Saturday, June 12, 2010

Biedermann floats on top of the world



Berlin -
No one swims faster than Paul Biedermann! A day after its record 400-meter freestyle relay triumph> in 3:32,77 minutes the double world champion from Halle / Saale at the end of the swimming World Cup in Berlin on Sunday in 1:39,37 minutes over 200 meters in world record time.
U.S. superstar Michael Phelps, he had to look pretty old. The went to did not even let the much-anticipated World Cup revenge burst with Biedermann, when he beard and textile pants already resigned in the run.
Biedermann took care in his Berlin "living room" in the high-tech suit once again for a hit. "Just cool it was, was he. "It's a nice feeling. Now we have to see what the future brings. I must lose weight, so I do not drown. The suit has already kept me up. "
After his record race, he was himself surprised and richer by $ 23,000. "I've become thicker through my break, a forty-five minutes took me to get into the suit," the 23-year-old said after just recovery from torn muscle in his thigh. Without the high-tech suit, it will in the future schwerwerden to improve the records, so Biedermann.
The remaining until the end of December allowed high-tech suits ensured in conjunction with new, athletics-inspired boot block in Berlin for a record flood. 16 world and six European records were an impressive record.
Thus, the Hamburg Steffen Deibler also took a world record. In frantic fast 21.80 seconds, he brought 50 meter butterfly behind her was just flabbergasted, "I did not think that I get here as world record holder from the water."
For European records ensured Janne Schaefer (Heidelberg), second place in 29.55 seconds over 50 meters breaststroke and Daniela Samulski over 50 meters backstroke (26.21). These twelve national records: Germany's swimmers are ready for the European Championships in December in Istanbul.
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