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Tag: FINA World Cup 2009

  • Alshammar Sets 50 Butterfly World Record

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    Sweden’s Therese Alshammar improved upon her own 50 meter butterfly short course world record today, with a time of 24.38 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, where her world record from the Stockholm leg was 24.46. See results

  • Marshall Sets 50 Backstroke World Record

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    USA’s Peter Marshall improved upon his own 50 meter short course backstroke world record today, with a time of 22.61 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, where his world record from the Stockholm leg was 22.73. See results

  • Meaklim Sets 400 IM World Record

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    South Africa’s Kathryn Meaklim demolished the short course 400 indvidual medley today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Singapore, with a time of 4:22.88, where Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia’s world record was 4:25.06. See results

  • Deibler Sets 50 Butterfly World Record

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    Germany’s Steffen Deibler became the one to set world record number 113 this year, and to be the first man under 22 seconds in the 50 meter short course butterfly, when he at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin today improved upon his world record from last October, from 22.06 to 21.80 seconds.…

  • Sakai Sets 200 Backstroke World Record

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    Japan’s Shiho Sakai set a new 200 meter short course backstroke world record today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, with a time of 2:00.18, where Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry’s world record from the World Short Course Championships in Manchester 2008 was 2:00.91. See results

  • Biederman Sets 400 Freestyle World Record

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    Germany’s Paul Biedermann absolutely crushed the 400 meter short course freestyle world record today, at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, with a time of 3:32.77, where Australia’s Grant Hackett’s world record from 2002 was 3:34.58. See results

  • Leisel Jones Sets 100 Breaststroke World Record

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    Australia’s “Lethal” Leisel Jones is back with a vengeance, with a 100 meter short course breaststroke world record of 1:03.00 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, where USA’s Jessica Hardy’s world record from last year was 1:03.72. Hardy also swam faster than the now former world record time, with a time of…

  • Van der Burgh Sets 50 Breaststroke World Record

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    South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh improved upon his world record in the 50 meter short course breaststroke today, with a time of 25.25 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, where his former record from last august was 25.43. See results

  • Fesikov Set 100 IM World Record

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    Russia’s Sergey Fesikov became the first man under 51 seconds in the 100 meter individual medley, when he at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin swam in a time of 50.95, where USA’s Ryan Lochte’s world record was 51.15. See results