Pedersen sets new 200m record
- From the section Swimming
Rikke Pedersen wows the Barcelona crowd at the World Championships with a world record in the 200m breaststroke semi-final.
The Danish swimmer clocked two minutes 19.11 seconds, breaking the record of 2:19.59 set by American Rebecca Soni at last summer's London Olympics.
Earlier this week, Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte set a world record in the 100m breaststroke semi-final, before clinching the gold medal in Tuesday's final.
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