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SYDNEY: Australia’s Eamon Sullivan regained the 50-meter freestyle
world record with a time of 21.41 seconds at the national Olympic
trials here on Thursday—and then said he could go even faster.
Frenchman Alain Bernard held the record for just
four days, with his 21.50 second at the European championships
lowering Sullivan’s previous mark of 21.56 set in Sydney in
February.
After missing out on Bernard’s 100m record
late on Wednesday, Sullivan said he hoped to improve his 50m time in
Friday’s final.
“I came in a bit more relaxed tonight, having
got the 100m final out of the way last night and getting into the
team for Beijing,” Sullivan said moments after climbing out of the
pool.
“It’s sweet to get the record back off Alain
after missing out on the 100m world record last night and after he
broke the 50m record so quickly after I did it.
“I hope I can go faster in the final, but I
like to think I can take a couple of a hundredths of a second
leading into a final, so we’ll see.”
Sullivan missed Bernard’s 100m world record by
just two-hundredths of a second, 47.52 seconds, in qualifying for
the Olympics at the Australian trials.
-- AFP
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