How Many Swimming World Records Will Be Broken This Week?

POLL: How Many World Records Will Be Broken Between European Champs and Pan Pacs? (VOTE HERE!)

The week forward is bound to be fascinating, with the European Championships (Aug. 10-16) and Pan Pacific Championships (Aug. 12-15) unfolding concurrently in Paris and Irvine. The world’s finest swimmers will probably be in motion, from Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky at Pan Pacs to Leon Marchand and Sarah Sjostrom on the European Champs. As occasions wrap up, comparisons will shortly be made between occasions.

European Championships

Pan Pacific Championships

There is a powerful probability that world data will probably be damaged over the subsequent week, however what number of? McIntosh set a world document earlier this 12 months within the 200-meter butterfly, the Canadian taking down a typical she focused for a while. She’s additionally the world-record holder within the 400 freestyle, 200 particular person medley and 400 particular person medley. Will she higher any of these marks at Pan Pacs?

In Europe, Germany’s Lukas Maertens is the world-record holder within the 400 freestyle, and the one man to go below 3:40 within the occasion. Could Maertens deliver his mark a bit decrease? The intrigue definitely exists and followers of the game are in for some high quality racing between the French capital and Southern California.

Swimming World needs to know: How could world data do you assume will probably be damaged between competitors on the European Championships and the Pan Pacific Championships? Vote within the ballot under!

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