Mac Neil breaks own 50m backstroke world record at short course championships

MELBOURNE, Australia — Maggie Mac Neil repeated as champion in the women’s 50-metre backstroke Friday at the short course swimming championships, taking the gold medal in a world-record time of 25.25 seconds.
Mac Neil, from London, Ont., lowered the world mark she set at the 2021 championships in Abu Dhabi by .02 seconds.
Javier Acevedo of Toronto and Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., followed Mac Neil’s win with silver and bronze medals respectively in the men’s 100-metre i