Renshaw and Shuttleworth set British short course records at ASA Winter Meet
BySportsbeat
Published 20/12/2016 at 17:28 GMT
Olympic swimmers Molly Renshaw and Tim Shuttleworth continued their strong year in the pool by setting national short course records at the ASA Winter Meet, in Sheffield.
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Renshaw won her first global title when winning the 200m breaststroke at the World Short Course Championships in Windsor, Canada, earlier this month, and continued her form into the domestic scene this weekend.
The 20-year-old set a new British 200m breaststroke short course record to win in Sheffield, stopping the clock in 2:17.98, half a second faster than her own previous mark.
"It's nice to come here and swim with a little less pressure than the World Short Course Championships in Canada," she said.
"Hopefully this has got the momentum going for 2017, and I'm hoping my long course season will be just as good."
Shuttleworth, meanwhile, set a new mark for the 1500m freestyle as he ducked a massive eight seconds under the 12-year-old former record, covering the distance in 14:24.00.
"I had the race plan to go into it. I kept my legs low in the first 100 and then just built into the race. I knew I was in good shape and I can here to get as close to it as I could, that was the game plan," said the 19-year-old.
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