Hansen breaks 200m breaststroke record

American Brendan Hansen broke his own world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the US championships on Saturday. It was the second world record in four days for Hansen, who shattered his own mark in the 100m breaststroke on Tuesday. Hansen,...

American Brendan Hansen broke his own world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the US championships on Saturday.

It was the second world record in four days for Hansen, who shattered his own mark in the 100m breaststroke on Tuesday.

Hansen, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist in Athens, easily won the US title in the 200, storming home in two minutes, 8.74 seconds to smash his old record of 2:09.04.

Eric Shanteau was a distant second in 2:11.38 followed by Olympian Scott Usher.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.