Americans Regan Smith and Caeleb Dressel claimed two of the five individual swimming world records that were set this week at the world championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
Two of those records belonged to their countryman Michael Phelps, the most-decorated Olympian of all time.USA's Regan SmithThe first of Phelps' records was broken by Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak, 19, in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 1:50.73, beating Phelps' 1:51.51 from Rome in 2009."As frustrated as I am to see that record go down, I couldn't be happier to see how he did it," Phelps told the New York Times of Milak's performance.
— FINA July 24, 2019 Read MoreDressel, 22, broke the second of Phelps' records with a time of 49.50 in the 100-meter butterfly, topping the 49.82 Phelps also swam in Rome in 2009.A trend at this year's World's is to break or equal 📣 WORLD RECORDS in semi-finals and USA's Caeleb Dressel is obviously a trend-follower, shattering the 100m Fly record in dramatic style in a time of 49.50! #FINAGwangju2019 #Swimming pic.twitter.
— FINA July 26, 2019 The trend continued when Smith, 17, broke Missy Franklin's world record in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:03.35. Franklin set the record by swimming 2:04.06 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.What a fantastic day Team USA are enjoying and the exhibition continued with another 📣 WORLD RECORD in the semi-finals of the Women's 200m Backstroke semi-finals, courtesy of 17-year old Regan Smith. 💻 https://t.
— FINA July 26, 2019 Russia's Anton Chupkov set a world record of 2:06.12 in the 200-meter breaststroke, and Great Britain's Adam Peaty broke his own world record in the 100-meter breastroke with a mark of 56.88.The race of the evening! 🇷🇺 Anton Chupkov clawing his way back into contention down the final thirty of the Men's 200m Breaststroke to defend his title in a new 📣 WORLD RECORD time of 2:06.12! 💪👏👏 💻 https://t.
— FINA July 26, 2019 Phelps' lone individual world record left standing is the 400 meters in the individual medley.
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