It is not every day a swimmer breaks a world record. These are rare occasions and 21-year-old American swimmer Hunter Armstrong experienced such a moment yesterday. He shattered the world record with a sensational performance in the men’s 50m backstroke race at the US swimming trials. His time of 23:71, which placed him in a very special league with Michael Phelps and Aaron Peirsol, saw him earn a World Championship spot.

After his record-breaking swim, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist said, “I am at a loss for words. It’s something that I’ve always wanted. I’m over the moon right now. I’m so blessed to compete at this meet with the best athletes in the world and I don’t think I would have been able to do that without racing them.”

Hunter Armstrong attributed his success to his coach and teammates

The moment was special as it was the first world record breaking performance in the US trials since the Michael Phelps super-suit era in 2009.

Sharing the credit for his accomplishment, Hunter further added, “We have a great culture down at Ohio state and a lot of it is this culture that we build of just friendship and constantly building each other up. So I attribute a lot of my success to my teammates and, of course, my coaches.”

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