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Kiwi para-swimming legend Sophie Pascoe breaks two more world records

June 17, 2019

The Kiwi swimmer shattered two records tonight at the National Aquatic Centre in North Harbour. (Source: Other)

New Zealand's Paralympic swimming great Sophie Pascoe has broken two world records in tonight's swimming nationals at Owen Glenn
National Aquatic Centre in North Harbour.

Pascoe set a new record of 27.32 seconds in the S9 50-metre freestyle and set a new S9 100-metre backstroke record of 1 miniute and 07.41 seconds.

The 26-year-old broke three records at a meet in Singapore last month.

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