Germany’s Britta Steffen improved her 100 freestyle from 52.22 on the 1st day of Rome, to 52.07 on the 6th. USA’s Aaron Piersol became the first man under 1:52 in the 200 backstroke, clocking 1:51.92 where his world record was 1:53.08. Netherland’s Marleen Veldhuis set a new 50 butterfly world record in the first semifinal, with a time of 25.28 where her world record was 25.33. And then Sweden’s Therese Alshammar improved this to 25.07 in the second semifinal. Serbia’s Milorad Cavic set a new 100 butterfly world record, with a time of 50.01 where Phelps’ world record was 50.22. And USA’s men improved their 4×200 freestyle world record, from 6:58.56 to 6:58.55.
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USA’s Aaron Piersol set a new 200 meter backstroke long course world record at the U.S. Nationals yesterday evening, with a time of 1:53.08 where Ryan Locthe’s world record from Beijing 2008 was 1:53.94. Read SwimInfo.com
USA’s Aaron Piersol became first man under 50 seconds in the 100 meter long course backstroke, when he yesterday swam 51.94 at the U.S. Nationals, where Aschwin Wildeboer Faber’s world record from last week was 52.38. Read swimmingworldmagazine.com.
Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer set a new long course 100 backstroke world record today, at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, with a time of 52.38, where Aaron Piersol’s world record was 52.54. Read SwimNews.com
In a Grand Prix meet at Santa Clara, Calif., Phelps won the 100 backstroke in 54.03 seconds. World record-holder Aaron Peirsol, the reigning Olympic champion, was second in 54.36. It was the first time Phelps had ever beaten Peirsol in backstroke.
Source: indystar.com