This 99-year-old swimmer just casually broke a freestyle world record
 

This 99-year-old swimmer just casually broke a freestyle world record
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It's never too late to a break a record.

Australian swimmer George Corones did just that on Wednesday night, breaking the world record in the 50 metre freestyle in his age bracket at the Commonwealth Games swimming trials on the Gold Coast.

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The 99-year-old clocked in with a time of 56.12 seconds, and was the only competitor in the 100-104 age group.*

Organisers of the trials had given Corones a chance to break the world record, which was previously set by the late Canadian swimmer Jaring Timmerman in 2009 with a time of 1 minute and 16.92 seconds.* Read more...

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