Two world marks tumble at swimming championships
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-27 06:33

MONTREAL: South African veteran Roland Schoeman and US newcomer Jess Hardy surprised themselves with world record performances at the 11th World Swimming Championships on Monday.

Schoeman, a treble medallist at the Athens Olympics last year whose resume includes Commonwealth Games gold and silver and a 2001 world championship bronze, broke the 50m butterfly world record for the second time in as many days as he captured the gold in 22.96sec.

The 25-year-old became the first South African to capture a world swimming title.

Hardy, 18 and swimming in her first international meet, knocked 17-hundredths of a second off the women's 100m breaststroke world record in winning her semi-final in 1:06.20.

She beat the previous world record of 1:06.37 held by Australian Leisel Jones, who won the second semi-final in 1:06.93.

Hardy said she had no expectation of such a time and no realization during the race that she was even on pace for the feat.

"Definitely a shock, an awesome shock," she said.

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