Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak blamed his failure to set a new world record in the 200-meter butterfly final at the Tokyo Olympics on a rip in his swimming shorts .

They split 10 minutes before I entered the pool and in that moment I knew the world record was gone. I lost my focus and knew I couldnt do it, Milak said Wednesday, according to the BBC .

Milak, 21, changed into a new pair of trunks and still won the event by almost 2.5 seconds. He set a new Olympic record of 1:51:25 in the process, shattering Michael Phelps time of 1:52:03 at the Beijing games in 2008.

But the wardrobe malfunction was a negative distraction, he said.