for it. The crowd got me going. I knew from the noise that I had the right pace, and that was just amazing.<\/p>\n

“It was in the back of my mind to beat the world record, obviously, I was very close last year when I beat the European record and from there, I was on my way to achieve this today which is amazing. I think I can call my meet decent, at least.”<\/p>\n

Victory also meant the 22-year-old – coached by Andi Manley<\/strong> at Loughborough – enjoyed a clean sweep of the 400-800-1500m freestyle plus a WR.<\/p>\n