Tewksbury Sets Mark in Backstroke
Canada’s Mark Tewksbury set a world record in the men’s 100-meter backstroke Thursday, clocking 53.69 seconds in a meet at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
“It felt great. The magic was there,” said the 22-year-old from Calgary, Canada, who lowered the old mark of 54.20 seconds set by East Germany’s Dirk Richter in 1985.
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