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A 16-year-old swimmer has enactment himself connected the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics radar aft shattering a grounds astatine the 2025 U.S. Swimming Championships connected Wednesday that was antecedently held by Michael Phelps.
Whenever Phelps’ sanction comes into play successful the pool, you cognize it’s an astonishing feat considering the American’s 28 Olympic medals (23 gold), which is an all-time record.
But Luka Mijatovic took a grounds distant from Phelps aft posting a 200-meter freestyle clip of 1:45.92, which not lone shattered the 15-16 property radical grounds (1:47.29), but besides the 17-18 property radical held by Phelps.
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Luka Mijatovic of the United States looks connected aft competing successful the Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle heats connected Day 1 of the TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont astatine FMC Natatorium connected Mar. 5, 2025, successful Westmont, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Phelps swam it astatine 1:45.99, but Mijatovic conscionable bushed him retired connected his last lap.
The Summer Olympics’ instrumentality to Los Angeles is inactive 3 years away, but Mijatovic is surely idiosyncratic to ticker aft his performance.
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Mijatovic has been gathering himself up to this moment, having finished archetypal successful some the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle astatine the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships successful May.
Luka Mijatovic of the United States competes successful the Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle heats connected Day 1 of the TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont astatine FMC Natatorium connected Mar. 5, 2025, successful Westmont, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
He’s 1 of the top-ranked precocious schoolhouse swimmers, and helium presently ranks archetypal successful the authorities of California.
The precocious schooler was surrounded by immoderate Olympians already astatine the Swimming Championships, which began connected Tuesday.
Torri Huske, Bobby Finke, who already won the event’s men’s 1500-meter freestyle, and the accomplished Katie Ledecky were among those competing successful Indianapolis.
Luka Mijatovic of the United States looks connected earlier competing successful the Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle heats connected Day 1 of the TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont astatine FMC Natatorium connected Mar. 5, 2025, successful Westmont, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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These championships are for swimmers to gain a spot successful the World Championships, which volition beryllium held successful Singapore successful July and August.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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