ZIMBABWEAN swimmer James Lawson yesterday paddled to a personal best and national record time of 28,85seconds in the men’s 50m breaststroke which was, however, not enough for him to progress to the semi-finals from his heat at the 2015 Fina World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
BY MICHAEL MADYIRA
Lawson took heat four to secure an overall ranking of 45 out of 81 as South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh claimed top spot.
While Lawson failed to proceed to the next round, he beat the previous Zimbabwean 50m breaststroke record of 28,93 set by Timothy Ferris at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, United States five years ago.
On Monday, veteran swimmer Kirsty Coventry could not hide her joy after qualifying for next year’s Olympic Games following a commendable 0th place finish in the women’s 100m backstroke at the same championships.
“I have qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games! My 5th Olympic Games! I came 10th in the 100m Backstroke. My time was 1:00:09, a huge improvement over the last few months — and I will not stop improving,” she said.
She is set to compete in her signature event, the 200m backstroke on Friday.
The 31-year-old has two Olympic gold medals in the 200m Backstroke event and she broke the world record at Beijing 2008.
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Another Zimbabwean at the Fina World Championships Sean Gunn finished an overall 57 out of 80 competitors in the men’s 200m Freestyle heats, finishing on 1:52:05.
