{"id":610709,"date":"2025-04-21T21:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=610709"},"modified":"2025-04-22T04:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:36:17","slug":"australian-champs-day-2-prelims-aussie-paralympic-wonder-woman-alexa-leary-breaks-her-own-wr-in-the-100m-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-champs-day-2-prelims-aussie-paralympic-wonder-woman-alexa-leary-breaks-her-own-wr-in-the-100m-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Champs, Day 2, Prelims: Aussie Paralympic \u201cWonder Woman\u201d Alexa Leary Breaks Her Own WR In The 100m Freestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Australian Champs, Day 2 Prelims: Aussie Paralympic \u201cWonder Woman\u201d Alexa Leary Breaks Her Own WR In The 100m Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s Paralympic \u201cwonder woman\u201d <strong>Alexa Leary<\/strong> has set the Brisbane Aquatic Centre alight today, setting a world record during the second day preliminary heats of the 2025 Australian Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_610713\" style=\"width: 854px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-610713\" data-attachment-id=\"610713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-champs-day-2-prelims-aussie-paralympic-wonder-woman-alexa-leary-breaks-her-own-wr-in-the-100m-freestyle\/del_1448\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1448-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571317579&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;180&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alexa Leary WR reaction 2 Aus Champs 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Alexa Leary WR reaction 2 Aus Champs 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1448-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1448-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-610713\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1448-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"603\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-610713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARE YOU SERIOUS: Alexa Leary WR reaction at the Australian Champs 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 23-year-old from the Gold Coast, who survived an horrific bike accident while training for triathlon, smashed out a time of 59.22 secs to better her old mark of 59.53, for the S9 class women\u2019s 100m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous record was set in her gold-medal swim in Paris last year \u2013 and she was quick to declare after hearing her time: \u201cWe\u2019ll do it again in the final!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous WR and individual gold came after she anchored the Australian 4x100m 34pt Mixed Medley Relay team to an emphatic gold medal two days earlier \u2013 kick starting the Australian team\u2019s campaign at the La Defense Arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leary surprised even herself this morning and when told of her time, Leary said: \u201cI wasn\u2019t 100 per cent sure. I need to see the time on paper \u2026 did I actually break the world record?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAwww yes, that\u2019s a good backend speed as well. I knew I was hurting but not that bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach <strong>Jon Bell<\/strong> said Gold Coast-based Leary had been training well and recovered from an infected toe that had kept her out of the water recently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_610710\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-610710\" data-attachment-id=\"610710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-champs-day-2-prelims-aussie-paralympic-wonder-woman-alexa-leary-breaks-her-own-wr-in-the-100m-freestyle\/del_1462\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1462-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571317589&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;180&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alexa Leary WR reaction 3 Aus Champs 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Alexa Leary WR reaction 3 Aus Champs 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1462-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1462-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-610710\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1462-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"578\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-610710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OMG: Alexa Leary WR reaction at the Aus Champs 2025. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leary\u2019s first hit out at NSW State Open Championships in March saw her claim the 50m title but she then pulled out of the 100m event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning\u2019s heat swim marked her first competitive 100m hit out since she<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">melted the hearts of Australians who have followed the former triathlete\u2019s journey and remarkable recovery \u2013 forging a pathway to Paralympic gold in Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexa has made a remarkable recovery after her parents had been told their daughter wasn\u2019tb going to survive, setting a goal to represent Australia in swimming at the Paris Paralympics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl from the Sunshine Coast, now training on the Gold Coast at Bond University, fought back from an induced coma after the near-death bike-riding training accident, now taking her family and friends and the rest of Australia along for her inspiration ride \u2013 which included her dais dancing routine to woo the crowd in Paris.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_610714\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-610714\" data-attachment-id=\"610714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-champs-day-2-prelims-aussie-paralympic-wonder-woman-alexa-leary-breaks-her-own-wr-in-the-100m-freestyle\/del_1468\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DEL_1468-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON 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