Swimming

Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry set a world record in the 200 metres backstroke with a time of two minutes 6.39 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix yesterday. The 24-year-old Coventry, who lives and trains in the United States, broke the...

Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry set a world record in the 200 metres backstroke with a time of two minutes 6.39 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix yesterday. The 24-year-old Coventry, who lives and trains in the United States, broke the previous mark set by Hungary's Krisztina Egerszegi in August 1991 by 0.23 seconds.

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