August 21, 2018 / 11:31 AM / Updated 37 minutes ago
Asian Games: China's Liu swims world record time to win 50m backstroke gold
JAKARTA (Reuters) - China’s Liu Xiang swam a world record time to win the women’s 50 metres backstroke at the Asian Games on Tuesday, storming home in 26.98 seconds to claim her first major global title.
Swimming - 2018 Asian Games - Women's 50m Backstroke Final - GBK Aquatics Center - Jakarta, Indonesia - August 21, 2018 - Liu Xiang of China celebrates after winning the gold medal and breaking the world record. REUTERS/Jeremy Lee
The 21-year-old’s time bettered the 27.06 seconds which her compatriot Zhao Jing swam in a bodysuit in Rome in 2009.
Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Andrew Heavens
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