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MANCHESTER, England: Croatia’s Duje Draganja edged out home
favorite Mark Foster to smash the world 50m freestyle best as
records tumbled at the world short-course swimming championships
here Friday.
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry took the individual
honors with her third title of the meet, while Australia, cheered on
from the stands by the legendary Grant Hackett, strengthened its
position in the medals table by adding three more golds to their
tally to close the third day of competition.
Despite a difficult lane-one draw, Draganja
clocked 20.81 to deny Foster a seventh world crown.
Felicity Galvez set the tone for Australia with
a world best of 25.32 in holding off the strong favorite Hinkelien
Schreuder of the Netherlands to claim gold in the 50m butterfly,
shaving 0.01 of a second off the previous best that had stood for
three years.
-- AFP
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