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Davies and Renshaw break British records

BySportsbeat

Published 20/12/2015 at 15:15 GMT

Georgia Davies and Molly Renshaw both British records en route to winning gold on day two at the ASA National Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

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Davies won the women's 50m backstroke in 26.24 seconds, knocking one-tenth of a second off her own previous best before Renshaw clocked 1:05.22 to triumph in the 100m breaststroke.
The duo were then also part of the Loughborough team that won the 4x100m medley relay title.
And while Davies knew she was in good shape heading into the event, she admits to break the British record did come as something of a surprise.
"I'm really pleased," said the 25-year-old. "Coming into this competition, I knew my training had gone really well so I thought that maybe I could swim some good times but I didn’t really have my eye on breaking the record until my heat.
"It was quite comfortable and really controlled so I thought I had a bit more to give.
"I know some people specialise more in short course but I always see myself more as a long course swimmer.
"When it comes to short course I think it's more fun and I can work on processes that can benefit me for my long course."
Meanwhile, Joe Elwood made it two gold medals in as many days by adding the men's 100m backstroke title to the 50m title he claimed on Friday, Sam Horrocks was triumphant in the 200m butterfly, Lawrence Palmer won 50m breaststroke gold and Jemma Lowe was victorious in the women's 100m butterfly.
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