The 2015 European Short Course Championships featured back-to-back world records. Just minutes after Katinka Hosszu broke the 100 IM mark, Gregorio Paltrinieri lowered the men’s 1500-meter free mark set by Grant Hackett back in 2001.
Paltrinieri threw down a sizzling time of 14:08.06 to break Hackett’s 14-year-old record of 14:10.10.
Comparative splits:
Paltrinieri: 25.91, 53.73((27.82), 1:50.07 (56.34), 2:46.96 (56.89), 3:44.02 (57.06), 4:40.88 (56.86), 5:37.51 (56.63), 6:34.46 (56.95), 7:31.33 (56.87), 8:28.28 (56.96), 9:25.32 (57.04), 10:22.17 (56.85), 11:19.12 (56.95), 12:15.80 (56.68), 13:12.45 (56.65), 14:08.06 (55.61)
Hackett: 25.68, 53.60 (27.92), 1:21.72 (28.12), 1:49.96 (28.24), 2:18.17 (28.21), 2:46.46 (28.29), 3:14.82 (28.36), 3:43.19 (28.37), 4:11.63 (28.44), 4:40.13 (28.50), 5:08.52 (28.39), 5:37.00 (28.48), 6:05.57 (28.57), 6:34.11 (28.54), 7:02.81 (28.70), 7:31.36 (28.55), 7:59.82 (28.46), 8:28.45 (28.63), 8:57.13 (28.68), 9:25.73 (28.60), 9:54.36 (28.63), 10:22.90 (28.54), 10:51.51 (28.61), 11:20.05 (28.54), 11:48.57 (28.52), 12:17.11 (28.54), 12:45.65 (28.54), 13:14.02 (28.37), 13:42.53 (28.51), 14:10.10 (27.57)
“I didn’t expect that at all. Believe me, I’ve even surprised myself. Yesterday I felt really good in the water during the heats, but breaking the world record here was never in my mind. I just wished to be well-prepared for the duel next week, though not reached my top shape as I swim a lot back home at this stage. So this is really amazing!” – Gregorio Paltrinieri
More to come.
