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Leisel Jones of Austrailia swims in a preliminary heat of the 100m breaststroke during the XLII Santa Clara International Invitational Swim Meet at the Santa Clara Swim Club June 13, 2009 in Santa Clara, California.
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Jones breaks second world record
16 November 2009

Australia's Leisel Jones finished the weekend with two new world records after adding 200-metre breaststroke success to her 100-metre triumph at the shortcourse World Cup meet in Berlin.

The 24-year-old, who won two golds in Beijing's Water Cube, won the 200m breastroke in Berlin in a time of 2min 15.42sec to take more than a second off the previous record set by Canada's Annamay Pierse last August.

The Australian clocked 1 min 3.00sec to lower her own mark of 1 min 3.72sec which she set six months ago in Canberra.

"It's been a good weekend, I am just enjoying being fit and I am enjoying racing," Jones said.

Having swum for Australia at the Sydney Olympic Games of 2000 as a 14-year-old, Jones also competed at Athens in 2004 and Beijing last year, but is setting her sights on the London Olympics for 2012.

AAP


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Leisel Jones
2008 Beijing
Athens 2004
Sydney 2000

Sport
Aquatics - Swimming

Events
100m Breaststroke - Women, 200m Breaststroke - Women, 4 x 100m Medley - Women


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