Xu Qing wins men´s 50m butterfly S6 in new WR

Source: CRI | 09-13-2008 19:38

Chinese swimmer Xu Qing shattered his own Men's 50m Butterfly S6 world record on Saturday, set in a preliminary round earlier in the day.

China's Xu Qing celebrates as a new world record during the men's 50 meter Butterfly S6 final at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in Beijing. [Photo: Xinhua]

Xu clocked in 30.79, a finger-length ahead of his Japanese rival. The new world record is 1.1 seconds faster than the one he set in heats that morning.

Oyama Kyosuke took the silver with 31.01 and Kindred Sascha of Great Britain won the bronze.

Xu has already grabbed a bronze medal in the men's 200m Individual Medley SM6 competition on September 7.