GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak broke the men’s 200 meters butterfly world record on Wednesday to win gold at the world swimming championships.
Milak touched the wall in a time of 1:50.73 ahead of Japan’s Daiya Seto (1:53.86) and South African Chad le Clos (1:54.15).
The 19-year-old’s new record broke American great Michael Phelps’ mark of 1:51.51 set at the world championships in 2009.
(Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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