Amaury Leveaux broke the World Record in the 50m butterfly and 4×50m freestyle relay in Rijeka, Croatia. He recorded five World Records during the three-day Short Course European Championship.

Leveaux was victorious in the 50m butterfly with a new standard of 22.18. He improved his own World Record by .11 of a second. Leveaux along with French team members set a new world mark in the 4×50m freestyle relay in 1:20.77. They bettered the previous World Record by nearly two seconds.

Amaury Leveaux lowers the World Record in the 100m freestyle SC with a time of 44.94. Leveaux is the first swimmer in history to go under 45 seconds in the event. He improved on his own global standard of 45.12 that he set the previous day during the semi-finals of the European Championship.

“I desperately wanted to break that mythical barrier of 45 seconds – and I did it!” said Leveaux.

Leveaux broke his fourth World Record in the one week. His previous World Records were achieved in the 50m butterfly SC (22.29), 50m freestyle SC (20.48) and 100m freestyle SC (45.12).

At the Beijing Olympic Games, Leveaux earned two silver medals in the 50m freestyle and 4×100m freestyle relay. He is also the only swimmer in history to go under 22 seconds in the 50m freestyle LC and also swim under 1:47 in the 200m freestyle LC.

On day two of the European Short Course Championships, Amaury Leveaux broke the World Record in the 100m freestyle SC semi-finals with a time of 45.12. Leveaux shaved off more than half of a second from the former record of 45.69.

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Just five days after setting his World Record in the 50m butterfly SC at the French National Championships, Leveaux has done it again.

At the European Short Course Championships taking place in Rijeka, Croatia, Leveaux lowered the world mark to an incredible 20.48 from the previous 20.64.

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In Past Five Weeks, TYR Athletes have Broken Records and Set Multiple Lifetime Personal Bests

• 4 World Records
• 25 Lifetime Personal Bests
• 13 National Titles
• 13 Gold, 11 Silver and 4 Bronze at USA Swimming National Championship
• 8 U.S. National Course Records

In world-class displays of talent combined with breakthrough technology, TYR athletes shattered records and swam to lifetime personal best results around the globe in recent months. These November and December successes mark the highest concentration of victories in TYR company history.

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