Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen has broken Australian Grant Hackett's long-standing record in the short course 800m freestyle by almost three seconds.
Wiffen finished in 7 minutes, 20.46 seconds to take gold at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Otopeni, Romania on Sunday.
Hackett had held the record for 15 years after swimming 7:23.42 at the Victoria Championships on July 20, 2008.
