Almeida sets world 200m butterfly record in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Brazilian Kaio Almeida broke the 200 metres butterfly short course world record when he clocked one minute, 49.11 seconds at a World Cup meeting on Tuesday.

Almeida eclipsed Russian Nikolay Skvortsov's previous record of 1:50.53 set in St Petersburg in February.

Two other world records fell in Stockholm.

Australian Felicity Galvez set the world record in the women's 100 metres butterfly, clocking 55.46 seconds.

She beat compatriot Jessicah Schipper's mark of 55.68 set in Hobart in August.

China's Zhao Jing set two world records during the day in the women's 50 metres backstroke.

Zhao topped her morning heat by clocking 26.08 seconds, shaving 0.09 off Australian Marieke Guehrer's previous record set in Moscow four days ago.

She then went on to win the final with another world record, clocking 25.82.

A glut of world records have been set in recent months with swimmers using the polyurethane swimsuits, which will be banned by the sport's world governing body FINA from January 2010.