Luka Turk Sets Second World Winter Swimming Record

Luka Turk Sets Second World Winter Swimming Record

Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. After breaking the two-minute barrier in the 200m freestyle while setting a new world record at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia, Luka Turk came back and set another new world record in the 100m freestyle world record in a blazing 54.68. Turk’s new standard was nearly 3 seconds faster than second-place Alar Lodi in 57.40. Men’s 100m Freestyle Results: J1 (75-79 years, Age Group World Record 2:06.60) 1. Bedrich Hanus 2:00.21 Czech Republic 2. Vasiliy Simonov 2:25.97 Russia 3. Ernst Spaeti 4:55.71 Switzerland J (70-74 years, Age Group World Record 1:21.41) 1. Lembit Laht 1:22.85 Estonia 2. Viacheslav Tikhonov 1:27.40 Russia 3. Mark Lautman 1:30.04 USA 4. Henri Kuprashvili 1:52.54 Georgia I (65-69 years, Age Group World Record: 1:12.63) 1. Andrew Wolf 1:14.34 United Kingdom 2. Vladimir Getman 1:14.57 Russia 3. Igor Galaktionov 1:17.11 Russia 4. Alexandr Komarov 1:18.44 Russia 5. Aleksandr Zelenetskiy 1:23.52 Russia 6. Reijo Lehtonen 1:33.25 Finland 7. Peter Mičic 1:36.15 Slovakia 8. Sergey Korytov 1:48.97 Russia H (60-64 years, Age Group World Record: 1:10.69) 1. Rory Fitzgerald 1:07.94 United Kingdom 2. Toomas Haggi 1:07.96 Estonia 3. Artur Tikkerbär 1:09.14 Estonia 4. Igor Lukin 1:12.72 Russia 5. Rustem Khangildin 1:17.46 Russia 6. Nick Hungerford 1:19.30 Australia 7. Andis Bukonts 1:19.39 Latvia 8. Per Christian Gundersen 1:23.36 Norway 9. Sergey Sidorov 1:25.68 Russia 10. Vojtech Tonhjzer 1:27.40 Slovakia 11. Franz Herbst 1:27.70 Germany 12. Vittorio Zanoni 1:34.91 Italy 13. Aleksandr Borovikov 1:39.02 Russia 14. Michael Sands 1:48.46 United Kingdom 15. Omar Cisneros 1:54.78 Argentina 16. Marc Rouiller 1:54.99 Switzerland G (55-59 years, Age Group World Record: 1:10.21) 1. Oleg Chekushkin 1:10.20 Russia 2. Walter D’Angelo 1:10.25 Italy 3. Martin Tschepe 1:10.49 Germany 4. Aleksandr Rudakov 1:14.22 Russia 5. Aleksei Tereštšenkov 1:14.79 Estonia 6. Stephen Gould 1:16.22 United Kingdom 7. Paul Robson 1:17.30 United Kingdom 8. Oleg Dokuchaev 1:19.50 Russia 9. Ivor Rizman 1:26.25 Slovakia 10. Matthew Bryan 1:41.71 Denmark 11. Dmitriy Karmelitskiy 1:46.10 Russia 12. Richard Hirmer 1:47.13 Germany 13. Peter Hircock 1:51.26 United Kingdom 14. Laurent Sitbon 2:15.85 France 15. Ján Polák 2:16.38 Slovakia 16. Paul Bygrave 3:55.36 United Kingdom F (50-54 years, Age Group World Record: 1:03.75) 1. Christof Wandratsch 1:02.85 Germany 2. Marek Rother 1:03.45 Poland 3. Markus Guenthner 1:07.13 Germany 4. Alexandre Bermond 1:08.93 France 5. Michael Jeschke 1:09.69 Germany 6. Dmitriy Rubtsov 1:11.37 Russia 7. Martin Kuchemeister 1:12.41 Austria 8. Davaadorj Shagdarsuren 1:13.30 Mongolia 9. Dzmitry Trusevich 1:15.18 Belarus 10. Dario Oscar Silva 1:22.47 Argentina 11. Jascha Iversen 1:25.90 Denmark 12. Gabriel Stromp 1:26.39 Slovakia 13. Dennis Drejer 1:27.23 Denmark 14. Aleksandrs Jakovlevs 1:27.45 Latvia 15. Dr. Alexandre Fuzeau 1:29.17 France 16. Tomasz Malkowski 1:31.40 Poland 17. Jean Pierre Vanderydt 1:34.95 France 18. Roman Karkachev 1:36.36 Russia 19. Thomas W. Kofler 1:38.92 Italy 20. Jaroslav Zeman 1:39.93 Czech Republic 21. Bjørn Morten Galåen 1:46.20 Norway 22. Tim Haysom 1:47.36 United Kingdom 23. Mihail Evgrafov 1:48.72 Finland 24. Glenn Jensen 1:50.18 Denmark 25. Philip Warren 1:55.37 United Kingdom E (45-49 years, Age Group World Record: 1:01.65) 1. Henri Kaarma 59.66 Estonia 2. Bruno Nopponen 1:02.22 Estonia 3. Martin Mečiar 1:07.65 Slovakia 4. Mark Claxton 1:09.80 United Kingdom 5. Andrey Zamyslov 1:10.26 Russia 6. Marko Rafaj 1:12.46 Croatia 7. Jesper Teslak-Larsen 1:16.60 Denmark 8. Nils Lundmark1:17.15 Sweden 9. Mikael Söderström 1:18.76 Sweden 10. Vladimir Semyannikov 1:18.98 Russia 11. Marek Svejda 1:23.71 Czech Republic 12. Kristian Vilstrup 1:28.39 Denmark 13. Hannes Viherpuu 1:32.78 Estonia 14. Sergey Mironov 1:35.68 Russia 15. Stephen Selby 1:36.08 United Kingdom 16. René Humer 1:44.22 Denmark 17. Johannes Kapeller 1:45.65 Austria 17. Tomáš Berzétei 1:45.65 Slovakia 19. Rado Paegelow 1:48.97 Germany 20. Vasili Iastrebov 1:56.48 Russia D (40-44 years, Age Group World Record: 59.59) 1. Ilya Larionov 1:01.30 Russia 2. Vitaliy Burlitskiy 1:05.13 Russia 3. Martin Balić 1:08.71 Croatia 4. Aivar Rosenberg 1:08.82 Estonia 5. Marko Isomaa 1:09.20 Finland 6. Lucas Rivet 1:10.51 Argentina 7. Grigory Fandeev 1:11.15 Russia 8. Eugeniy Zozulya 1:11.61 Russia 9. Zoltan Makai 1:12.83 Slovakia 10. Stefan Göritzer 1:14.75 Germany 11. Mauricio Lopez 1:15.17 Argentina 12. Terence Ward 1:16.39 United Kingdom 13. Peter Bartak 1:20.16 Slovakia 14. Janis Buna 1:24.15 Latvia 15. Daniel Treptow 1:28.16 Sweden 16. Ulrich Fuerlinger 1:29.43 Austria 17. Erkki Kasenurm 1:33.52 Estonia 18. Martin Kerestur 1:39.52 Slovakia 19. Denis Shevchenko 1:41.07 Russia 20. Christoph Sivich 1:41.39 Austria 21. Zdeněk Šlechta 1:42.31 Slovakia 22. Marko Auvinen 1:57.35 Finland C (30-39 years, Age Group World Record: 55.12) 1. Luka Turk 54.68 Slovenia 2. Aleksey Gulakov 58.39 Russia 3. Christoph Karow 58.66 Denmark 4. Georgiy Motin 59.78 Russia 5. Tobias Jäkle 1:00.61 Germany 6. Rauno Pärg 1:01.90 Estonia 7. Marcel Luptak 1:05.28 Slovakia 8. Paul Bieber 1:06.27 Germany 9. Alain Simac-Lejeune 1:06.37 France 10. Anton Boltasov 1:08.07 Russia 11. Chun Kong Mak 1:10.32 Hong Kong 12. Ulf Karnikowski 1:15.02 Germany 13. Peter Plavec 1:16.81 Slovakia 14. Nikolay Zovskiy 1:21.17 Russia 15. Benoît Lechien 1:23.23 Belgium 16. Michal Kachman 1:25.94 Slovakia 17. Martin Tafelmeyer 1:27.70 Germany 18. Maxime Coumont 1:28.76 Belgium 19. Anton Bazõlev 1:32.21 Estonia 20. Mateusz Pawełkiewicz 1:32.74 Poland 21. Stefan Askew 1:33.97 Belgium 22. Juraj Rusnák 1:34.19 Slovakia 23. Milan Rozsíval 1:45.02 Czech Republic 24. Pavol Demcak 1:46.50 Slovakia 25. Nghia Minh 2:19.28 Switzerland B (20-29 years, Age Group World Record: 54.38) 1. Alar Lodi 57.40 Estonia 2. Tobias Wybierek 58.13 Germany 3. Julien Zinsmeister 59.02 France 4. Kilian Franke 59.55 Germany 5. Michał Perl 1:01.22 Poland 6. Marcus Joas 1:01.92 Germany 7. Franck Louvel 1:05.17 France 8. Lucas Benitez 1:05.60 Argentina 9. Alberto Emmanuel Del Valle 1:06.07 Argentina 10. Alan Luckhurst 1:07.17 United Kingdom 11. Patrik Remiš 1:08.69 Slovakia 12. Tomas Prieto 1:10.33 Argentina 13. Antti Mäkinen 1:11.35 Finland 14. Iiro Isohanni 1:17.09 Finland 15. Daniel Von Walzel 1:18.90 Finland 16. Arya Pour 1:19.05 Sweden 17. Gustav Christensen 1:23.94 Denmark 18. Michal Dzubara 2:13.40 Slovakia 19. Mikkel Deleuran Hansen 2:18.42 Denmark A2 (15-19 years, Age Group World Record: 59.69) 1. Rihard Viherpuu 1:00.41 Estonia 2. Milan Schalz 1:02.67 Germany 3. Aleksandrs Jakovlevs Jr. 1:05.00 Latvia 4. Aleksandr Tikhonov 1:05.13 Russia 5. William Luckhurst 1:08.98 United Kingdom 6. Marek Halva 1:11.07 Czech Republic 7. Sergei Mulkov 1:11.40 Russia 8. Filip Jicha Jr. 1:22.07 Czech Republic 9. Ville Laakso 1:24.06 Finland 10. Robert Sarnet 1:32.95 Estonia Copyright © 2008 – 2020 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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