The Golden One
Gold and a new world record for Rickard
30 Jul 2009
Australian Institute of Sport athlete Brenton Rickard made it a golden finish winning the 100-metre men’s breaststroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Rome.
Rickard turned in fifth place at the 50-metre mark, but surged on ahead to hit the wall in first place in the world record time of 58.58 seconds.
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