Swimming-Canada's Masse breaks 100 metres backstroke world record

ByReuters

Published 25/07/2017 at 16:39 GMT

BUDAPEST, July 25 (Reuters) - Canada's Kylie Masse set a world record for the women’s 100 metres backstroke at the world championships on Tuesday.

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Masse’s time of 58.10 seconds broke the previous mark of 58.12 seconds set by Britain's Gemma Spofforth at the 2009 world championships. (Reporting by Rod Gilmour, editing by Ed Osmond)

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