Sun breaks 10-year-old 1500m record

Chinese swimming star Sun Yang yesterday broke Grant Hackett's iconic 10-year 1500m freestyle world record

Chinese swimming star Sun Yang yesterday broke Grant Hackett's iconic 10-year 1500m freestyle world record.

Sun was more than two seconds off record pace with just 100m to go but found an extra gear to shave 0.42sec off the mark.

The 19-year-old, who also won the 800m freestyle gold and 400m freestyle silver at the Shanghai world championships, said his soaring success was down to good training and a strong mind.

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