2019 AUSTRALIAN WORLD SWIMMING TRIALS
- Sunday, June 9th – Friday, June 14th
- Brisbane Aquatic Centre
- LCM
- Day 5 Finals Recap
- Live Results
While competing on the penultimate night of the 2019 Aussie World Swimming Trials, national record holder Matt Wilson fired off a new monumental feat in the men’s 200m breaststroke. The 20-year-old SOSC athlete was ahead of the World Record mark through about the 175m mark before he faded, still producing a World Championships-worthy time regardless.
Hitting the wall in 2:07.79, Wilson fired off just the 2nd sub-2:08 time of his career, with his other coming in the form of the 2:07.16 Aussie National and Commonwealth Record he cranked out at Aussie Nationals back in April. That time took over the previous Aussie standard held by Christian Sprenger from 2009 and checked Wilson in as the 4th fastest performer ever across the world in this 200m breast event.
Speaking post-race, Wilson said, “In April I was on track for 150m now it is 175m, so with five more weeks of preparation ahead of world champs I reckon I can get myself a stronger finish there, if I can crack the world record it would be unbelievable.”
“It is so close to worlds, so to go that time is a good sign and I can probably go a bit faster. I am probably not fully fit or rested here, but give me five more weeks with proper training and rest and I reckon I can crack a pretty fast time.
“It’s going to be a tight field but if I can crack a podium, I will be stoked with that.”
Below is a comparison of splits among Wilson’s 2:07.16 NR, his 2:07.76 gold tonight, as well as Japan’s Ippei Watanabe‘s World Record of 2:06.67 from 2017 since Wilson states in the interview he clearly has that in his sights now.
- Wilson’s 2:07.16:
- 28.76/32.18 (1:00.94)
- 32.74/33.48 (1:06.22)
- Wilson’s 2:07.76:
- 28.94/32.13 (1:01.07)
- 32.92/33.80 (1:06.72)
- Watanabe’s 2:06.67:
- 28.95/32.38 (1:01.33)
- 32.69/32.65 (1:05.34)
He’s eyeing the WR and he could get it but so could just about anyone else. There is at least 8 guys that are so close to the record but they just need to have “their own” perfect swim. 200 breast is whack.
Crazy to think that the original competition stroke is still the least understood
I think Chupkov will win it.
Great long stroke he has ….most unpredictable race to determine who will win it this summer
200 breaststroke is a fun event to watch. The field is always bunched up because their times are so similar.
At the 2016 Olympics, there was the rare lane 8 gold medal swim by Balandin.
Add Matt Wilson’s name to the list of contenders for the WC title.