STOCKHOLM – American Jessica Hardy broke the world record in the 50m breaststroke during the preliminaries at the Fina World cup meeting in Stockholm.

Her time of 28.96 shaved .40 seconds off her own world mark set four days ago in Moscow.

Following, the world record progression:

28.96 Jessica Hardy USA Stockholm 11.11.09
29.36 Jessica Hardy USA Moscow 07.11.09
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

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Records continue to fall at Fina World Cup in Moscow
Nov 8, 2009