HOBART, Australia, August 28. ACCORDING to Swimming Australia reports, Leisel Jones and Libby Lenton erased a pair of short course meter world records within 10 minutes of each other at the 2006 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships at the Hobart Tattersall\u2019s Aquatic Center <\/p>\n
Jones was first with a stunning 1:03.86 in the 100-meter breaststroke \u2013 her second world mark in 24 hours. She also became the first woman in history to clock a sub-1:04 in the event after slashing .67 seconds off the previous standard of 1:04.79 set by American Tara Kirk in Sydney on November 28, 2003.<\/p>\n
Lenton followed with an equally impressive swim of her own, slashing 0.39 seconds off the 100-meter butterfly world record held by American Natalie Coughlin with a time of 55.95.<\/p>\n
The five-time Olympic medalist Jones has now broken six world records this year \u2013 the long and short course 100-meter breaststroke twice each, the long course 200-meter breaststroke and as part of Australia\u2019s 400-meter medley relay that won the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
Before the race Jones wasn\u2019t sure she had any improvement left after last night. <\/p>\n
\u201cGoing into warm up 1:03 was my goal but I didn\u2019t think I actually had it in me so I just psyched myself up for it and I found something I probably didn\u2019t think I had,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI think I rushed it a little and didn\u2019t feel as good as I should have. You never know how much you have got left in you because last night I would have said I couldn\u2019t go any faster. You still seem to find little things and hopefully I can find a bit more strength and hopefully a bit more training under my belt as well.\u201d <\/p>\n
Lenton improved her best time by 0.65 seconds and now holds world records for 100 and 200-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly in the short course pool. <\/p>\n
\u201cComing into tonight I knew I only had one more swim so I really wanted to finish on a high note and after my 50-meter butterfly I knew I had quite a lot of speed,\u201d Lenton said. \u201cI knew I could do a personal best and I\u2019ve come up with a great swim so I\u2019m really happy. I\u2019ve been second to Jess for a couple of years but after that maybe people will take me seriously as a flyer. It\u2019s great when Leisel swims well and it gives me confidence because we do the same training.\u201d <\/p>\n
The history re-writing continued when Brisbane 20-year-old Leith Brodie set his second Australian record in as many nights, this time erasing Matt Dunn\u2019s seven-year-old 200-meter IM time from the record books. Brodie clocked 1:55.77, which is also the 11th-fastest time in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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