Today, the South African Pieter Coetze has set a new world record of 50 metres back in a short pool, swimming away in 22.09 seconds to win gold at the World Swimming Cup in Tashkent.
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09/10/2026
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Lusa
O south African Pieter Coetze today set a new world record of 50 meters back in a short pool, swimming away in 22.09 seconds to win gold in the World Swimming Cup taking place in Tashkent.
In the capital of Uzbekistan, the 22-year-old South African dropped the record that belonged to the Russian Kliment Kolesnikov, who, on November 23, 2022, swam his 50 back on 22.11.
Today, Kolesnikov was only sixth in a test in which his fellow countrymen Egor Kornev (22,29) and Pavel Samusenko (22,35) were, respectively, silver and bronze.