Rome, Italy - Amid the six World record spree at the World Championships on Sunday, the fall of Ian Thorpe's 400m freestyle World mark stood out for US superstar Michael Phelps.
"I still can't believe the men's 400m free record got broken," Phelps said on Monday, after cruising into the semi-finals of the 200m free style.
"I thought that was the best record on the book. That was crazy to see that go - but people are swimming fast. You usually don't see that in a post-Olympic year but somehow they're doing it."
Germany's Paul Biedermann, wearing a polyurethane suit that is due to be banned from 2010, shaved one-hundredth of a second off Thorpe's seven-year-old record and admitted he was shocked himself."I expected someone to break the world record. I didn't expect it to be me," Biedermann said. "This suit makes me really fast. Honestly, I think it takes off two seconds in the 400."
"I still can't believe the men's 400m free record got broken," Phelps said on Monday, after cruising into the semi-finals of the 200m free style.
"I thought that was the best record on the book. That was crazy to see that go - but people are swimming fast. You usually don't see that in a post-Olympic year but somehow they're doing it."
Germany's Paul Biedermann, wearing a polyurethane suit that is due to be banned from 2010, shaved one-hundredth of a second off Thorpe's seven-year-old record and admitted he was shocked himself."I expected someone to break the world record. I didn't expect it to be me," Biedermann said. "This suit makes me really fast. Honestly, I think it takes off two seconds in the 400."
Despite the controversy surrounding the suits, Phelps said the record extravaganza wasn't all bad.
"It's good for the sport, makes it more exciting," he said. - AFP
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