The Aussie swimmer improves on her own world record becoming the third world record in the Australian Commonwealth Games trials.
Reports CNN:
Jones recorded a time of two minutes 20.54 seconds, fully 1.18 seconds faster than her previous record set at the 2005 world championships in Montreal, Canada. Libby Lenton set a women’s 100 meters freestyle world record of 53.42 seconds on Tuesday, wiping 0.10 seconds off the previous world record set by compatriot Jodie Henry at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Jade Edmistone lowered her 50m breaststroke world record to 30.31 seconds in Monday’s heats.
[...] In the Commonwealth Games trials, Jones bettered her 200 metre breast stroke mark a few months ago. This time she breaks her mark in the 100 metre breast stroke at the Commonwealth Games. CNN reports: Jones set the first world record of the Games, shattering her previous mark by 0.62 seconds in the 100m breaststroke to clock one minute 05.09 seconds. [...]