A world record, but Queenslander Zac believes he can go faster
Australian swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook believes he can lower his breaststroke world record at next month’s world titles.
Stubblety-Cook surprised himself when he swam the fastest 200 metres breaststroke ever in Adelaide on Thursday night.
But the 23-year-old says thereās room for improvement on his record-breaking victory at the Australian championships.
How much more?
āI am not sure,ā Stubblety-Cook said.
āI am probably much more process driven than outcome driven.
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āBut I think I can continue to build that front-end a bit more.
āAnd we have spoken about it, doing a bit more 100 (metre) work and building through that (first) 100 a little bit quicker.ā
Stubblety-Cook won in two minutes 05.95 seconds, besting the previous benchmark of 2:06.12 set by Russian Anton Chupkov in 2019.
And the Brisbane-born athlete, who won gold in the event at last yearās Olympic Games, was banking on being driven faster by stiffer competition at next monthās world titles in Budapest.
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āWhen I race in a world-class event at a world champs it will be even better,ā he said after beating Matt Wilson by 4.19 seconds in Adelaide.
Stubblety-Cook said he was largely unaware he was on world-record pace until well into the final lap.
āI didnāt think we were going that fast,ā he said.
And nor could he instantly grasp the magnitude of his achievement.
āItās a lot to wrap your head around,ā he added.
āItās a bit surreal to be perfectly honest.
āI was obviously hoping to swim fast and hoping to swim close to my best.
āBut that is just something else.ā
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