HOBART, Australia, August 27. ACCORDING to Swimming Australia reports, Leisel Jones smashed the 100 SCM breaststroke world record at the 2006 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships at the Hobart Tattersall’s Aquatic Center on Sunday.
Jones took the race out fast and blazed home to touch in 1:04.12. That effort knocked a huge .67 seconds off the old mark set by American Tara Kirk.
Jones now holds both the long and short course records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events.
“I had a really good warm up and my goal was to break the 100 world record and I felt really good tonight and so I thought I may as well have a go,” Jones said. “I didn’t know if I would feel this good tomorrow so I made the most of the opportunity and I was very happy with that time. I needed the last two days to freshen up and the 200 and 50m gave me some confidence. I would like to think I can go faster tomorrow night but I made the most of it and it doesn’t matter now what happens tomorrow.”