In a similar, but unrelated context, I was watching a junior swimming meet before Christmas. A 15 year old lad did 50m breaststroke in 27:10 (short course). That would have been an adult world record in 1991!!Putting into a timeline context Buchart beats Vladimir Kuts world 5000m WR he set in 1955. But I agree with the decision to end records. It’s not a race.
Just shows how much swim training kids do these days. (And that the lad who did it has talent too)!