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Phelps breaks 100m butterfly world record

Steve Keating
INDIANAPOLIS
Thu Jul 9, 2009 9:59pm EDT
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps swims to set a new world record in the men's 100m butterfly event at the USA Swimming National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps broke the 100 metres butterfly world record by clocking 50.22 seconds at the U.S. National championships on Thursday.

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Gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics, Phelps trimmed .18 seconds off the old mark of 50.40 ending American compatriot Ian Crocker's six-year hold on the record.

Phelps previously held the 100 fly mark for one day having broken the record in the semi-finals of the 2003 world championships in Barcelona.

Crocker took the record with victory in the final the next day and has lowered it twice since -- the last time at the worlds in 2005.

Phelps now holds five individual world records -- 400 and 200 individual medley, 200 and 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle.

(Editing by Ken Ferris)
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