2018 European Championships - 50m Backstroke Men Final - Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, Britain - August 4, 2018 - Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia competes. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Kliment Kolesnikov of Russia set a world record for the 50 metres backstroke while winning the European Championship title in Glasgow on Saturday.
The teenager clocked 24.00 seconds to take 0.04 seconds off the record set by Britain's Liam Tancock at the world championships in Rome in 2009.
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