Germany's Liebmann smashes 1500m world record

PARIS, Aug 15 : Germany's Johannes Liebmann smashed the world record for the men's 1500 metres at the European Aquatics Championships on Saturday, knocking almost four seconds off the previous record in a dominant display. The 19-year-old set a new world-best mark of 14 minutes 26.79 seconds, eclipsing the previous record set by American Bobby Finke at the Paris Olympics two years ago by 3.88 seconds. He also became the first man to complete the distance in under 14 minutes 30 seconds. “I’m just amazed, the time is incredible. I didn’t think it was possible for me ... I’m just speechless,” Liebmann told Olympics.com.“The race was hard. I started fast, it was planned to just get rid of the others to swim my own race. Halfway through the race, I saw I was way ahead of the others, and I felt