American Michael Phelps broke his own 200 metres butterfly world record when he clocked one minute, 53.71 seconds at the Missouri Grand Prix in Columbia. According to report, Phelps shaved nine hundredths of a second off his previous record of 1:53.80, which he set at the Pan Pacific Championships last year.

Interestingly, it was the fifth time the 21-year-old has broken the 200 metres butterfly world record, one of the six events he captured a gold medal in at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Phelps warned his opponents further by saying that he hoped to go even faster when he swam the event in next month’s world championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Phelps, who won a total of eight medals at the Athens Games and is going to swim in six events in the Missouri meeting, said his performance came as a result of some good training.

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Timesofindia