Aussie breaks 24-year-old world record at national short course swimming titles

Rowan Crothers broke the world record for the men's S10 200m freestyle in Sydney. ( Getty Images: Yong Teck Lim, File )

Rowan Crothers broke the men's S10 world record for the 200 metres freestyle at the Australian Short Course Championships.

Alex Tuckfield also swam under the previous word record in finishing second.

Maddie McTernan, Ed Sommerville and Ben Armbruster set national records in their respective events.

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Rowan Crothers has set a men's S10 world record for the 200 metres freestyle at the Australian Short Course Championships in Sydney.

Competing in the 200m freestyle multiclass event, Crothers stopped the clock in 1 minute and 49.93 seconds.

Canada's Philippe Gagnon had held the previous world record of 1:52.83 since 2002.

Crothers's Australian teammate Alex Tuckfield also dipped under the mark, swimming 1:50.79 to finish second.

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