During the World Swimming Championships in the Short Course (25 meters), held in the Australian city of Melbourne, the Cuban Elisbet Gámez finished in fifth place and finished in 17th place among 40 contestants. She also had the best reaction to the starting signal with 0.62 hundredths.
His best stretch of 25 meters was the first and he managed to clock 1:57.11 minutes, according to data provided by World Aquatics and cited by the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
The champion of this event was the Japanese Siobhan Bernadette Haughey with 1:51.65, then the Canadian Rebecca Smith (1:52.24) and Marrit Steenbergen from the Netherlands with 1:52.28.
Swimming: Elisbet Gámez breaks Cuban record in Melbourne World Championship
A few days ago, Gámez Matos, 25, dropped below 55 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle in a short-course pool, leaving behind his own record of 55.14 seconds.
Born in the city of Baracoa, Gámez is considered the best Cuban swimmer today. She got a scholarship in Thailand thanks to the International Swimming Federation.
The Cuban holds all the national records in freestyle. As he told the sports publication Hit, is determined to fight in 2023 for more than one medal in the Central Caribbean Games in San Salvador and for a podium in the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
