South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh set a new world record for the men’s 50m breaststroke in the heats at the World Swimming Championships.
The defending champion’s time of 26.62 seconds eclipsed the 26.67 he set at the World Championships in 2009.
Britain’s Adam Peaty swam 26.62 last August, but that time is still to be ratified because of an error in the blood-testing procedure.
Peaty won the last of Tuesday’s nine heats in Kazan, clocking 26.68.
The 20-year-old, who beat Van der Burgh to win the 100m breaststroke title on Monday, said of his heat: «I just went out there and had fun and didn’t take it that seriously.
El Sudafricano Cameron van der Burgh establecio un nuevo record en la clasificatoria de los 50 metros pecho del Campeonato Mundial de Natacion…
El Campeon defensor establecio tiempo de 26.62 segundos superando los 26.67 que se habian establecido en el Mundial del 2009….
El Britanico Adam Peaty cronometro 26.62 en agosto pasado, pero ese tiempo no fue homologado por un error en los procedimientos delos examenes de sangre…
Peaty gano el pasado martes con tiempo de 26.68….