Daniel Wiffen claims second gold after blistering display

Daniel Wiffen has claimed his second gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships after winning the 1500m freestyle final in spectacular fashion, posting the third fastest time in the history of the event.

In a thrilling final, where the 22-year-old spent the first 1,000 metres under world record pace, he eventually came home just outside it in 14:09.11, the third-fastest time in history after Germany's Florian Wellbrock (14:06.88) and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrineiri (14:08.16).

The Magheralin man finished the race an incredible twelve seconds ahead of his closest competitors, David Aubry (14:21.78) of France and Mykhailo Romanchuk (14:22.18) of Ukraine.

It was Wiffen’s second gold medal of the competition, after he won 400m freestyle gold on Tuesday, his time over five seconds faster than his Irish record of 14:14.45.

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