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27/07/2009Another record afternoon for swimming
Another record afternoon for swimming. Five World Records have felt down in eight races: Rickard, Sjostrom, Soni, Zueva and Kukors are the athletes who marked their name in the “best ever” ranking. Australian Brenton Rickard is the first one: he cancels from the almanacs a myth such as Kosuke Kitajima, stopping the chronometer at 58.58 in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke. It will remain the only male exploit: then women will take the upper hand. Swedish Sarah Sjostrom sets the new Record in the Women’s 100m Butterfly (she just had set it yesterday). Less than half an hour later, American Rebecca Soni conquers the Final and the World Record in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke: 1:04.84 the time. Meanwhile Anastasia Zueva takes Kirsty Coventry’s record in the Women’s 100m Backstroke: tomorrow we expect a spectacular Final. But ladies are insatiable: Ariana Kukors wins the gold medal in the 200m Medley. With the relative World record, of course.
Together with so many new record-holders, we have to notice Milorad Cavic’s gold medal in the Men’s 50m Butterfly (the challenge to Michael Phelps is dared), and Aaron Peirsol’s exclusion from the Men’s 100m Backstroke Final. The Cannibal from Baltimora enters the 200m Freestyle Final with the third time, after German Biedermann and Russian Izotov. Tomorrow’s the day of the Final: Michael Phelps does not fails when the medal is in the air.