US Swimmer Hunter Armstrong Breaks World Record, Becomes the First Swimmer to Achieve This Feat Since Michael Phelps’ Shiny-Suit Era in 2009
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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.”
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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.
🚨 WORLD RECORD ALERT 🚨
Hunter Armstrong is heading to the world championships after breaking the world record in the men's 50m back with a time of 23.71 seconds.@USASwimming x #Phillips66SwimTrials pic.twitter.com/aApWq3yzIS
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) April 28, 2022
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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In the team trials for the World Championship, another spectacular performance came from 15-year-old Thomas Heilman. With a staggering time of 1:58.01, the boy nearly touched the record that Michael Phelps set in the 200m butterfly as a 15-year-old in 2001.
With so many impressive performances in the trials, the US swimming team will be extremely confident ahead of the World Championship this year. What did you make of Armstrong’s race?
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Edited by:
Reubyn Coutinho