World records broken

BERLIN: Thiago Pereira of Brazil and Stefan Nystrand of Sweden broke world records on Sunday at the Arena short-course swim World Cup. Pereira swam the men’s 200 medley in 1 minute, 53.14 seconds, beating the time of 1:53.31 set by Ryan Lochte of the United States in 2006. Nystrad swam 100-meter freestyle in 20.93 — .05 faster than Roland Schoeman’s mark set in 2006 — for his second world record and the fourth overall at the Europa-Sportpark pool in two days. Nystrand broke his first world record on Saturday when he swam 45.83 in 100 freestyle. — AP