first world gold medal in the 800m freestyle<\/a> on Wednesday. <\/p>\nWiffen’s previous best time of 14:34.91 had been set in Stockholm in April 2023 so the Magheralin swimmer was delighted to set a new Irish record.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I mean that race is definitely better for me,” said Wiffen.<\/p>\n
“I set a personal best and I’m so happy because after hitting that time in April, you know it could have been a fluke. <\/p>\n
“I went 14.35 in the European Under-23s in my back garden in Dublin, and then obviously coming here, the progression from the 400 to the 800 to the 1500.<\/p>\n
“I’m just so happy to come away with a personal best and two world titles.”<\/p>\n
Given that he left a quality field in his wake, Wiffen’s performance on Sunday was arguably the greatest swim by an Irish male swimmer.<\/p>\n
Showcasing supreme self-belief, he led from the first length and swam away from a field that including an Olympic champion and multiple World and European medallists.<\/p>\n
“I was talking about it before with my coach Andi (Manley), and we had a little bet as well going on about if I was going to PB or not,” added Wiffen, who went into Sunday’s final with the sixth-fastest time from the heats. <\/p>\n
“But yeah 100% go out a bit faster than everybody else and just be in my own lanes for my own race and get out ahead and really focus on what I was going to do.”<\/p>\n
At the halfway stage, Wiffen was under the world-record mark and that remains a target as he now sets his sights on the Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n
“I mean it’s definitely one of my goals to try and beat that at some point,” Wiffen said of the world record.<\/p>\n
“I’m only 22, I’ve got another eight years at least, another couple of Olympics in me and I’m sure I’ll go at some stage and I hope to be the person to do it.”<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Sligo’s Mona McSharry finished eighth in the 50m breaststroke final in 30.96secs, with the race won by Lithuania’s world record holder Ruta Meilutyte.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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