With the 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships currently underway in Singapore, history is in the making with already 6 World Junior Records established on Day 1 (4) and Day 2 (2) of the competition.
To highlight the importance of this event, the 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships was declared open by the President of Singapore, Tony Tan, as FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione greeted all 686 young swimmers coming from 88 nations, recalling the fond memories from 2010 when the swimming competitions of the 1st Youth Olympic Games were hosted in this city.
On Day 1, in the morning session, two World Junior Records were brought down in the heats. First Russia’s Anton Chupkov beat the junior global mark in the men’s 100m breast (1:00.12), then Australia’s Minna Atherton did the same in the women’s 100m back (59.83) – the latter was even more remarkable, considering that Atherton is just 15 years old (the age limit is 17 among the girls).
Later in the day, Romania’s Robert Glinta set a new Championship Record in the men’s 100m back (54.56) which had already been lowered twice in the heats by others.
Towards the end of the day, the Anglo-Saxons’ golden evening just continued: after a title for the US and Great Britain, Australia clinched two fine wins in the relays. First their men’s 4x100m free relay was more than a second faster to the US quartet (3:17.39), then the women’s 4x200m free relay triumphed in a tremendous race, with a new World Junior Record (7:56.68) – just beating Canada.
USA, Australia and Russia clinched two titles apiece on the second day of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, but a Romanian and a Turkish swimmer (Robert Glinta and Viktoria Gunes) also made the headlines after respective gold-medal winning performances. China entered the title-winners’ circle, too, on a day which also saw the fall of two more World Junior Records.
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