Updated December 9
ANGERS, France, December 7. IN the final event of the meet, Alain Bernard dropped the hammer in the men's 100 free to break the world record at the French Short Course National Championships.
Bernard clocked a blistering time of 45.69, going out in 21.71 and coming back in 23.98. That performance crushed the 45.83 set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand during the 2007 World Cup stop in Berlin. Nystrand went out in 22.09 and came back in 23.74.
Amateur Video of World Record
100 Nage Libre Messieurs Finale
1. BERNARD Alain 1983 FRA CN ANTIBES 45.69 +0.76 1457 pts New WR
21.71 (21.71) 45.69 (23.98)
2. LEVEAUX Amaury 1985 FRA MULHOUSE ON 46.26 +0.77 1435 pts
22.19 (22.19) 46.26 (24.07)
3. GILOT Fabien 1984 FRA CN MARSEILLE 46.33 +0.83 1432 pts
21.77 (21.77) 46.33 (24.56)
4. BOUSQUET Frédérick 1981 FRA CN MARSEILLE 46.66 +0.76 1420 pts
21.68 (21.68) 46.66 (24.98)
5. KEBBAB Nabil 1983 ALG CN MARSEILLE 46.93 +0.79 1409 pts
22.60 (22.60) 46.93 (24.33)
6. MALLET Grégory 1984 FRA CN MARSEILLE 47.19 +0.87 1400 pts
22.26 (22.26) 47.19 (24.93)
7. GALAVTINE Antoine 1985 FRA LAGARDERE PARIS RACING 48.00 +0.80 1369 pts
22.89 (22.89) 48.00 (25.11)
8. STEIMETZ Boris 1987 FRA CN ANTIBES 48.32 +0.74 1357 pts
22.76 (22.76) 48.32 (25.56)