{"id":629490,"date":"2025-12-18T03:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=629490"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:14:27","slug":"paralympic-champion-benjamin-hance-takes-world-record-tally-to-three-at-queensland-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympic-champion-benjamin-hance-takes-world-record-tally-to-three-at-queensland-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympic Champion Benjamin Hance Takes World Record Tally to Three at Queensland Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Paralympic Champion Benjamin Hance Takes World Record Tally To Three At Queensland Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not satisfied with one world record on Wednesday, Australian Paralympic man-of-the- moment, <strong>Benjamin Hance<\/strong> has gone one step further in Brisbane today, breaking a further \u00a0two world records in one day at the Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 25-year-old three-time Paralympic gold medalliust from Tokyo and Paris, \u00a0lowered his own Virtus world record in the 50m backstroke yesterday morning and went under the old world record to win the final last night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vdSvbVOb0B\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-paralympic-star-benjamin-hance-smokes-50-backstroke-world-record-at-queensland-championships\/\">Australian Paralympic Star Benjamin Hance Smokes 50 Backstroke World Record At Queensland Championships<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Australian Paralympic Star Benjamin Hance 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