BARCELONA – At the Spanish Short Course National Championships, Mireia Belmonte Garcia continued her amazing year with a world record in the 1500 free.
Belmonte Garcia, who just set a pair of short course world records at the World Short Course Championships in the 200 fly and 400 IM, reclaimed all three longer distance freestyle world records with a 15:19.71 in the 1500 free.
Belmonte Garcia already owned the 400 free (3:54.52) and 800 free (7:59.34) with blistering times at the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup.
In Spain, she smashed Lauren Boyle’s already controversial world record of 15:22.68 from New Zealand’s short course meet.
Mireia Belmonte Garcia’s World Record Splits
29.35, 1:00.25 (30.90), 1:31.32 (31.07), 2:02.43 (31.11), 2:33.28 (30.85), 3:04.01 (30.73), 3:34.70 (30.69), 4:05.39 (30.69), 4:36.03 (30.64), 5:06.82 (30.79), 5:37.52 (30.70), 6:08.22 (30.70), 6:38.72 (30.50), 7:09.21 (30.49), 7:39.77 (30.56), 8:10.42 (30.65), 8:40.71 (30.29), 9:11.40 (30.69), 9:41.99 (30.59), 10:12.54 (30.55), 10:43.32 (30.78), 11:13.85 (30.53), 11:44.69 (30.84), 12:15.67 (30.98), 12:46.81 (31.14), 13:17.73 (30.92), 13:48.86 (31.13), 14:19.65 (30.79), 14:50.32 (30.67), 15:19.71 (29.39)
Lauren Boyle’s World Record Splits
28.46, 58.66 (30.20), 1:29.07 (30.41), 1:59.51 (30.44), 2:30.00 (30.49), 3:00.55 (30.55), 3:31.15 (30.60), 4:01.74 (30.59), 4:32.34 (30.60), 5:03.01 (30.67), 5:33.85 (30.84), 6:04.57 (30.72), 6:35.31 (30.74), 7:06.10 (30.79), 7:36.85 (30.75), 8:08.05 (31.20), 8:39.13 (31.08), 9:10.07 (30.94), 9:41.23 (31.16), 10:12.38 (31.15), 10:43.42 (31.04), 11:14.64 (31.22), 11:45.92 (31.28), 12:17.24 (31.32), 12:48.15 (30.91), 13:19.13 (30.98), 13:50.21 (31.08), 14:21.04 (30.83), 14:52.09 (31.05), 15:22.68 (30.59)
Hope the Kazan (’15 Worlds) conducive to her swimming “mile” in addition to whatever events she’ll contest. Her, Boyle, Ledecky and Lotte Friis in same race? Sub 15:00.0!!!
Also I erred in saying Taylor Ruck “only” won two events. Like Stanzyi Moseley she too was a triple gold-medalist, both backstrokes and the 500 free. She was also third, not second in 200 free. Second was Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (pr 1:45.67 to Ruck’s pr 1:45.8.)
When will Katie Ledecky swim these events at the SC meters distance?