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- records - swimming
Aaron Peirsol breaks 200m backstroke world record
American Aaron Peirsol clocked 1min 53.08sec to break the 200m backstroke world record on Saturday, three days after his victory in reclaiming the 100m backstroke world record in the 2009 US Swimming Championships.
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