26-year-old Michał Perl of Poland won both the 50m and 100m breaststroke races at the IISA 5th World Championship in Samoëns, France, both in world record time.

The world’s dominant ice swimming breaststroke set the world record in 31.83 over Virgil Deage of France and 26-year-old Bogdan Nas of Romania. Perl broke his own world record set at the IISA 3rd World Championship.

50m Breaststroke Male Results (Top 10):

1. Michał Perl (Poland) 31.88
2. Virgil Deage (France).33.88
3. Bogdan Nas (Romania) 34.46
4. Christoph Karow (Germany) 35.17
5. Francois Xavier Filias (France) 35.64
6. Mohamed Manfaloti (Morocco) 35.84
7. Fred Boulay (France) 35.93
8. Vincent Leblond (France) 35.99
9. Filip Jicha (Czech Republic) 36.50
10. Martin Lane (Great Britain) 37.36

• Michał Perl had set the previous world record of 32.69 at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia

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