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Swede breaks women's 100m butterfly world record in semifinals at swimming worlds

Xinhua, August 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sjostrom Sarah of Sweden broke the women's 100m butterfly world record in the semifinals at the Kazan swimming world championships here on Sunday.

Sarah clocked 55.74 seconds to beat the previous world mark of 55.98. Endi