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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.
Key points:
- Tahnee Afuhaamango leaves a swimming event without realising she has set a world record
- Her family quickly arranges for all the paperwork to be completed before it is too late
- The international Down syndrome swimming authority has just confirmed the new record
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…
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