BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The futuristic aquatic venue Water Cube witnessed the tumble of 15 swimming world records at the Beijing Paralympic Games here on Sunday. Rudy Garcia Tolson, who refreshed the world record in 2 minutes 37.80 seconds at men's 200m individual medley SM7 in the morning's heat, equaled his own mark in the finals and clinched the gold for the United States.
"I got some rest, I got some food and I mentally prepared for the final race. It has been a great experience.
"I swam my best race, I really focused on my race, not my competition, and not what's beside me. I definitely have more in the tank." said the American.
In women's 100m butterfly S8, Rudy's compatriot Amanda Everlove also updated the world record in the heat but failed to repeat her good shape in the evening's final.
She finished second in 1:12.16, a shy of 0.48 seconds for her morning's new world mark. Fortunately, her teammate Jessica Long wrapped up the gold by a winning margin of 0.20 seconds.
The Americans showed their dominance in the women's 200m individual events. Miranda Uhl and Erin Popovich each shattered the world record in SM6 and SM7 class successively. Four golds with four new records put USA to the top of medal standings after Sunday's competitions.
For the hosts, Du Jianping's gold medal was much more important than his world record breaking show. His victory in men's 100m freestyle at S3 class gifted the hosts their first gold at the Beijing Paralympics.
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