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  • South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh became first man under 56 seconds in the 100 meter breaststroke, when he at the South African Short Course Championships on August 9th swam 55.99, where his world record from the day before was 56.39. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • Britain’s Joanne Jackson set a new 400 freestyle short course world record, at the British Short Course Grand Prix on August 8th, with a time of 3:54.92 where Laure Manaudou’s world record from 2006 was 3:56.09. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • Cameron van der Burgh lowered his 50 and 100 breaststroke short course world records, at the South African Short Course Championships on August 8th, clocking 25.43 and 56.39, where his world records from last year were 25.94 and 56.88. And Roland Schoeman set a new 50 freestyle world record, with a time of 20.30 where Amaury Leveaux’s world record from last year was 20.48. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • USA’s Jessica Hardy set both the 50 and the 100 long course breaststroke world record, when she at the 2009 U.S. Open National Championships on August 7th swam the first 50 in a world record time of 29.80, and then the full 100 also in a world record time of 1:04.45, where Rebecca Soni’s world record from the World Championships was 1:04.84. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • Canada’s Annamay Pierse lowered her own 200 breast short course world record from, 2:17.50 in March to 2:16.83 on August 7th. And Canada’s Colin Russell, Stefan Hirniak, Brent Hayden and Joel Greenshields set a new 4×200 freestyle short course world record, with a time of 6:51.05 where Australia’s world record from 2007 was 6:52.66. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine


     

  • USA’s Jessica Hardy became the first woman under 30 seconds in the 50 meter long course breaststroke, when she at the 2009 U.S. Open National Championships on August 6th swam 29.95, where Yuliya Efimova’s world record from the World Championships was 30.09. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

  • Britain’s Liam Tancock improved his 50 backstroke world record, from 24.08 in the semifinal to 24.04 in the final. Russia’s Yuliya Efimova set a new 50 breaststroke world record, with a time of 30.09 where Amanda Reason’s world record was 30.23. Britta Steffen won the 50 freestyle with a world record time of 23.73, where Marleen Veldhuis’ world record was 23.96. And USA’s men set a new 4×100 medley world record, with a time of 3:27.28, where their world record from Beijing was 3:29.34.

  • Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry improved her 200 backstroke world record from 2:05.24 to 2:04.81. Michael Phelps became first man under 50 second in the 100 butterfly, with a time of 49.82 where Cavic’s world record from the semifinal was 50.01. Britain’s Liam Tancock set a new 50 backstroke world record, with a time of 24.08 where USA’s Randall Bal’s world record was 24.33. And the Chinese women set a new 4×100 medley world record, with a time of 3:52.19 where Australia’s world record was 3:52.69.

  • Germany’s Britta Steffen improved her 100 freestyle from 52.22 on the 1st day of Rome, to 52.07 on the 6th. USA’s Aaron Peirsol became the first man under 1:52 in the 200 backstroke, clocking 1:51.92 where his world record was 1:53.08. Netherland’s Marleen Veldhuis set a new 50 butterfly world record in the first semifinal, with a time of 25.28 where her world record was 25.33. And then Sweden’s Therese Alshammar improved this to 25.07 in the second semifinal. Serbia’s Milorad Cavic set a new 100 butterfly world record, with a time of 50.01 where Phelps’ world record was 50.22. And USA’s men improved their 4×200 freestyle world record, from 6:58.56 to 6:58.55.

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