Distance swimmer Viviane Jungblut has broken the Brazilian National Record in the women’s 1500 short course meter freestyle. She swam a 15:55.07 on Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro State Championship meet at the Vasco da Gama pool.
The time crushes her old record of 16:03.29 that was set at the 2018 Jose Finkel Trophy.
The result comes less than a month after breaking the long course National Record at the last-chance Brazilian Olympic Trial meet in early June.
Jungblut missed the initial Brazilian Olympic Trials qualifying event as one of 5 athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 heading into the event. That group was given one last chance to “bump” other qualifiers, and she was successful, swimming 16:14.00.
Jungblut received her vaccine on July 1.
According to hand-written splits for her Saturday swim taken by her coach and posted on social media by Alex Pussieldi, Jungblut split her race, by 500 meters:
- 5:18
- 5:19
- 5:16.60
By comparison, in her previous record setting swim, her splits were:
- 5:19.70
- 5:21.99
- 5:21.60
Pussieldi also reports that a post-race lactate reading of 5.7mmol/liter was recorded. That’s a relatively-low reading for a high-effort output, which is a positive indicator for Jungblut ahead of the Olympics.
I love the lactate flex!