Emily Seebohm nearly broke Katinka Hosszu’s world record in the women’s 200-meter back at the 2015 Australian Short Course Championships.
Swimming Australia has provided race footage from the sizzling swim!
Swimming Australia’s 200 back report:
Seebohm, who withdrew from the 100m freestyle earlier in the night to concentrate on the 200m backstroke, was only just outside the world record – missing Katinka Hosszu’s 2014 world best by just 0.26 of a second.
The 23-year-old clocked 1:59.49 (27.83; 58.24; 1:29.29) to break her own Commonwealth, Australian and Australian All Comers records and record the second fastest time in history and only the second swimmer under two minutes.
“I said to myself this afternoon I’d be happy to swim under two minutes and I did that – close to the world record but I’m not disappointed, world records are there to be broken and they don’t last long,” said Seebohm, the dual long course world champion from Kazan this year.
“I’m stoked with that time and I’m really looking forward to the 100m tomorrow to see what I can do – 2015 has been a great year and it couldn’t be better leading into next year – I can’t wait.”
London Olympic finalist Belinda Hocking (Nunawading, VIC) was second in 2:02.41 with world championship silver medallist Madi Wilson (St Peters Western) third in 2:02.98 and world junior champion Minna Atherton (Brisbane Grammar) fourth in 2:04.37
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