2022 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- June 18-25, 2022 (pool swimming)
- Budapest, Hungary
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Thomas Ceccon of Italy shocked Budapest tonight setting the new world record in the men’s 100 backstroke, clocking a 51.60 to take out the mark of 51.85 that Ryan Murphy hit back in 2016 at the Olympics.
Ceccon, however, may have had an extra help in his world record performance: his mustache.
The 21-year-old Italian, showed up in Budapest with this particular feature, which, if you remember, also brought good luck to another backstroker: Coleman Stewart, who, in Italy, in Naples, set the World Record in the 100-meter backstroke in the short course (48.33)
STEWART Coleman CAC
Cali Condors (CAC)
ISL International Swimming League 2021
Match 6 day 2
Piscina Felice Scandone
Napoli, Naples
Photo Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
It’s probably the air in Italy, the good food, or maybe it’s just the mustache
Will anyone grow a mustache tomorrow? Let us know!
Ceccon Thomas courtesy of Gian Mattia D’Alberto LaPresse
Thomas Ceccon courtesy of Gian Mattia D’Alberto LaPresse
Ceccon Thomas New World Record in men’s 100 m backstroke
courtesy og Fabio Cetti
Thomas CECCON, Ryan Murphy, Hunter Armstrong
courtesy of Fabio Cetti
Thomas Ceccon
Swimming 2022 FINA 19th World Championships Budapest Budapest, Duna Arena 06/19/22 Photo Fabio Cetti
THOMAS CECCON
2022 FINA World Swimming Championships Budapest Budapest, Duna Arena 06/19/22 Photo Fabio Cetti
Straight out of Top Gun
Was this man not fully shaved down?!
Did he even shave his chest? Dude is built different
The last American to win both Olympic backstrokes and also earn a medal in freestyle also had a mustache and was…. oh wait. 🙂
“When asked about his moustache by a Russian coach prior to the ’72 Olympics, Spitz’ reply was that his moustache didn’t slow him down, and that it even deflected water away from his mouth, providing the streamlining necessary to swim as fast as he had at the US Olympic Trials earlier that year.”
I’m saying mustaches give super powers you got Nestor Cortes on the Yankees and now this guy
Paltrinieri also had one when he swam 14:33 in 2020
King Kyle was rocking a mustache for his 46.6 on Day 1