Guehrer breaks 50m WR

Reuters - Fri, 06 Nov 20:28:00 2009

Australia's Marieke Guehrer broke the 50 metres backstroke short course world record with a time of 26.17 seconds at a World Cup meeting in Moscow.

Marieke Guehrer of Australia competes to win the Women's 50 meters backstroke final at the FINA swimming World Cup series in Moscow, Russia - 0

She bettered the previous mark of 26.23 set by Croatia's Sanja Jovanovic in December 2008.

Hungarian Evelyn Verraszto clocked two minutes, 06.01 seconds to set a world record in the 200 metres medley.

She broke the mark of 2:06.13 set by Olympic and world champion Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe at the World Short Course Championships in Manchester in April 2008.

Moscow hosts the second leg of the FINA World Cup on Friday and Saturday before Stockholm stages the next leg on November 10-11.

Reuters

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