Canadian Para swimmer Danielle Dorris sets 3rd world record in as many days
Dorris, a 22-year-old from Moncton, N.B., posted a time of one minute 22.57 seconds in the 25-metre pool. She had already set the Americas record during the morning preliminaries in 1:23.50.
"Coming into this meet, I was expecting to break a few records, but tonight was a bit of a surprise," Dorris said. "I didn't know exactly what the previous record was, so I didn't know if I could lower it. I'm definitely very happy that it worked, and it's a nice confidence boost before going into [long-course] worlds in Singapore next month."
Dorris broke the world record in the S7 50m butterfly — her signature event — twice on Thursday. The two-time Paralympic champion clocked 33.38 in the preliminaries before shaving .27 seconds off in the final.
She also holds the long-course world record in the 50 fly, having clocked 32.99 while winning her first Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Dorris set the S7 50m backstroke world record in 35.20 on Friday. She will swim the S7 50m freestyle on Sunday to conclude the meet.
Dorris was born with underdeveloped arms due to a condition called bilateral radial dysplasia.
She made history at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro as a 13-year-old, becoming the youngest Canadian swimmer ever to compete at the Paralympics. Dorris has won three Paralympic medals and six world-championship medals in her career, including a successful title defence in the 50m butterfly at Paris 2024.
The World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore will run from Sept. 21 to 27.
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