The eighth day of prelims at the 2015 FINA World Championships were shorter than the others have been, but they weren’t without a number of records. The only individual events of the day were the men’s and women’s 400 IM, where the pressure was on to make finals because only the top 8 swimmers advanced.
The first record to fall was the men’s 400 IM Turkish record. Alpkan Ornek lowered the Turkish record set in 2007 by Deniz Nazar at 4:24.66 with his time of 4:22.72. He finished 27th overall.
Richard Nagy broke another record in the men’s 400 IM, lowering his Slovak record to 4:16.37. Nagy finished in 12th place, lowering his previous record from 2014 of 4:18.66.
On the women’s side, Nyugen Anh Vein lowered her own Vietnamese record in the 400 IM. She finished 10th this morning with her time of 4:38.78. She set her previous record in 2014 at 4:39.65.
The only other events contested after the men’s and women’s 400 IM were the heats of the men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relay.
Thank you for posting this; however, you have both the last name and the first name of the Vietnamese swimmer spelled incorrectly. Her full name is Nguyen Thi Anh Vien.
Henrik Christiansen also set a Norwegian record of 4.21,6 during the prelims.