Meilutyte’s World Record 100 breaststroke swim is courtesy of swimswam partner Universal Sports.
Meilutyte’s 100 breaststroke breakdown as reported by Jeff Grace:
There is no debate that the story for the Europeans, the story of the day, the story of the meet so far is Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte who qualified for the top spot in the 100 breaststroke final by posting a world record time of 1:04.35. The 16 year old Lithuanian broke Jessica Hardy‘s record of 1:04.45 that was set in 2009 (the shiny suit era).
“Hopefully,” said Meilutyte when asked if she could go faster in the final. In an interview with BBC’s Nick Hope, she explained that the world record was more important to her than the win, “My biggest aim is accomplished. I will give it my best shot in the final and see what I can do.”
Whatever Meilutyte can muster up in the final it should be a treat to watch. Her time today is impressive considering that her best time coming into the year was 1:05.21, which she recorded in the semi-final in London and a year later the Olympic champion has dropped almost a full second off her best.
Meilutyte’s progression in the 100 breaststroke:
- 2010 – 1:09.95
- 2011 – 1:07.96
- 2012 – 1:05.21
- 2013 – 1:04.35
Anyone noted her start(Cielo could take lessons…)?Her RTs(prelims-semis-final):0.58,0.59,0.58? AMAZING!
Her kick is illegal. You can see at 1:04 in the video, her right leg does a small flutter kick. It probably doesn’t make her faster, but it still illegal.
1. Rowdy et al, the WR line is an approximation. Please do not go on ranting about how one hasn’t beat the moving line that is on your magical picture box. Chill. Out.
2. Swimmer24, her kick is not illegal. It’s not a flutter kick because it is not a down beat. She has an uneven recovery of her legs after completing the breaststroke kick, nothing more.