Paralympics, Swimming: Swimmers Continue Onslaught on World Record Book

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BEIJING, China, September 10. THE 2008 Beijing Paralympics have seen an incredible amount of world records as nearly every event on the docket this evening featured a global standard falling by the wayside.

Kevin Paul of South Africa dropped the men's 100 breast – SB9 world record twice during the day. First, he posted a time of 1:08.70 during prelims before coming back at night to win in 1:08.58. China's Lin Furong finished second in 1:09.58, while Russia's Denis Dorogaev earned third in 1:10.16.

In the women's 100 breast – SB9, New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe claimed gold in 1:22.58, while Spain's Sarai Gascon (1:24.51) and Great Britain's Louise Watkin (1:26.10) rounded out the top three.

Greece's Charlampos Taiganidis lowered his world record in the men's 100 free – S13 with a time of 53.37. He'd previously held the record with a 53.96 from 2006. Ukraine swept silver and bronze with Oleksii Fedyna (54.11) and Danylo Chufarov (54.26) touching second and third.

Reigning Swimming World Disabled Swimmer of the Year Valerie Grand Maison of Canada crushed her world record in the women's 100 free – S13 with a time of 58.87. That cleared her previous record of 59.57 set in 2006. Teammate Chelsey Gotell took second in 1:00.26, touching out Kelley Becherer of the U.S. (1:00.46).

Lantz Lamback of the U.S. downed the world record in the men's 100 back – S7 twice during the day. First, he clocked a 1:14.06 during prelims before winning gold in 1:12.09. Jon Fox of Great Britain placed second in 1:14.34, while Guillermo Marro of Argentina grabbed bronze in 1:15.17.

Another event witnessed more than one progression in the day. Australia's Katrina Porter set the women's 100 back – S7 standard to 1:24.44 during prelims before edging that time with a 1:24.30 to win at night. Germany's Kirsten Bruhn finished second in 1:25.97, while Chantal Boonacker of the Netherlands touched third in 1:26.30.

Russia's Konstantin Lisenkov then downed the men's 100 back – S8 world record twice during the day as well. He set the record with a 1:06.72 during prelims before winning at night with a 1:06.33. Australia's Peter Leek took silver in 1:07.28, while Great Britain's Sean Fraser snagged bronze in 1:11.28.

The women's 100 back – S8 witnessed another double world record. Great Britain's Heather Frederiksen clocked a 1:17.62 for the record during prelims before running away with the gold in 1:16.74 at night. Jessica Long of the U.S. took second in 1:19.56, while Mariann Vestbostad of Norway placed third in 1:20.86.

Maksym Veraksa of Ukraine snatched the world record in the men's 200 IM – SM12 with a time of 2:12.71, while Russia's Alexander Nevolin-Svetov (2:13.86) and Ukraine's Sergii Klippert (2:14.05) claimed second and third.

Oxana Savchenko of Russia captured the women's 200 IM – SM12 gold in 2:30.55, while Poland's Joanna Mendak finished second in 2:32.65. Karolina Pelendritou of Cypress placed third in 2:35.30.

Roy Perkins of the U.S. set a world record in the men's 50 fly – S5 with a time of 35.95. Meanwhile, Brazil's Daniel Dias took second in 36.25, while China's He Junquan earned third in 37.07.

In the men's 400 free relay – 34 points, Great Britain set the world record when Matt Walker (S7), Graham Edmunds (S10), David Roberts (S7) and Robert Welbourn (S10) won in 3:51.43.

Australia's Ben Austin (S8), Peter Leek (S8), Sam Bramham (S9) and Matthew Cowdrey (S9) placed second in 3:53.59, while China's Xiong Xiaoming (S9), Wei Yanpeng (S8), Wang Xiaofu (S8) and Guo Zhi (S9) took third in 3:53.92.

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