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	Leisel Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leisel Marie Jones OAM (born 30 August 1985 in Katherine) is an Australian swimmer.
		Jones was selected for the Australian team at just 14 years old, qualifying in the 100m breastroke at the Australian Championships in May 2000 in Sydney, and was partially responsible for ending the international career of former breastroke champion Samantha Riley.
		Jones' world record in the 100m breaststroke was broken at the 2005 World Swimming Championships in Montreal by Jessica Hardy of the United States in 1:06.20, again in the semifinal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leisel_Jones (793 words)

	Nervous Jones worries her coach - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
		Leisel Jones' coach is fast running out of ideas of how to end his star pupil's habit of flopping in the biggest races.
		Jones holds the world record for the 100m and broke the 200m mark last month, but can still not seem to find her way to the top of the podium when it really matters.
		Jones still uses her imagination to motivate herself, but these days she is at the wheel of a Ferrari driving at top speed.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/features/2004/s1179850.htm (587 words)

	Jones is breaststroke queen again - Sport - www.theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		A singing, dancing Leisel Jones last night won the battle of the breaststroke queens when she pipped 100-metre rival Brooke Hanson in a thrilling final where the lead changed several times at the national championships in Sydney.
		Jones said she had come into the meet with a more carefree attitude to not put as much pressure on herself.
		Hanson and Jones, who have publicly reconciled since they were involved in a selection controversy for the breaststroke leg in the Olympic 4 x 100 medley relay, hugged immediately after the race.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/03/14/1110649131480.html (657 words)

	Leisel Jones swims a blinder - Sport - www.smh.com.au
		Leisel Jones last night stunned herself with a blazing 100 metres breaststroke swim at the Queensland Swimming Championships that would have collected silver at last year's Athens Olympics.
		Jones left the final's field in her wake at the Chandler Aquatic Centre with an astonishing 1min:7.07sec performance that was 0.09 better than her hollow bronze medal finish at the 2004 Games.
		Considering Jones is in the middle of full training, the swim - only seven-tenths of a second slower than her world record mark of 1:06.37 set in 2003 in Barcelona - is even more remarkable.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Sport/Leisel-Jones-swims-a-blinder/2005/01/12/1105423559272.html?from=moreStories (490 words)

	Lose brat act, Leisel - Swimming -
		Australia's Leisel Jones reacts to her second place in the 200m breastroke as Anne Poleska, of Germany, celebrates her bronze medal.
		Jones, 18, was disappointed at finishing third in the 100 metres breaststroke in Athens during the week and let it all hang out after the event.
		"Leisel has to remember that she is there at the Olympics for enjoyment and this might be the kick in the teeth that she needs to turn her career around.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/21/1092972825732.html?from=moreStories (666 words)

	7news sport
		Jones switched coaches from childhood mentor Ken Wood to the much younger Stephan Widmer at the end of last year and Widmer has said from the start not to expect too much too soon.
		Jones looked stunned at seeing the number 1 next to her name, following the frustration of six minor medals at two Olympics and two world championships in individual events.
		Jones threw her bouquet to Widmer and hugged her mother Rosemary in her victory lap after the new experience of standing atop the dais alone to hear Australia's national anthem played.
	seven.com.au /news/sport/95974 (726 words)

	Jones wins breakthrough gold - Sport - theage.com.au
		Australia's Leisel Jones broke through for an overdue first major international title in the 100 metres breaststroke at the world swimming championships in Montreal today.
		Jones won in a time of 1m06.25s ahead of American world record holder Jessica Hardy (1:06.62) with Tara Kirk (USA) third in 1:07.43.
		Jones was second in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2001 world championships in Japan, and third at the 2003 Barcelona world championships and 2004 Athens Olympics in the 100m breaststroke.
	www.theage.com.au /news/sport/jones-wins-breakthrough-gold/2005/07/27/1122143882364.html (279 words)

	SWIMNEWS ONLINE - Swimming News, Swim Meet Results, Swimming World Rankings, Swim Links, Calendar
		Jones burst onto the scene just before the Sydney Olympics in 2000 at the tender age of 16, emerging with a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke.
		Jones, her coach, and Australian Swimming expected big things from the swimmer they dubbed "Lethal Leisel", who was riding high on newfound confidence in her abilities.
		In the 100m breaststroke, Jones once again felt the wrath of Luo, who was swimming in an outside lane, and was even pipped by her teammate Brooke Hanson, relegating her to bronze.
	www.swimnews.com /News/displayStory.jhtml?action=get&id=3224 (522 words)

	Travis Misses 200m Butterfly Final by 0.10
		Leisel Jones became a world champion and Grant Hackett became the greatest medal winner in World Championship history on the third night of finals at the XIth FINA World Swimming Championships in Montreal.
		Jones ensured the Telstra Dolphins continued on their winning way taking out the 100m breaststroke while Hackett was second to Michael Phelps in the 200m freestyle earning him his 14th World Championship medal, one more than Ian Thorpe, German great Michael Gross and American Jenny Thompson.
		Now Jones is a deserving world champion and after the race she shed a tear and looked skywards in an emotional thank you to all those that had supported her in Australia.
	www.wasa.asn.au /articles/article.asp?topicID=1&articleID=2378 (941 words)

	Australian Swimming \| Swimmer Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Competing in her third long course World Championships Leisel swam a PB of 1:06.25 to claim the 100m before smashing the world record in the 200m with a 2:21.72.
		Athens was Leisel's second Olympics after she stormed onto the scene as a 15-year-old in 2000, surprising everyone by not only qualifying for the Olympic Games but also by bringing home two silver medals in the 100m breaststroke and 4x100 medley relay.
		In 2003 Leisel won silver and two bronze at the World Championships in Barcelona, her bronze in the 100m breast highlighted by a world record of 1.06.37 in the semis.
	www.ausswim.telstra.com.au /profiles/details.cfm?ObjectID=3495 (701 words)

	BakuSun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		No wonder Jones had such a satisfied look when she climbed to the top step on the podium — finally — at the World Swimming Championships.
		Jones sulked on the medal stand after another disappointment at the Athens Olympics, dropped her coach at the end of last year and had a falling out with fellow Aussie Brooke Hanson.
		Wood was among those who questioned Jones’ mental strength, but the swimmer seems to have benefited from the change.
	www.bakusun.az /cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=8167 (658 words)

	The Mercury: Leisel turns to Lama (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Jones broke world breaststroke records under Wood but she insists the move to Widmer has more to do with helping to give her life balance than with her swimming.
		While Jones has equated her split from her childhood coach as coinciding with her transition into adulthood, Mum Rosemary will move to Brisbane with her.
		Jones and Lenton will be back in action at the Qantas Skins in Sydney on November 21.
	www.themercury.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,11344663^23209,00.html (469 words)

	Leisel Jones - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1985, 2004, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Leisel Jones, Australia, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1985, 2004...
		Leisel Jones (born 30th August, 1985) is an Australian Swimmer.
		Jones trains at the Redcliffe club in Queensland and is coached by Ken Wood.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Leisel_Jones.html (167 words)

	CNN.com - Jones sets new short-course mark - Nov. 29, 2003
		Australian Leisel Jones broke her second short-course world record in as many nights with victory in the 200-meter breaststroke at a World Cup meet Saturday.
		Jones powered through the Melbourne pool in two minutes, 17.75 seconds, bettering the mark of 2:18.86 set by China's Qi Hui in Shanghai in December of last year.
		Jones said she had gone into the race relaxed and this had helped her to her second world mark.
	www.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/11/28/swimming.melbourne.ap (444 words)

	Jones shocks with world record breaststroke swim - Jul. 11, 2004
		BRISBANE, Australia--Australian Leisel Jones will go to the Athens Olympics in August as favorite to win the 200-metres breaststroke gold medal after her world record swim here on Saturday.
		Her coach Ken Wood believes Jones has the talent to again break the world record in Greece, declaring she is capable of smashing 2:21.
		Jones trained so hard leading into Saturday's world record swim, both coach and athlete admit at times they were at loggerheads.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2004/jul/11/brkspo_2-1.htm (304 words)

	The Seattle Times: Olympics: Kirk places sixth in close finish
		Tara Kirk, bottom, is just behind the pace set by Australia’s Leisel Jones, second from bottom in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke.
		Two Australian swimmers, world-record holder Leisel Jones, 18, and Brooke Hanson, 26, had out-touched her, claiming the bronze and silver.
		Kirk's sixth-place finish was all the more painful given that her time, 1:07.59, was well off her personal-best swim, 1:07.33, and just a blink faster than her semifinal swim from the night before, when she ranked third.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/olympics/2002006959_olykirk17.html (645 words)

	Phelps gets fourth gold
		Aaron Peirsol and Leisel Jones set world records to win their second gold medals at the world championships in Montreal on Friday, while Michael Phelps collected his fourth courtesy of another American relay victory.
		Jones slashed 0.72 seconds off Amanda Beard's world record to win the 200m breaststroke final, giving the Australian a second gold after her win in the 100m earlier this week.
		Jones first took the record from Beard last year but it lasted just two days before the American snatched it back.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2005/jul/30swim.htm (802 words)

	Leisel loses her record Nick Papps in Los Angeles and Cath Hart 14jul04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		LIKE rules, world records are made to be broken – as Leisel Jones found yesterday when her three-day-old 200m breaststroke mark tumbled.
		Jones broke the previous world record – held jointly by Beard and China's Hui Qi – last Saturday at Chandler in Brisbane.
		Jones's feat was made more remarkable by the fact that, in an innocent way, she broke the unwritten rules of swimming to do it.
	www.amandabeard.net /Articles/leisel_loses_her_record_nick_pap.htm (547 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Swimming : Peirsol, Jones set world records
		Then Jones slashed 0.72 seconds off Amanda Beard's world record to win the 200m breaststroke final and add the gold to her win in the 100m earlier this week.
		Jones and Henry will team up in the medley relay where Australia will be heavily favoured to win another gold.
		Jones claimed the 200m world record from Beard for the first time last year but it lasted just two days when the American snatched it back.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/31/stories/2005073106621800.htm (667 words)

	Aussie Jones puts past behind her with 100m breaststroke world title
		Leisel Jones of Australia looks skyward after winning the Women's 100M Breaststroke final at the XI FINA Swimming World Championships at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada.
		Australian Leisel Jones's run of international disappointments ended as she surged past newly minted world record-holder Jessica Hardy to win the 100m breaststroke world title at the 11th World Swimming Championships.
		Jones, who saw Hardy beat her world record in the event in Monday's semi-finals, admitted the victory made up for a lot of disappointments after her campaigns at the past two world meets and the Athens Olympics failed to yield gold.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=62431 (587 words)

	The Seattle Times: Sports: Swimming: Kirk earns bronze medal
		FRANK GUNN / AP Gold medalist Leisel Jones, center, runner-up Jessica Hardy, left, and Bremerton's Tara Kirk, who was third, pose on the podium after the 100-meter breaststroke yesterday in Montreal.
		Australian Leisel Jones and Jessica Hardy of Long Beach, Calif., finished ahead of the 23-year-old Kirk in the 100 breaststroke.
		Jones triumphed in 1:06.25, which was 0.05 seconds slower than the 18-year-old Hardy's world-record effort in Monday's semifinals.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002404063_swim27.html (527 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Peirsol was untroubled in retaining his 100m backstroke crown while Ziegler slashed more than 10 seconds off her personal best to win the 1500m freestyle, the longest event on the programme.
		Kirsty Coventry won Zimbabwe’s first world title with a stunning upset in the 100m backstroke while Australia’s Leisel Jones ended years of gut-wrenching defeats to claim the women’s 100m breaststroke.
		Jones shed her reputation as a choker in major races to win her maiden world title just 24 hours after she lost her world record to American teenager Jessica Hardy.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050728/asp/sports/story_5043777.asp (628 words)

	Sportal.com.au - Other Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Australian Leisel Jones has broken her world championship winning drought to claim the 100m breaststroke gold medal in Montreal, edging out American world record holder Jessica Hardy.
		Just 24 hours after Hardy broke Jones' world record for the event, the Australian claimed sweet revenge, winning in a time of one minute 6.25 seconds, 0.05 of a second outside the new world mark.
		Jones has developed a reputation as a bridesmaid in the event after finishing second in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2001 world championships in Japan, and third at the 2003 Barcelona world championships and 2004 Athens Olympics.
	www.sportal.com.au /othersports.asp?i=news&id=68886 (431 words)

	Beard bites back to break Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Three days after Jones set a new world time of two minutes 22.96 seconds at a low-key grand prix meet in Brisbane, Beard struck back.
		Jones was with her physiotherapist having some work done on a pulled muscle in her back when she was told the news.
		"Leisel is a much more mature girl than she was in 2003 at the worlds...
	www.amandabeard.net /Articles/beard_bites_back_to_break_jones.htm (493 words)

	Phelps, U.S. rout Aussies in Duel in the Pool - Other Sports - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Aussie Leisel Jones and American Jessica Hardy renewed their budding rivalry in the 100 breaststroke that began last week.
		Jones would have claimed $25,000 if she had broken the mark.
		“Leisel is always fun and you have to go fast to race her,” said Hardy, who trains in Irvine.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7279844/did/8804503/page/2 (371 words)

	The Courier-Mail: Leisel seeks short-course success (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		WITH world titles safely in her keeping, Leisel Jones has set her sights on another swimming goal that has so far eluded her – short-course success.
		Jones, seemingly a perennial runner-up on the international stage, finally assumed golden status at the world championships in Montreal, winning the 100m and 200m titles.
		Jones has never been a great exponent of short-course swimming, due to her trademark slow starts, but she hopes to turn that around, predicting more records may fall.
	www.thecouriermail.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,16161026^23218,00.html (675 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Beard wins first individual Olympic gold in 200 breaststroke
		Beard and Jones are the two fastest female breaststrokers in history.
		Jones owned the world record for two days in July before Beard broke it at the U.S. trials with a time of 2:22.44.
		Jones earned a bronze in the 100 breaststroke at these games.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/swimming/20040819-1007-oly-womens200breaststrokeswm.html (199 words)

	AutoWeb - Gold PT Cruiser for Olympic Swimmer
		When she made her Olympic debut at Sydney in 2000, Leisel was not only the youngest member of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Swimming Team, but also the youngest ever Olympic medallist in the history of Australia’s participation when she won silver in both the 100m breaststroke and 4 x 100m medley relay.
		“Leisel has already proven she's a world class performer, which is a nice fit with the PT Cruiser, with more than 500,000 sales worldwide since its 2000 launch.
		Leisel has selected the Light Pewter colour, Touring edition from the PT Cruiser line-up.
	www.autoweb.com.au /cms/A_101609/newsarticle.html (492 words)

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