TANCOCK POSTS NEW WORLD RECORD
Liam Tancock broke the world record for the 50m Backstroke
with his split time in the men's 200m Backstroke during this
evening's heats at the British Swimming Championships (50m).
Loughborough University's Liam Tancock powered out of the
blocks for the first 50m and gave himself a large lead over
Gregor Tait (City of Edinburgh).
Tancock touched the wall at 50m in a time of 24.47 seconds
breaking the current record by almost half a second.
"I haven't swam the 50m properly since Japan where I
tried to break the world record last summer but I definitely
achieved that this time and it feels great," Tancock
said. "I know it is not in the Olympic programme but
it gives me a lot of confidence to get that record, it gets
the place buzzing and it just feels amazing to swim that fast."
Commonwealth champion Tait touched just after Tancock at
the 50m mark and as the new world record holder fell away,
the City of Edinburgh swimmer took over the lead and showed
his strength over the distance by taking the top spot and
claiming the FINA 'A' qualifying time, he finished in 1:56.84.
Two other athletes reached the required qualifying time in
this event, Marco Loughran (Guildford City) finished in 1:58.16
and Loughborough University's James Goddard touched in 1:58.44.
The second record of the day was broken by Loughborough University's
Kate Haywood, she qualified as the fastest athlete for tomorrow's
final and broke the British record with a time of 1:07.56.
She looked strong and on course for the record throughout
her heat and finished ahead of her closest competitors and
achieved the important FINA 'A' time.
World silver medallist Kirsty Balfour won her heat and met
the qualifying standard with a time of 1:08.20. Millfield's
Georgia Holderness finished as the third fastest athlete and
also met the time after finishing in 1:08.65.
The women's 200m Individual Medley saw Hannah Miley (Garioch)
break her own British record and reach the vital FINA 'A'
qualifying time. She dominated her heat gaining an early lead
and touched in 2:11.46.
Three other athletes also met the qualifying standard, Terri
Dunning (City of Birmingham) touched in her heat in 2:14.39,
ahead of Lincoln Vulcans' swimmer Elizabeth Simmonds who finished
in 2:14.63. Keri-Anne Payne (Stockport Metro) also met the
time after finishing in 2:12.42.
Loughborough University's Ross Davenport qualified fastest
for the final of the men's 200m Freestyle, he showed his strength
throughout his heat to claim the FINA 'A' qualifying time.
Davenport finished his race in 1:47.03.
Davenport was joined in meeting the FINA 'A' time by three
other athletes. David Carry (Aberdeen Dolphins) won his heat
in a time of 1:48.22, followed by Robbie Renwick (City of
Aberdeen) and Andrew Hunter (Stirling Swimming) who claimed
the same time in their heat of 1:48.52.
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