2025 SWIM OPEN STOCKHOLM
Lukas Märtens shocked the world yesterday on the 2025 Stockholm Open. He broke Paul Biedermann‘s super-suited world report within the 400-meter freestyle from 2009, turning into the primary swimmer underneath 3:40 with a 3:39.96. Märtens improved the world report by .11 seconds and jumped from fourth on the all-time standings as he improved on his earlier lifetime greatest of three:40.33.
Courtesy: Stockholm Open
The 23-year-old Märtens jumped on the race from the beginning in Stockholm. It’s a well-known race technique from him; we noticed it throughout the Olympic ultimate in Paris, the place he claimed gold. It’s additionally the method he used when he set his earlier lifetime greatest of three:40.33, when he flipped on the midway mark simply .26 seconds off Biedermann’s tempo. Nevertheless, that cut up pales compared to his opening 200 meters in Stockholm. He cut up 1:47.55 en path to his new world report, which put him practically 3.5 seconds forward of Biedermann’s opening cut up.
Biedermann got here again exceptionally quick over the again half of his swim, which took down Ian Thorpe‘s world report of three:40.08. Nevertheless, Märtens was in a position to maintain on with a 1:52.41 again half to get his hand underneath the world report and the three:40 barrier.
Splits Comparability:
Märtens’ New World File
Biedermann’s Former World File
Märtens’ Earlier Greatest Time
50m
24.75
26.29
25.00
100m
27.15 (51.90)
28.13 (54.42)
27.37 (52.37)
150m
27.75
28.01
27.87
200m
27.90 (55.65/1:47.55)
28.59 (56.60/1:51.02)
28.35 (56.22/1:48.59)
250m
28.28
27.76
28.21
300m
28.18 (56.46)
28.39 (56.15)
28.01 (56.22)
350m
28.38
27.13
28.12
400m
27.57 (55.95/1:52.41)
25.77 (52.90/1:49.05)
27.40 (55.52/1:51.74)
Complete Time
3:39.96
3:40.07
3:40.33
