Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen has broken
his third Irish Record this weekend, on his way to winning 800m Freestyle Gold
at the Stockholm Open Swim Meet in Sweden.
In breaking the record, Wiffen posted
a second world top time and took two seconds off the Irish Senior Record of
7:46.32, finishing in 7:44.45; he now leads the 2023 World rankings in the 800m
and 1500m Freestyle.
The Tokyo Olympian beat Olympic bronze
medallist in the event, Mykhaylo Romanchuk, into the silver medal position,
with the Ukrainian finishing in 7:47.12.
Wiffen has had a very impressive
weekend, on Friday, he set a new Irish standard in the 400m Freestyle, lowering
his own 2022 record from 3:46.22 to 3:43.32, the second fastest time in the
world this year. Saturday was the most impressive of the swims, with the
21-year-old knocking over 15 seconds off his Irish Record of 14:51.79, to
14:34.91; the fastest time in the world this season, just outside the European
record of 14:33.10 and world record of 14:31.01, it also made Wiffen the second
fastest European ever in the event.
Next up for Wiffen will be a number
of preparation meets in Europe ahead of the July World Swimming Championships in
Fukuoka, Japan, which will be a first opportunity for the Magheralin (Co.
Armagh) man to post a qualification time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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