DURBAN - American Jessica Hardy and Peter Marshall set a world record at the FINA world cup in Durban Saturday.

The 22-year-old Hardy, set a world record of 29.45secs in the women’s 50 metres breaststroke and broke her own previous mark of 29.58 that she has set at the 2008 World Champs.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
29.45 Jessica Hardy USA Durban 17.10.09
29.58 Jessica Hardy USA Manchester 10.04.08
29.90 Jade Edmistone AUS Brisbane 26.09.04
29.96 Emma Igelstroem SWE Moscow 02.04.02
30.24 Emma Igelstroem SWE Gotheborg 14.03.02
30.31 Zoe Baker GBR Berlin 27.01.02

Later, fellow fellow-countryman Peter Marshall, 27, recaptured the men’s 50 backstroke mark winning in a time of 22.75.

The previoius standard was set by compatriot Randall Bal's in 22.87, at the 2008 Berlin stop of the tournament.

World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
22.75 Peter Marshall USA Durban 17.10.09
22.87 Randall Bal USA Berlin 16.11.08
23.05 Marshall Peter USA Stockholm 12.11.08
23.24 Hurley Robert AUS Sydney 26.10.08
23.27 Rupprath Thomas GER 10.12.04
23.31 Welsh Matt AUS Melbourne 02.09.02
23.42 Walker Neil AUS Athens 16.03.00

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