In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges, Garrett McCaffrey, and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
In light of Pan Zhanle‘s surprise 100 Free world record (46.80) at the 2024 World Championships, we spoke with Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian to get his insight. Adrian wasn’t surprised that Cesar Cielo‘s mark stood since 2009 but now we’ve seen two men break it in just 1.5 years, saying that once athletes see what is possible their bar is automatically set higher, meaning their ceiling is as well.
- 0:00 When will Nathan Adrian grow his hair out?
- 1:27 100 Free World Record (46.80)
- 9:15 Jack Alexy
- 12:00 2008 Olympic Redshirt Year
- 13:54 Doha World Champs
- 20:30 Cal Mentality at NCAAs
- 24:55 What Could Nathan Go in a 50m Free Right Now?
- 29:15 The Team USA X-Factor (Katie Ledecky 800 Free at Sectionals)
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It really depends on how much room for improvement Zhanle and Popovici still have. Popovici is iffy to get back to 46.8 territory until he does. As far as Zhanle, who knows.
Miss seeing Nathan in the mix at these meets.
it’ll keep getting broken until a freak like Milak or Peaty pushes it so far that it’s safe for a decade
Milak’s is safe for a decade. Because of Qin Haiyang I’m not so sure about Peaty’s.
Milaks world record will be broken within 5 years. Probably less.
No chance, Milak is 1:50.34. Dude can throw down 1:53s in a brief. When anyone else breaks 1:54, it’s a huge deal and (rightfully) news. I know it’s cliche to say a record will take forever to get broken, but cmon who is even going sub 1:52 other than Milak.
Regarding Peaty, Qin’s PB is still almost a full second slower than AP’s 56.88. Finding a full second in an 100 when you are already sub 58 is extremely difficult. I doubt Qin cracks 57 tbh.
Leon is 2.1 s + Kristof. And Milak needed 3 years for 0.4 s. (of course in an other dimension). It’s not so easy.
I think Qin is dangerous. He is fast in 50 and WR holder in 200. He has a chance. I know it will be extremely difficult.
Thomas Heilman. In about 2-3 years. He’s already a 1:53 at barely 16 yrs old
No way 🙂
I think breaststroke hasn’t been as optimized as freestyle has. Peaty made a massive stride forward but others will follow now.
As for Milak’s record, if he never lowers it again, Thomas Heilman might be able to someday. At 16, he’s as fast as Milak was at 17.
That’s true, but the junior record holder is Milak at the moment 😉
True, although Milak had the same drop between 18-19 as Heilman had between 15 and 16. As I have said many times before, trajectory>age.
That being said, if anyone breaks it, it’s gonna be Heilman. Unless Milak lowers it under 1:50, in which case I’m not so sure, but that’s also unlikely to happen as things are.
I’ve written the same. If anyone breaks it it’s gonna be Milak and nobody else.
To my Hungarian fellow.
We’ve already spoken about e.g. Urlando. You simply don’t know what will happen with a 16 years old boy. Milak had 1:56.77 at the age of 16, and nearly exatly one year later 1:53.79 Who knows.
If he would swim true 😉
Milak is indeed a freak, his WR is insane, but there is no way in hell it survives Heilman. That kid takes the word freak to another level, the record will be his by the end of the 2028 games, possibly sooner.
Peaty’s only threat is Qin, which means that record will either go down in the next couple years or not at all.
Peaty’s is much more easy. And Milak’s will survive Heilman’s grandson, too.
Y’all are forgetting the teenagers who went 1:53 last year. A ways from 1:50, sure, but wouldn’t be surprising to see them get there in the next 5 or 6 years.
When 1:49 low will be the target? Let’s see it 🙂
Of course it will keep getting broken. Until one day when it won’t.