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Paralympic Golden Boy Benjamin Hance on World Record Pace at Australian Open Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paralympic star Benjamin Hance<\/strong> has opened his 2026 Australian Open Championship campaign on world record pace \u2013 setting a new mark in the S14 category 50m butterfly at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre today.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old from St Andrews on the Queensland Sunshine Coast clocked a time of 24.17 to set a new Virtus World Record \u2013 taking 0.10secs off his own world record set at the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championship last December.<\/p>\n

The Ashley Delaney<\/strong>-coached two-time Paralympic gold medallist from Tokyo and Paris will get the chance to lower the mark again in tonight\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

Hance showed he was on song in the opening event of the three-day meet \u2013 the 50m backstroke – clocking 25.76 \u2013 just 00.17 off his own world mark and swum in an open event.<\/p>\n

Her was actually the third fastest qualifier for tonight\u2019s final behind Mark Nikolaev<\/strong> (Somerset, Gold Coast) 25.44 and 2024 World Champion Isaac Cooper<\/strong> \u2013 his training partner at St Andrews.<\/p>\n

Hance finishing ahead of New Zealand\u2019s Ethan MacDonald<\/strong> (26.09) and Paris Olympian Bradley Woodward<\/strong> (Mingara, NSW) 26.15.<\/p>\n

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