Meilutyte breaks 100 metres breaststroke world record

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lithuania's teenage Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte set a world record of one minute 04.35 seconds in the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres breaststroke at the world swimming championships on Monday.

Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte swims on her way to a new world record in the women's 100m breaststroke semi-final during the World Swimming

The 16-year-old, who won gold at the London Olympics last year, broke the previous mark of 1:04.45 set by American Jessica Hardy in 2009.

(Reporting by Iain Rogers; Editing by John Mehaffey)