Mike Alexandrov’s 100m breaststroke swim at the NCAA Championships has been ratified by US Swimming as an official American record.
Although Alexandrov’s time of 51.56 beat the existing record by .3 seconds, there were questions as to whether he qualified to hold a US record, given that he competes for Bulgaria on the international stage. Alexandrov has lived in the US since the age of 8 and acquired duel-citizenship last September.