Records tumble in pool and track

SYDNEY, OCT. 21. Records tumbled in the pool and on the track at the Sydney Paralympic Games on Saturday with Canadian and European swimmers dominating in the water and an Englishman starring on land.

Nine world records were set at the aquatic centre, reputedly the fastest pool in the world, along with three Paralympic records in a session bristling with Canadian and European swimmers.

Vision-impaired Englishman Bob Matthews won the first track gold of the athletics program. Matthews, competing in his sixth consecutive Paralympic Games, won the 10,000 metres in 35:23.07.

In the high jump, Ruslan Sivitski of Belarus set a new world mark of 2.02m. Britain leads the medal tally on the third day of competition, followed by France, Spain, the United States and Australia.

Four powerlifters test positive Meanwhile, four powerlifters were expelled from the Games after testing positive to performance- enhancing drugs.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) identified the four as Romanian Aurel Berbec, Bulgarian Radko Radev, Marina Diakonova of Russia and Ali Mahmoudikordkheili of Iran.

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