Istanbul – America's Ryan Lochte set a new short course world record in the 100m individual medley on Saturday when he clocked 50.71sec in the semi-finals at the world championship.
The five-time Olympic champion knocked .05sec off the old mark set by Slovenia's Peter Mankoc in Istanbul in 2009.
Lochte had also set a new world record on Friday in the 200m medley. – Sapa-AFP