Wiffen ‘really weak’ before Worlds 800m final

Daniel Wiffen, an Olympic gold medalist, believes that “something is wrong” with his Singaporean performances.

The Northern Irish swimmer from Magheralin won the 800-meter freestyle final on Tuesday, going on to finish fifth in his heat in seven minutes, 46.36 seconds.

The 24-year-old is the defending champion in the event, but he will be in the outside lane for Wednesday’s final due to a bout of appendicitis he sustained in the lead up to the competition.

Wiffen stated that despite his poor preparation, he will still be entering the race with the mindset that he can still win.

Although Wiffen was eighth overall, the 800-meter freestyle competitor was obviously disappointed, but we still have a lane to defend our title and are going in with the mindset that I can win it.

“I’m just feeling really weak right now,” I said. Something is wrong, because I felt it in the 400 before I felt it in the 800 free.