DURBAN – Therese Alshammar of Sweden set a new world record in the 50 metres butterfly at the FINA world cup meet in Durban on Saturday.
Alshammar’s time of 24.75 seconds shaved 0.24 seconds off the old world mark set by Marieke Guehrer's in Berlin at last year’s stop of the circuit.
World record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
24.75 Therese Alshammar SWE Durban 17.10.09
24.99 Guehrer Marieke AUS Berlin 16.11.08
25.31 Therese Alshammar SWE Stockholm 12.11.08
25.32 Felicity Galvez USA Manchester 11.04.08
25.33 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Göteborg 12.03.05
25.36 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Stockholm 25.01.01
25.60 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE Valencia 16.12.00
During yesterday’s finals, the 32-year-old from Solna, set also a new 100 metres butterfly European mark winning in 56.12 seconds.
The previous record was held by Diane Bui-Duyet of France, since she swam the event in 56.50 at La Réunion meeting last December.
European record evolution (Time, Name/Nationality, Place, Date):
56.12 Therese Alshammar SWE Durban 16.10.09
56.50 Diane Bui-Duyet FRA La Réunion 28.12.08
56.55 Martina Moravcova SVK Berlin 26.01.02
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