SINGAPORE, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- South African Chad le Clos bettered his own world record in the 200m butterfly on Tuesday with a time of 1:48.56 in the FINA Swimming World Cup in Singapore.
He finished comfortably ahead of Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski, who timed 1:53.59.
The Olympic gold medalist set the previous world record of 1:49.04 in Netherlands in August this year.
He also took the 50m butterfly title in 22.24 seconds on Tuesday.
"It's good for me coming off of a lay off since World Championships so I'm really excited," he said. "Singapore brings out the best in
me and tonight's crowd has been fantastic."
