Five New Records Achieved in the Summer Swimming Championship
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The curtain fell on the Open Summer Swimming Championship, which was held over four days at the Olympic Pool in the Hussein Youth City, amidst outstanding technical levels and strong competition between swimmers, witnessing the registration of five new records for age groups.
The swimmer from the Orthodox Club, Bana Abdul-Rabah, stole the spotlight after setting three new records, starting her journey by achieving two new records for the 12 year old category in the 50 meters freestyle with a time of 28.91 seconds, and 100 meters backstroke with a time of 1:16.42 minutes.
Abdul-Rabah continued her brilliance on the third day by adding a new record for the fifth age category in the 100 meters butterfly race, finishing the race with a time of 1:13.73 minutes, surpassing the previous record held by swimmer Marah Al-Dakan, which was 1:14.23 minutes.
On the second day of the competition, swimmer Sarah Khrais succeeded in setting a new record for the fourth age category in the 400 meters individual medley, achieving a time of 5:47.01 minutes, breaking the previous record held by swimmer Lynn Al-Abdullah, which was 5:48.95 minutes.
On the fourth and final day, swimmer Jad Al-Barghouti managed to set a new record for the fourth age category in the 200 meters backstroke, finishing the race with a time of 2:25.79 minutes, surpassing the previous record held by swimmer Muhammad Al-Baddour, which was 2:26.06 minutes.
The records set during the championship reflected the technical development witnessed by Jordanian swimming at the age group level, in light of the distinguished presence of participating clubs and academies and the competitive levels witnessed in various races throughout the championship days.
