RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- In the 50 meters freestyle event at the Maria Lenk Trophy swim meet, Cesar Cielo won on Wednesday with a time of 21.33 seconds. The victory and time are good enough to guarantee his participation in this year's World Championships in Rome.
Wearing an old suit that had to be cut in the hamstring at the last minute in order to provide room for the athlete, Cielo came close to his gold medal winning performance in Beijing last year. He stated that the new world record of 20.94 seconds set by Frenchswimmer Fred Bousquet, is not as far away as he imagined.
"I was surprised with my time today. I now see that the world record is closer than I thought and not as scary as I had imagined. My race today had its flaws. I needed to take some extrabreaths that ended up slowing me down. There is definitely the possibility of bettering my time and chasing the world record," analyzed Cielo after Wednesday's competition.
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