Irish swimmer wins third gold medal of the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
The 22-year-old has now won three golds at the European Short Course Championships. 11. 3.5k.
Daniel Wiffen breaks the 800m freestyle short course world record to take home his third gold medal at the European Championships in Romania.
The Irish swimmer took three seconds off the long-standing record.
Daniel Wiffen crushed the 800 free short-course world record in 7:20.46 to slice 2.96secs off Grant Hackett's 2008 mark in Otopeni.
Daniel Wiffen went 7:20.46 in the SCM 800 free, dropping five seconds and demolishing the world record (7:23.42) set by Australia's Grant Hackett in 2008.
Daniel Wiffen won his third gold of the European Short Course Championships in style, setting a new 800m freestyle short-course world record in the process.
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It was a proud day for Daniel Wiffen and Irish swimming as the Down man set a new 800m world record at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.