Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Oi oi oi!

If American, Michael Phelps, is swimming's "Boy Wonder," then surely Australia's Libby Lenton deserves the title "Wonder Woman." In the 2007 world champs in Melbourne, the Aussie swimming sensation collected the 50m & 100m free, 100 butterfly titles plus 2 relay gold medals. Incredibly, as lead off swimmer in a 4x100m mixed relay between US vs. Oz, she showed grit, graft, and God-given gift to clock a record time of 52.99 seconds (cracking the 53-sec mark) and became the fastest woman swimmer in history. Woo-hoo!

Sadly, her time (legitimate, in my book) may not be be duly recorded because of fuzzy rule interpretations by the officious officials of international swimming. But if the FINA pedants won't honour her feat, let's hope the Guiness Book of World Records will give Ms Lenton her due. There's no doubt in my mind - and anyone who witnessed her stunning achievement - she's truly the Fastest Woman Swimmer Ever and should be recognised as such. Go, Libby!

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