That's just one second short of Hackett's record of 14:34!
YouTube - sun yang, won 1500 mt freestyle final.. asian games 2010
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Sun Yang (CHN) has taken a sledgehammer to his own personal standards all week at the Asian Games, medalling a touch away from Park Tae-hwan (KOR) in the 200m and 400m free, but over 30 laps he almost took a sledgehammer to the only surviving men's world record from pre-shiny suit times.
Grant Hackett (AUS) remains king of the 1,500m clock, on 14:34.56. The closest to him had been a shiny suited 14:37.28 by US-based Tunisian Oussama Mellouli, the man who in Beijing, by 0.69sec, prevented Hackett from becoming the first man in swimming history to win the same Olympic crown at three Games.
Now the closest to Hackett is Sun - on 14:35.43, an Asian record. And his last 100m: 54.40! Sun is the only swimmer in 2010 to swim faster in an event than the best effort in 2009.
Very impressive. I've mentioned before that I think one of the reasons Hackett's record hasn't been broken is that competition at the major events like the Olympics and Worlds has become very tight. Making finals requires swimming very close to 15:00 and it's difficult to come back from this kind of prelim swim and swim faster in finals. I believe the Asian Games 1500 free was timed finals, so that might be part of the reason Sun was able to swim so fast. Not to take anything away from his amazing swim!
I was going to post this. He is actually still 18 but this birthday is in a couple weeks according to Wikipedia. Park Tae-hwan was also pretty impressive winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and coming second in the 1500m.
I was going to post this. He is actually still 18 but this birthday is in a couple weeks according to Wikipedia. Park Tae-hwan was also pretty impressive winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and coming second in the 1500m.
Yep, you're right. Fixed it, thanks :)
I Park Tae-hwan was also pretty impressive winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and coming second in the 1500m.
His times were:
48.70
1:44.8
3:41.5
15:01
After the 1500 he anchored the 400 Medley in 48.04 so my guess is he held back a little after he figured he wasn't going to win. Either that or he has ridiculous recovery time.
His times were:
48.70
1:44.8
3:41.5
15:01
After the 1500 he anchored the 400 Medley in 48.04 so my guess is he held back a little after he figured he wasn't going to win. Either that or he has ridiculous recovery time.
Except 1500, the 100, 200 and 400m are all his pb. I think Park will be a serious contender for gold for these events in 2012. These are very good times without wearing full body high tech suits. He's an extrodinary swimmer, especially being only at 6 feet tall. He's likely to defend his 400 gold and possinly win another gold as well in the 200. Pretty inspirational for us guys of normal size.
Park could get Sun-burned in the 400 next year in Shanghai. Two years ago, Park was about 6 seconds ahead of Sun.
Now his advantage is less than a second. Denis Cotterell really knows how to train them.
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The youtube video in the original post is no longer available, but I've found somebody uploaded CCTV's coverage for the entire race:
YouTube - 2010 Asian Games - Swimming / Men's 1500m Free Style Final 1/2
YouTube - 2010 Asian Games - Swimming / Men's 1500m Free Style Final 2/2
Here are some newbie observations and questions from me.
Sun Yang's stroke is textbook perfect - high elbow recovery, full extension, EVF, etc.
Sun's kicking is a little "irregular", but neither is Grant Hackett, I believe. In some footage I even notice Sun's toe are not exactly pointed when kicking. Is that normal for long distance swimmers?
Sun over-rolls his head a bit when he breaths, no?
Wish there is more underwater footage.
I understand noboby in the world swims perfectly in all aspects during a race. Just want to know if I am in the right direction as I try to emulate Sun Yang's swimming.
Thanks.
