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Three world records tumble
09/04/2008 23:25 - (SA)
Manchester - Three world records, nine swimmers and eight Speedo LZR Racer swimsuits.
The short-course world championships started off with a bang on Wednesday. The decision by swimming's world governing body, Fina, not to ban the new high-tech Speedo suits resulted in another heap of records in the pool.
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe started things off by setting the world record in the 400m individual medley.
The United States team of Ryan Lochte, Bryan Lundquist, Nathan Adrian and Doug Van Wie matched the feat in the men's 400 freestyle relay.
Then the Dutch team of Inge Dekker, Fernke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis and Ranomi Kromowidjojo concluded the excitement inside the M.E.N. Arena by establishing a new world mark in the women's 800 freestyle relay.
The records were set in the final three races of the night and eight of the nine swimmers involved wore the new Speedo suit. Only Van Wie - who used a TYR brand suit - did not wear an LZR.
The LZR has now been worn for 21 of the 22 world records set since it was introduced in February.
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