Zimbabwe’s ‘Golden Girl’ Kirsty smashes games record

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry smashed the World record for the Women’s 100m Backstroke with a time of 58.77 in her semi-final Heat at the Beijing Olympics.

Crowds cheered as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry touched the wall a full shoulder length ahead of competition to set a new world record in the Women’s 100m Backstroke.

Kirsty’s new record replaces the Olympic record she just set yesterday in the preliminaries.

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