Marieke Guehrer won the 50m backstroke at the FINA games in Moscow on the weekend

Thursday, 12 November 2009 23:51

Marieke Guehrer (AUS) and Evelyn Verraszto (HUN) were the “most valuable swimmers” in the initial day of the second leg of the 2009 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Moscow (RUS), after improving the World Records in the women’s 50m backstroke and 200m individual medley, respectively.

The Australian star – overall winner of the series in 2008 – finished the race in 26.17, bettering the mark (26.23) set by Sanja Jovanovic (CRO) in December 2008.