Cyprianos beats own 100m backstroke record

DENILSON Cyprianos grabbed gold, beating his own national 100m backstroke record in the Hamilton Aquatics Summer Sizzler 2019 held on Friday and Saturday at Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai.

Cyprianos set the new national record at 59:01 beating his own record of 59:72 which he achieved at the South Africa Junior Nationals in March.

He was swimming in the 17 and overage group.

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