South Africa: World Records Keep Falling At World Swimming Championships

Another swimming record has been broken at the world swimming championships with South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh setting a new 50 metre breaststroke world record on Tuesday. Several records have already fallen at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Defender champion Van der Burgh clocked an official time of 26.62 seconds in Tuesday morning's heats to set a new record, shaving 0.05 seconds off his own record.

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