3 records in 3 nights; Bernard sets 50 freestyle world record
Posted March 22, 2008 11:00 pm
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -- Alain Bernard broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle today for his third world mark in three days at the European swimming championships.
The Frenchman swam 21.50 seconds to beat the time of 21.56 set last month by Eamon Sullivan of Australia, who lowered Alexander Popov's previous record of 21.64 set in Moscow on June 16, 2000.
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