SNZ Events
Epic Swim
High Performance
SNZ Events
Epic Swim
High Performance
Paralympian Nikita Howarth stormed to a new world record in the pool overnight in Germany at the IDM German Open.
Howarth clocked 1:18.65 in the women’s S7 100m butterfly beating the previous record of 1:20.14 previously held by American Mallory Weggemann since 2009.
Howarth is well known as New Zealand’s youngest ever Paralympian making her debut at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the age of 13. She is currently ranked first in the world in four events.
It's a thrilling performance for Howarth as she went into this competition following an intense training camp in Spain with the New Zealand Para-Swimming team.
Malcolm Humm (High Performance Director, Paralympics New Zealand) said, “It was great to see Nikita set a new world record in this event. All the more outstanding considering she came into this competition without a taper as this was viewed more as competition training opportunity rather than an event Nikita was going to achieve a personal best performance at. This meet is a vital stepping stone in preparations for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and bodes well for medal hopes.”
The IDM German Open is notorious for attracting some of the world’s best Para-Athletes. This year around 600 athletes from 40 countries will compete ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The meet continues until 12 June.
