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Updated Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:33 pm TWN, AP

Soni sets 200 breaststroke world record at Duel in Pool

MANCHESTER, England -- Rebecca Soni of the United States has broken the short-course world record in the women's 200-meter breaststroke.

The Olympic champion clocked 2 minutes, 14.57 seconds in the win at the Duel in the Pool on Friday, breaking the 2:15.42 set by Leisel Jones of Australia in Berlin in November.

Soni was wearing one of the high-tech outfits that will be outlawed from Jan. 1.

The American swimmers are competing against a European all-star team at the meet in Manchester.

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