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Cyprus’ Paralympic swimmer Karolina sets new world record
August 27, 2021
Cypriot Paralympic swimmer Karolina Pelendritou set a new world record on Friday in Tokyo with a time of 29.92 seconds in the women’s 50m freestyle S11, a first ever sub-30 swim.
Pelendritou will now compete in the final of the same event, which will take place at noon Cyprus time.
The athlete arrived in Tokyo already holding the previous world record in the same category, which was beaten by China’s Ma Jia in heat 1, who set a time of 30.05 seconds. However, Pelendritou took the record straight back in heat 2.