Lucas Mertens (Photo by: Michael Kappeler/Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images)
One of the oldest world record of swimming, was rejected on Sunday (12.04.2025) in Stockholm – in the homonymous Open – by the amazing, Lucas Mertens.
German Lucas Mertens became the first in history to “go down” 3 minutes and 40 seconds in the 400m. free, as he finished in 3: 39.96.
The Paris Olympian rejected after nearly 16 years in the 3: 40.07 of German Paul Binterman, which had occurred at the time of – forbidden – sophisticated swimwear, specifically on July 26, 2009, at the Rome World Championships.
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