{"id":18981,"date":"2008-09-10T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/paralympics-swimming-swimmers-continue-onslaught-on-world-record-book\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:05:50","slug":"paralympics-swimming-swimmers-continue-onslaught-on-world-record-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympics-swimming-swimmers-continue-onslaught-on-world-record-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics, Swimming: Swimmers Continue Onslaught on World Record Book"},"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 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.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Paul of South Africa dropped the men&#39;s 100 breast \u2013 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&#39;s Lin Furong finished second in 1:09.58, while Russia&#39;s Denis Dorogaev earned third in 1:10.16.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#39;s 100 breast \u2013 SB9, New Zealand&#39;s Sophie Pascoe claimed gold in 1:22.58, while Spain&#39;s Sarai Gascon (1:24.51) and Great Britain&#39;s Louise Watkin (1:26.10) rounded out the top three.<\/p>\n<p>Greece&#39;s Charlampos Taiganidis lowered his world record in the men&#39;s 100 free \u2013 S13 with a time of 53.37.  He&#39;d previously held the record with a 53.96 from 2006.  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Jessica Long of the U.S. took second in 1:19.56, while Mariann Vestbostad of Norway placed third in 1:20.86.<\/p>\n<p>Maksym Veraksa of Ukraine snatched the world record in the men&#39;s 200 IM \u2013 SM12 with a time of 2:12.71, while Russia&#39;s Alexander Nevolin-Svetov (2:13.86) and Ukraine&#39;s Sergii Klippert (2:14.05) claimed second and third.<\/p>\n<p>Oxana Savchenko of Russia captured the women&#39;s 200 IM \u2013 SM12 gold in 2:30.55, while Poland&#39;s Joanna Mendak finished second in 2:32.65.  Karolina Pelendritou of Cypress placed third in 2:35.30.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Perkins of the U.S. set a world record in the men&#39;s 50 fly \u2013 S5 with a time of 35.95.  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