Aussies blitz in the pool in Montreal

01 Aug 05 04:28

Liesel Jones has set a new world record in the 200 metre breaststroke final at the World Championships in Montreal.

Ms Jones, fondly known as 'Lethal Liesel' finished in just 2 minutes 2.17 seconds, beating American Amanda Beard. The triumph comes after she raced to the finish line of the 100 metre breaststroke in 1 minute and 6.25 seconds, another world record, earlier this week.

A competitor in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Ms Jones won a silver medal at only 15 years of age, however this is her first World Championship where she has won the gold.

Fellow Australian team mate, Danni Miatke, has broken the world record in the 50 metre butterfly. The 17-year-old from Darwin set a new record of 26.11 seconds.

And to add to the success of the Australian Women's swim team, Jade Edmistone set a new highest mark in the 50 metre breaststroke, winning in just 30.45 seconds.

Ms Edmistone holds the title of both the long and short course 50metre breaststroke world records.

Meanwhile, the captain of the Australian Men's swim team, Grant Hackett, has proven himself yet again to be a champion claiming victory in the 1500 metre freestyle.

Mr Hackett, the first swimmer to win the same event at four Wold Championships, won in only 14 minutes and 42.58 seconds, eight seconds slower than his personal best and world record time.

Mr Hackett has also entered the swimming history books to become the first swimmer to win the 400, 800 and 1500 metre titles at the championships.

His 800 metre swim at the meet set new world record time of 7 minutes 38.65 seconds, slicing more than half a second off fellow Australian Ian Thorpe's previous benchmark.

Winning the 400 metres on opening night and claiming silver in the 200 metres behind Michael Phelps at the titles, his 800 and 1500 metre wins, plus his 4x200 bronze in the relay took Mr Hackett's tally to 16 medals at the championships, pushing him well ahead as winner of the most World Championships medals in swimming history

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