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King breaks 50 meters breaststroke world record

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - American Lilly King broke the world record for women's 50 metres breaststroke with a time of 29.40 seconds at the world swimming championships on Sunday.

King breaks 50 meters breaststroke world record

(Reuters)

She broke Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte's previous record of 29.48 seconds set by at the 2013 world championships.

(Reporting by Rod Gilmour, editing by Pritha Sarkar)


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