China’s Xu Jiayu has broken the short course 50m Backstroke World Record, clocking 22.03 at the Chinese National Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 31-year-old produced the swim on the lead-off leg of the Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay, and cut more than half a second off his previous best of 22.70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His time is 0.06 faster than the 22.09 set by Pieter Coetze of South Africa at the second stop of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent earlier this month. Coetze\u2019s swim had improved Kliment Kolesnikov\u2019s 22.11 from 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jiayu\u2019s team went on to win the Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay in 1:37.51, with Sun Zheyang (26.16), Yan Tiaoshan (25.55) and Lyu Yue (23.77) completing the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The result continues a strong year for Xu, who won gold in the 50m and 100m Backstroke, 4x100m Medley Relay and 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) takes place at the Water Cube in Beijing from 1 to 6 December, the same venue as this week\u2019s National Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last edition, in Budapest in 2024, produced 30 World Records \u2013 the most ever at a World Swimming Championships (25m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s World Aquatics Swimming World Cup featured further record-breaking performances. In Baku, Egor Kornev equalled the Men\u2019s 100m Freestyle World Record, while in Tashkent, Coetze broke the 50m Backstroke World Record, although it only stood for 15 days before Xu\u2019s swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the records continuing, the Water Cube looks set for a memorable week at the Championships in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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