THE SIDELINES : Canadian Smashes Swim Record
<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
LEICESTER, England —
Marcel Gery of Canada smashed the world short-course 100-meter butterfly record today with a clocking of 52.07 seconds at a World Cup swim meet.
Gery, who won a $16,000 prize for the feat, took more than half a second off the previous world mark of 52.62 set by fellow Canadian Tom Ponting in March last year.
Pablo Morales of the United States holds the official world record in a 50-meter pool of 52.84 seconds.
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