Thomas Ceccon is the new 100 back world champion. At the Duna Arena in Budapest the Italian also established a new world record by touching 51 “60.
Ceccon, 21 years old from Thiene, preceded the Americans Ryan Murphy (51 “97) and Hunter Armstrong (51” 98). Ceccon swimming in 51 “60 improved the previous world record by 25 cents that belonged to Murphy from 13 August 2016 (Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games).
“I still have to realize, 51” 60 is really very very strong. It was enough for me to do yesterday’s race keeping the last 15 meters and I did it. I did not expect this time today. “The new said to the microphones of Rai Sport world champion in the 100 backstroke Thomas Ceccon, who also set the new world record. “The world record is something that in the career of a sportsman is a lot of stuff, then the others also went quite fast – continued the blue – Murphy I knew he was hiding, he always does this, even the other American I knew he could go fast. But I felt good, yesterday’s race gave me a lot of confidence. I knew I had no rivals today “.