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World Championships Doha: Daniel Wiffen Talks World Records, Mindset & Doha & Beyond<\/h4>\n

Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> made history left, right and centre in 2023, reaching a crescendo in December when he dismantled the 800 free short-course world record.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old became the first Irish swimmer to set a global standard when he went 7:20.46<\/a> at the European Short-Course Championships<\/strong> in Otopeni, Romania.<\/p>\n

With that, Wiffen sliced 2.96secs off\u00a0Grant Hackett\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0mark of 7:23.42 which was the longest-standing WR dating back to July 2008.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Wiffen: Photo courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer \/ MAGICPBK<\/p><\/div>\n

It brought to an end a year that saw him rip up the national and international record books time and again.<\/p>\n

Wiffen went 14:34.91 in the 1500m freestyle<\/a> at the Swim Open Stockholm<\/strong> in April which at the time made him the second-fastest European in history and fourth-swiftest all-time.<\/p>\n

On to the World Championships<\/strong> in Fukuoka and Wiffen was fourth in the 800 and 1500 free<\/a>, the former in a European record of 7:39.19<\/a> to add to the continental standard he set in the short-course pool in December 2022.<\/p>\n

Then came his exploits in Otopeni where he also won the 400-800-1500 treble, becoming the first Irish swimmer to win European short-course gold.<\/p>\n

Following his WR race in Romania, Wiffen described being followed by \u201ca stampede of children\u201d<\/a> asking for his race suit, hat and goggles.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Swimming World, Wiffen’s hope was that everybody present that evening would be inspired by what had unfolded before them, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what drives younger athletes to keep doing the sport. Just seeing a world record:<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have loved to have seen a world record as a child and those children got the opportunity which is amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever watched one live.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best world record that I\u2019ve always remembered watching \u2013 that I think I\u2019ve watched maybe a hundred times \u2013 was the 1500 record that Sun Yang broke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just thought his stroke was amazing \u2013 I don\u2019t think my world record will be watched as many times as that one.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for children to see it live, for the Irish athletes that were there, I think it\u2019s just going to inspire a new generation of distance swimmers in Ireland.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sun set the 1500 WR of 14:31.02 in August 2012 en-route to Olympic gold in London, propelled home by an eye-watering 53.49 final 100m.<\/p>\n

Up until the 2023 worlds, only Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> had gone within two seconds of the Chinese swimmer, with his best time of 14:32.80<\/a> en-route to the 2022 world title.<\/p>\n

However, Ahmed Hafnaoui<\/strong> and Bobby Finke<\/strong> went faster still in Fukuoka, the Tunisian finishing 0.52secs outside Sun\u2019s WR in 14:31.54 and the American 0.57 adrift in 14:31.59.<\/p>\n

A Change In Mindset After Fukuoka Disappointment<\/h3>\n

While Hafnaoui and Finke were fighting a ding-dong battle, Wiffen was 8.10secs outside his 14:34 PB as he finished one place off the podium in Japan in 14:43.01.<\/p>\n

Had he reproduced that time, the Irishman would have been third: as it was, Australia\u2019s Sam Short<\/strong> took bronze in 14:37.28.<\/p>\n

Looking back, Wiffen said:<\/p>\n

\"Dan

Daniel Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Swim Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThere was definitely disappointment. I wouldn\u2019t say regret. I love what happened in Fukuoka \u2013 I had two fourth places and a European record.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to be on the medal podium so bad and I think I just really got myself too much into it and I got myself into breaking that world record in my head (so much) that I just wanted to do it and I told everybody that I was ready to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I think the disappointment of not doing it really settled in me; to be honest, I actually struggled to come back to Loughborough to swim at the start of the season as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wiffen sat down with coach Andi Manley<\/strong>, figured out what had happened and emerged with a different mindset he applied at the short-course Europeans.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I won the 400 free I was fully prepared to win the 8 and 15: in my mind I was ready to do it but I was careful not to put too much pressure on myself by not telling the whole media that I am going to go and do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that’s what I made a mistake doing before World Championships, saying before I did it, having all this pressure that was not needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that was (a) painful (lesson): I think it was more painful that I\u2019d swam two fourth places and everybody had seen it as a disappointment: of what I said, how well I was going to do and I didn\u2019t back it up basically.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like that’s now in the past, we\u2019ve forgotten about it, and now I\u2019m a three-time European champion and a world record holder so it\u2019s a lot better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doha And Beyond<\/h3>\n

While Wiffen made news across the world following his WR in Otopeni, his focus is very much on the long-course pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would rank my 14:34 higher than my 7:20 in my head: long course \u2013 everybody watches it, that\u2019s what the Olympics are in, that is the pinnacle of the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what 7:20 converts to: I\u2019d love to be able to swim best times this season, that would be great for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess we\u2019re kicking it off in Doha as well at the world champs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Daniel

Daniel Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Swim Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

Wiffen has entered the 400, 800 and 1500 and while Finke won\u2019t be competing at the 2024 World Championships<\/strong>, the likes of Hafnaoui, Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> and Lukas Maartens<\/strong> await.<\/p>\n

Wiffen has already booked his ticket to Paris 2024<\/strong> and sees a multitude of benefits to come from competing in Doha in both the short and long-term.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why the world champs are so good in February\u2026\u2026then I\u2019ve got six months (until Paris).<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I do something in Doha that I am not happy with, or if I have made a technical error or something like that, I can refine that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got six months until the Olympics: I can refine that, make it good for the Olympics, and then I\u2019ll be sweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s why world champs in February are great for me because being qualified I can taper for it, I can see how fast I am and we can tweak little things to make us better at the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also one of the only times of the year when you can get really good prize money as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity to go and race as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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