Canadian Para swimmer Danielle Dorris made it three world records in three days at the Canadian short-course championships in Sherbrooke, Que., breaking the world mark in the SM7 100-metre individual medley on Saturday night.
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.
New Zealand's Nikita Howarth held the previous world record of 1:23.07, set in 2020.
"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 i