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Detailed explanation-1: -China’s Liu Xiang breaks world record in women’s 50m backstroke at Asian Games. JAKARTA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua ) – Liu Xiang of China set a new world record of 26.98 seconds in the women’s 50m backstroke final at the Asian Games.

Detailed explanation-2: -COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State swimming’s Hunter Armstrong is a world record holder. He capped off an outstanding day at the Phillips 66 International Team Trials Thursday by winning the 50m backstroke in a world-record time of 23.71.

Detailed explanation-3: -SINGAPORE: National swimmer Teong Tzen Wei set an Asian record in the men’s 50m butterfly at the Fina 2022 World Swimming Championships (25m) on Tuesday (Dec 13), clocking 22.01 seconds in the race.

Detailed explanation-4: -The only swimmer under 24 seconds in the semi-final heats, Sjöström’s acceleration over the second half of the race would see her swim a 23.67 to set a new 50m freestyle world record.

Detailed explanation-5: -Any time between 50 seconds to 60 seconds is respectable for your average Joe swimmer. If you only want to achieve one fast 50m, then I would say mid to high 30s is a good start. For 25m, just under 1/2 of your 50m time. So if you got 50s for 50m backstroke I would expect 23 seconds for 25m.