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McEvoy says best is to come after breaking long
McEvoy’s 20.88s swim broke a 17-year record but earned no bonus as the China Open lacked World Aquatics sanctioning, contrasting with $1 million offered at Enhanced Games.
- On Saturday, 31-year-old Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy set a world record in the 50m freestyle at the China Open in Shenzhen, clocking 20.88 seconds and surpassing a 16-year-old mark.
- McEvoy achieved this by reinventing his training approach, drastically reducing weekly pool mileage to 1.5km while increasing strength work; he surpassed Brazilian sprinter Cesar Cielo's 2009 supersuit mark.
- Despite the historic feat, McEvoy received $0 because the China Open was not a World Aquatics event, whereas the controversial Enhanced Games offer over $2 million for similar records.
- Calling the disparity "ludicrous," McEvoy criticized the lack of financial rewards for clean athletes, noting the current landscape places "very low" value on clean records.
- This achievement bolsters McEvoy's goal to compete at Brisbane's 2032 Games, as he remains the only Australian male currently holding a long-course world record.
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The 'ludicrous' $2 million pay-day facing world-beating swimmers
Australian swimmer and 50m freestyle world record holder Cam McEvoy says it is "ludicrous" that doped-up swimmers are being offered as much as $2 million to break a world record, while his legitimate mark earned him nothing.
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