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Italian teen Sara Curtis breaks 50m backstroke world record
Italian teenager Sara Curtis shattered the women’s 50m backstroke world record at the European championships in Paris, clocking 26.63 seconds in her semifinal. The 19-year-old erased the previous mark of 26.86 set…
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Italian teenager Sara Curtis shattered the women’s 50m backstroke world record at the European championships in Paris, clocking 26.63 seconds in her semifinal. The 19-year-old erased the previous mark of 26.86 set by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown three years ago.
The Indian Opinion
Curtis’s record is a bright spot for European swimming, but the chatter about her being the next Sjostrom ignores one thing, the Swede has 99 international medals over 18 years. Curtis has just one bronze. Let’s see if she can back up this semifinal flash with a final win on Thursday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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