BELGRADE - Ryosuke Irie won the 100 metres backstroke title in a Games record of 52.60 seconds at the World University Games in Belgrade, just 0.22 off the world record set by Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer at the Mediterannean Games on Wednesday.

In the men’s 100 metres breaststroke four swimmers swam under 60-second barrier for the distance.

In this event Fabio Scozzoli has lowered his national record winning silver in 59.85, and becoming the first Italian to break the 1:00 mark.

Following are the leading results on Monday:

WOMEN

50 Butterfly
1. Svetlana KHOKHLOVA BLR 25.97
2. Cristina MACCAGNOLA ITA 26.52
3. Wenwen HONG CHN 26.66

200 Backstroke
1. Stephanie PROUD GBR 2.08.91
2. Kristen HEISS USA 2.09.22
3. Tomoyo FUKUDA JPN 2.11.17

MEN

50 Butterfly
1. Jernej GODEC SLO 23.41
2. Jason DUNFORD KEN 23.45
3. Christopher BRADY USA 23.56

100 Backstroke
1. Ryosuke IRIE JPN 52.60
2. Helge MEEUW GER 52.94
3. Junya KOGA JPN 53.50

100 Breaststroke
1. Igor BORYSIK UKR 59.53
2. Fabio SCOZZOLI ITA 59.85
3. Hiromasa SAKIMOTO JPN 59.90
4. Giedrius TITENIS LTU 59.94

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