Pieter Coetzé shatters 50m backstroke world record to lead South African World Cup surge

Building on his four-medal sweep in Baku, 22-year-old South African swim star Pieter Coetze out-touched a world-class field to take gold in the 50m backstroke final in world record time in the second leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent on Friday.

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