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Summary Chad le Clos set a new world record in the 100m butterfly at the World Short-Course Swimming C’hips.
DOHA (AFP) - South Africa s Chad le Clos set a new world record of 48.44sec in the 100m butterfly at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Doha on Thursday.
The 22-year-old had already threatened the world record this season, just 0.08sec off Evgeny Korotyshkin s mark at the World Cup in Hong Kong in September.
Le Clos cut 0.04sec off Korotyshkin s record from November 2009 -- all the more impressive given that was during the performance-enhancing suit era.
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