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His name is Clark Kent Apuada and his friends call him Superman, like the famous Man of Steel.

He is only 10 years old and this week became the great sensation of swimming in the United States by beating a record that Michael Phelps had in his power for 23 years.

The record of over 2,000 years old Michael Phelps surpassed in the Rio Olympics

of American-Filipino origin, Kent Apuada swam the 100 meters butterfly in 1 ' 09 ' 38 to conquer the gold medal in the traditional Far Western Championship, which was held in California, coming down in more than a second the time that Phelps established in the same test In 1995.

Competing in the category of under 10 years, the swimmer of the Monterey county team also won the other six modalities in which he competed: 50 meters butterfly, 50 and 100 meters back, 50 and 100 meters freestyle and 200 meters combined.

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His categorical performance and the fact of having surpassed the record of Phelps made it inevitable to shoot the compared with the legendary swimmer, who after making his debut in the Olympics at the age of 15, became the most successful Olympic athlete in history with 28 medals.

According to his mother, Cynthia Apuada, Clark is honoring his name by proving that it is the "Superman of water ".

"He was the one who said, ' Look mommy, Michael Phelps has a record in the Far Western. I can beat ', and I was only 7 years old , "recalled Aguada in an interview with the Huffington Post.

The little champ told CNN he didn't feel pressure to keep his word.

"I took it pretty well ," he acknowledged.

"I like to swim because I have a lot of people supporting Me. My coaches are always there for me and my parents too. "

After receiving the ovation from the stands when his record was announced, Clark already points to his new goals.

"Paris 2024 or Los Angeles 2028 ", he said.

"This record motivated me to keep swimming, to keep the effort and do everything possible to get to the elite," he told the media.