Seven more worlds records knock off Beijing, Seven more worlds records knock off Beijing.

Thursday, July 30, 2009 By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP National Writer. Print. ROME& nbsp; & # 151; & nbsp; When in Rome, throw out the record book. No need for one at the fastest show on water. Even with Michael Phelps sitting in the stands, seven more world records fell Thursday.

For those who' ve lost count, that' s 29 over five days at the Foro Italico _ and there' s still three days to go at the world championships. At last summer' s Beijing Olympics, swimmers broke 25 records at the Water Cube, and the world thought that would be tough to beat. Records fell so fast in Thursday' s nine events that the crowd barely had time to cheer one swimmer before another mark dropped. So, is this a good thing? Or does it cheapen the coin of the realm, so to speak? " It' s hard to say, " said Australia' s Jess Schipper, who got in on the fun by taking down the old standard in the 200- meter butterfly. " It' s been a very exciting meet.

It' s been very fast.

But we all knew it was going to be fast coming in. . .