George Corones, a 99-year old from Queensland Australia, just broke two records for swimming at the Commonwealth Games trials.

He was an avid swimmer in his youth but only stopped swimming at the start of the second world war. He went back to swimming regularly for exercise when he was 80 and has been breaking personal records since.

Absolutely LOVED speaking to George Corones, the 99 year old who's broken a world swimming record because he's an absolute legend https://t.co/SZCQy4RA4y (pic: Australian Dolphins) pic.twitter.com/jTcvmQ5tox

— Rashida Yosufzai (@Rashidajourno) March 2, 2018

Corones, who is turning 100 in April, did not expect to beat the record for the 50 meter freestyle event in his age category of 100-104. The previous record was set by British swimmer John Harrison in 2014 at 1:31.19. Corones finished at 56.12 seconds beating the previous record by a whopping 35 seconds.

George Corones world record attempt 100m in 100-104 yo category. Smashed it! #Austrial2018 pic.twitter.com/o5A6SlpWzg

— Jurgen Jocubeit (@JurgenJocubeit) March 3, 2018

He also beat another world record set by Harrison for the 100 meter freestyle event. Harrison’s 100 meter freestyle record was at 3:23.10 and Corones finished a minute earlier. He’s overwhelmed at  achieving two world records but he isn’t stopping yet.

George Corones. World Record! 100m in the 100 to 104 years old category.

Shaved a minute of the previous record.

People are awesome. pic.twitter.com/ZmN7l2Qtjk

— William Owen-Jones (@WOJgoldcoast) March 3, 2018

“I’m just going to continue to do what I’ve been doing in the way I’ve been doing it,” he says. “Which is repetitively and patiently. I’m about to go through a stage of recovery, and as soon as I feel I’m ready, I’ll start again.”

Watch the Australian swimmer beat the world record:

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