By:
Conor Martin
Irish Olympic gold and bronze medallist Daniel Wiffen has set his sights on even more swimming success this summer at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, which take place in Singapore between the 11th July and 3rd August.
Last time out at the World Championships, he won gold in both 800m and 1500m freestyle. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, he won gold in the 800m freestyle. and bronze in the 1500m, and his focus is now on even more medals.
Daniel Wiffen going for gold in Singapore
“Training is going great. We’ve been doing some crazy sets, which I’ve been really fast, so I’m really looking forward to the world championships.
“I want to win gold, which is an easy one to say because I have already won the world championships twice, so for me, that’s what it is going to be, re-win the medals I’ve already won, it’s that simple.”
Room for improvement
The man from Magheralin hasn’t forgotten those who supported him in his early days and recently donated his Irish Olympic grant to his former school.
Ahead of his appearance in Singapore this summer, Wiffen is looking at various ways he can improve his performances ahead of the LA Olympics in 2028 and said:
“I’m looking at what I did wrong in Paris, not obviously winning the gold medal, but there are actually quite a lot of areas where I can improve, so that’s what I am looking at.
“I’m looking at the analytics side of it. Maybe if I did that turn faster, or maybe if I didn’t breathe at that point or reduce my breathing time, something like that, it’s all looking at those little details and if I can refine them, that’s how I keep progressing every year.
“I wasn’t perfect at all, far from it, and that’s what makes it exciting for me going towards LA, because if I can win gold in a race when I was 80% there, when I have 20% left in the tank where I can actually improve from.”
World record in Wiffen’s sights
Wiffen is an ambitious young man who always goes above and beyond when it comes to achieving accolades and has his sights on the world record this summer.
“I’m definitely going for it (in reference to the world record).
“I feel you can’t not go to a race being only a second off the world record and not be going for it, so that’s my goal.
“I’ve PB’d at every major international competition that I’ve done, so I aim to PB one more time before I break that world record. Time will tell.”
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