{"id":478730,"date":"2021-06-19T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=478730"},"modified":"2021-06-19T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T20:01:10","slug":"anastasia-pagoniss-world-records-headline-day-2-of-u-s-paralympic-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anastasia-pagoniss-world-records-headline-day-2-of-u-s-paralympic-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia Pagonis\u2019s World Records Headline Day 2 of U.S. Paralympic Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anastasia Pagonis<\/strong> twice lowered the world record in the women\u2019s S11 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. Paralympic Trials Friday in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Pagonis swam a time of 4 minutes, 59.28 seconds in prelims, then lowered it to 4:56.16 in the finals. That trounced the world record of 5:02.19 set by the Netherlands\u2019 Liesette Bruinsma<\/strong> in 2019.<\/p>\n

Pagonis, a 17-year-old from Long Island, is competing in her first Paralympic Trials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting,\u201d Pagonis said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cI never thought this would end up happening when I lost my vision two years ago. I never thought I would be here. So just being in this environment is exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n