Trickett 100m world record official this time!
March 28, 2008
Thursday night at the Australian swimming team Olympic selection trials saw two world records fall. The first went to Libby Trickett formerly Lenton.
Having been the first woman to ever swim 100m in under 53 seconds in a swim against Michael Phelps last year Trickett was keen to officially enter the record books as the fastest woman. The previous time of 52.99 was not ratified by Fina.
Last night she smashed through the 53 second barrier by completing two laps at Sydney’s Olympic pool in a time of 52.88. Trickett was clearly excited with her fantastic time. She also had a bit of a go at Fina for having not recognising her past effort.
One notable absentee from the 100m final was Athens gold medalist Jody Henry who unfortunately is out of the Beijing Olympics due to injury.
Second in the race was 15 year old Sally Foster in a time of 53.81.
For more results visit the Australian Swimming website.
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