{
  "id": 13696199,
  "title": "Swimming sensation Pieter Coetzé targets another world record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/swimming-sensation-pieter-coetze-targets-another-world-record",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-11T10:05:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/pieter-coetze-targets-another-world-record/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Backstroke specialist Pieter Coetzé, the 22-year-old swimmer from Pretoria, has won another world record in the ongoing Swimming World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Coetzé made history on Friday when he won gold in the men’s 50m backstroke final, shaving 0.02 seconds off the previous short-course record set by Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov in Kazan in November 2022. He further set another short-course world record in the 100m backstroke final on Saturday, finishing at 48.21, just 0.05 seconds shy of the record established by Hungarian Hubert Kos in Toronto in October. Coetzé is optimistic about breaking another world record during the third leg of the World Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan starting next week. He believes he might be able to achieve a faster time in the 50m race due to his near-perfect execution in Tashkent, and he is more confident about maintaining a cleaner performance in the 100m race. Coetzé, coached by Rocco Meiring, has become South Africa's top swimmer in recent years, earning three medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore and six medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He is excited about his latest achievement, stating that breaking a world record elevates his status to a new level and looks forward to regrouping for the next leg of the World Cup.",
  "summary": "Coetzé, who is lying second in the overall men's World Cup standings, will turn out at the final leg in Astana starting on Thursday.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}