Chinese Swimmers Set 50m Breaststroke Short-course World Record

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Chinese Swimmers Set 50m Breaststroke Short-course World Record

Chinese swimmers Luo Xuejuan and Li Wei broke the short-course world record for the women's 50 meters breaststroke on the second and final day of a World Cup meeting Monday in Shanghai.

Chinese Swimmers Set 50m Breaststroke Short-course World Record

The two swimmers tied for first place with a time of 30.56 seconds, beating the previous world mark of 30.60 set by South Africa's Penny Heyns in September 1999.

"I didn't expect myself to break the world record," said Li, who improved her personal best by almost one second.

"I'm now in better form compared with one week ago at the Ninth National Games," Li added.

Luo Xuejuan

Date of birth: January 26, 1984

Place of birth: Zhejiang

Weight: 62 kg

Height: 1,65 m

Coach: Yadong Zhang

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High performances: 2000: Olympic Games - 8th 200m breaststroke (2:27.33)

2001: LC World Championships - 1st 50m breaststroke (30.84), 1st 100m breaststroke (1:07.18), 3rd 200m breaststroke (2:25.29), 3rd 4x100m medley relay (4:02.53)

World Rankings (50m): 2000: 8th 200m breaststroke, 11th 100m breaststroke

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