{"id":18967,"date":"2008-09-08T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T19:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/paralympics-swimming-world-records-continue-to-fall\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:05:20","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:05:20","slug":"paralympics-swimming-world-records-continue-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympics-swimming-world-records-continue-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics, Swimming: World Records Continue to Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=http:\/\/www.universalsports.com\/\/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&#038;KEY=&#038;SPID=13327&#038;SPSID=107765 target=_blank>Watch LIVE and On Demand Video of Paralympic Swimming at Universal Sports<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>BEIJING, China, September 8.  THE 2008 Beijing Olympics might have had the fastest meet ever with Michael Phelps at the helm, but the 2008 Beijing Paralympics are answering the call with a ferocious run at the world record books.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil&#39;s Andre Brasil opened the second night of swimming with a gold medal in the men&#39;s 100 fly \u2013 S10.  He clocked a time of 59.13 to set the Paralympic record in the morning before posting a 56.47 for the world record at night.<\/p>\n<p>American Anna Eames kept up the strong meet for the U.S. with a winning time of f1:09.44 in the women&#39;s 100 fly \u2013 S10.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sweden&#39;s Anders Olsson set a world record in the men&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S6 with a 1:05.95.  In the women&#39;s side of the event, Eleanor Simmonds of Great Britain, 13, won gold in 1:18.75.  She beat Mirjam de Koning-Peper of the Netherlands who took silver in 1:19.29.<\/p>\n<p>Charl Bouwer of South African notched a world record in the men&#39;s 400 free \u2013 S13 with a time of 4:14.02, while the women&#39;s 400 free \u2013 S13 featured a pair of global standards.  Canada&#39;s Valeria Grand Maison earned her second gold of the Games with a 4:28.64, while Russia&#39;s Anna Efimenko also cleared the previous record with a 4:37.37.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#39;s David Roberts notched a meet record with a 1:00.82 in the men&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S7, while Erin Popovich of the U.S. become a two-time gold medalist with a meet-record time of 1:11.82 in the women&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S7.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#39;s Juan Reyes posted a world record in the men&#39;s 50 back \u2013 S4 preliminary session with a 42.71 before walking away with gold in 42.77 at night.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#39;s 50 back \u2013 S5 followed as the world record went down several times.  Brazil&#39;s Daniel Dias set the world record in the morning with a 36.46 before China&#39;s He Junquan lowered it in the next heat with a 35.04.  Dias then beat out He in finals, 35.28 to 35.43.  Notably, former <i>Swimming World<\/i> contributor Dave Denniston took 14th overall with a 53.07.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#39;s 50 back \u2013 S5 featured Bela Hlavackova of the Czech Republic winning with a meet record time of 41.03 for her second medal overall.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#39;s Oleksandr Mashchenko nabbed the men&#39;s 100 breast \u2013 SB11 crown in 1:12.36 to 1:12.86, over China&#39;s Yang Bozun.  Ukrainian compatriot Maksym Veraksa then broke the world record in the men&#39;s 100 breast \u2013 SB12 with a time of 1:07.46 for gold.  That beat his preliminary standard of 1:08.55.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#39;s 100 beast \u2013 SB12 also featured a world record.  Karolina Pelendritou of Cyprus set the global standard in prelims with a 1:16.82 before winning gold in 1:17.58.<\/p>\n<p>Wang Xiaofu of China, who has been called the Paralympic Michael Phelps at times, set a meet record in the men&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S8 with a time of 58.84.  Meanwhile, equally dominant Jessica Long of the U.S. won her second gold medal of the meet with a time of 1:06.91 in the women&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S8 after breaking her world record in the morning with a 1:06.81.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning <i>Swimming World Magazine<\/i> Disabled Male Swimmer of the Year Matthew Cowdrey won the men&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S9 with a world record time of 55.30.  That beat Guo Zhi of China&#39;s standard set in prelims with a 56.24.  Guo wound up taking silver in 56.13.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#39;s Natalie du Toit then earned another gold medal with a time of 1:01.44 in the women&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S9 to close the second day of competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch LIVE and On Demand Video of Paralympic Swimming at Universal Sports BEIJING, China, September 8. 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