Records fly but top swimmer to sit out world champs

Records fly but top swimmer to sit out world champs

Three women have met qualifying standards in the 50m butterfly for next month’s World Aquatics championships, all in lifetime best times. Two were in New Zealand record time; one was close to a Commonwealth record. It’s the first time three Kiwis have gone under the World Aquatics qualifying standard in the same sprint race. However, only two per nation can enter the same event at the World Aquatics championships in Singapore, where swimming hea…