Down syndrome swimmer Tahnee Afuhaamango breaks world record without realising

Tahnee Afuhaamango stepped out of the pool and went home, not realising until later how fast she had actually swum.

The swimming sensation finished the 200m freestyle event in a local competition and then went home to Jingili in Darwin’s northern suburbs for a break.

When she returned to Parap pool that afternoon for the rest of the competition, Afuhaamango’s mother, Donna Rousham, checked the results and saw that her official time for the freestyle event was 3:38:72.

“I…