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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.

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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