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UPDATED: August-12-2008  
American Peirsol Breaks World Record to Win Men's 100m Backstroke Gold
 
 

Aaron Peirsol of the United States broke the world record to win the men's 100m backstroke gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Tuesday.

Peirsol clocked in 52.54 seconds to break his own world record of 52.89 set up in the American trials in July.

His fellow American Matt Grevers took the silver in 53.11 and Russian Arkady Vyatchanin finished third in 53.18.

(Xinhua News Agency August 12, 2008)


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