Swimming-South Africa's Coetze breaks men's 50m backstroke short-course world record

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games 2026 - Swimming - Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - July 29, 2026 South Africa's Pieter Coetze in action during the men's 100m backstroke final REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo

Oct ⁠9 (Reuters) - South ⁠Africa's Pieter Coetze ‌set a 50m backstroke short-course world ​record on ⁠Friday with ⁠a time of ⁠22.09 seconds ‌at ⁠a World Aquatics World ​Cup ‌meet in Tashkent, ⁠Uzbekistan.

The ​previous record of 22.11 ⁠was set ​by Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov in Kazan ⁠in 2022.

Kolesnikov also holds the long-course record ​of ⁠23.55.

(Reporting by ​Alan Baldwin ‌in London; ​Editing by Ken Ferris)