For many athletes hitting a World Record would be a dream come true and that certainly applies
to swimmers. Last year in the swimming pool a total of 8 long course World Records and 19
short course World Records were broken. In this video from Propulsion Swimming,
we're going to break down the long course World Records we think are definitely
going to fall in 2023 and some records that maybe we'd love to see go as well.
So let's start with the World Records that we think are definitely going to fall over the next
12 months. And we kick things off with the Men's 200m Breaststroke where Zac Stubblety-Cook is in a
league of his own in this event. His technique and pacing is second to none and he literally leaves
everyone in his wake on the final 50m. He was one of those swimmers who broke a World Record last
year and we think he's very likely to do it again this year. The next World Record that we think is
most likely to fall is the Men's 50m Backstroke. Now, for much of 2022 this was a World Record that
was constantly under threat and did eventually get broken by American, Hunter Armstrong. Now,
America has consistently produced some of the best backstrokers the world has ever seen and
Hunter Armstrong looks certainly the strongest in the sprint events. Due to his strong underwaters
and fast and powerful stroke rate, Hunter looks likely to better his personal best and therefore
hit a new World Record in the process in 2023. But if he isn't the man to break that record,
don't be surprised if other names such as Ryan Murphy and Thomas Ceccon take down the mark,
with men's sprint backstroke swimming certainly in a purple patch. Now then the Women's 50m
Breaststroke, which is a World Record we certainly think is under threat thanks to the return to form
from Ruta Meilutyte. Since her comeback to the sport, Ruta has simply been on fire. She's come
back to hit a World Record in this event short course and looks to be a strong challenger for
the long course record too, which is currently held by Italian Benedetta Pilato. With her
superior reactions off the block and one of the fastest stroke rates in women's breaststroke,
do you agree that she has a brilliant chance to take down this record? Now that's three
World Records that we think are odds on to fall but of course we can't finish this definitive
section without mentioning Kristof Milak. Now his current 200m Butterfly mark is possibly the most
likely World Record to fall this year but we also think that the 100m record is certainly
in his capabilities too. The way he pushed Dressel all the way in Tokyo and how comfortable he looked
when he swam 50.s at major international meets last season, to us means that he's definitely
going to give Dressel's World Record a run for his money. With his awesome backhand speed that he's
known for in the 200m event, is that going to be the deciding factor that gets him past Dressel's
100m mark. The 200 World Record mark looks like it's consistently going to drop when Milak's in
the pool, but is the 100m as sure a thing to fall in 2023? So we've talked about the World Records
that we are confident will be hit in 2023, so let's talk a little bit about the World Records
we want to fall; the ones that we are going to be cheering for all season long. And we'll kick
things off with Frenchman Leon Marchand in the 400m Individual Medley. Now last summer he got
unthinkably close to Michael Phelps' mark in this event, which previously the whole world thought
was untouchable. Leon was only 4 tenths off the record at last year's World Championships and we
would love him to break the historic Phelps mark. If this World Record were to fall, it would be
one of the most historic swims we've ever seen and this year looks like one of the better chances in
a very long time for that to happen. Okay the list from here on out is all Freestyle World Records
and we'll start off with the Women's events where we'd really like to see the 200m and 400m World
Records fall. We're seriously being spoiled for female freestylers right now and we're going
through what is essentially a golden generation - when you've got the likes of Katie Ledecky,
Ariane Titmus, Summer McIntosh and Siobhan Haughey in the mix, it leads us to believe that we should
be expecting some very fast times in the future, as the talent between these girls is utter totally
ridiculous. Now Titmus took down Ledecky's previous mark in the 400m Freestyle in 2022 and
the two of them are likely to come to blows later on this year at the World Championships in Japan
and we wouldn't be surprised if the head-to-head battle that we've all been waiting so long to see
takes them past it once more. Now the 200 record is a lot tougher with Pellegrini's mark being,
for me, one of the greatest freestyle swims of all time. Now the competition between the four
girls that we've named and many more means that we actually think this World Record could be on
borrowed time, if not in 2023 certainly at the Paris Olympics in 2024. And then on the men's
side of freestyle swimming, I think David Popovici has certainly laid down a marker after his 100m
Freestyle World Record last year, we'd certainly love to see him break that one again. But can he
get close to the 200 mark that Paul Biederman set in a 1:42 flat? Now a year ago I would have said
unthinkable. In 2023 me, and I'm sure everyone watching this video, would love to see it happen.
So there's our predictions for 2023. I'm sure there's a few that you think we've missed so
let us know in the comments section below which World Records you're looking out for in the long
course pool and who you think is going to be breaking them. Thanks for watching this
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