Yet another great white swimmer!!!
Swimming-Australia's Eamon Sullivan breaks 50m record
SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 metres freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
The 22-year-old powered his way down Sydney's Olympic pool in 21.56 seconds to shave 0.08 off the mark Popov set at Moscow in June, 2000.
Sullivan has emerged as one of the rising stars of men's freestyle sprinting in the past two years but Sunday's performance will catapult him into favouritism for gold at this year's Beijing Olympics.
"I was just getting used to being the fastest man in Australia and now I am the fastest in the world," he told reporters.
Swimming-Australia's Eamon Sullivan breaks 50m record
SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 metres freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
The 22-year-old powered his way down Sydney's Olympic pool in 21.56 seconds to shave 0.08 off the mark Popov set at Moscow in June, 2000.
Sullivan has emerged as one of the rising stars of men's freestyle sprinting in the past two years but Sunday's performance will catapult him into favouritism for gold at this year's Beijing Olympics.
"I was just getting used to being the fastest man in Australia and now I am the fastest in the world," he told reporters.