Sport in Short: Swimming

NEW ZEALAND'S Danyon Loader set a men's 200 metres butterfly short course world record of 1min 54.58sec at a World Cup meeting in Paris yesterday. England's Mark Foster had a double victory in the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle. He clocked 24.07sec in the butterfly, beating world record-holder Jan Karlsson of Sweden, and took the freestyle in 48.60.

WORLD CUP SHORT COURSE MEETING (Paris; winners and selected results): Men: 100m freestyle: M Foster (GB) 48.60sec. 400m freestyle: A Kasvio (Fin) 3min 45.83sec. 50m breaststroke: S Muff (Fra) 28.80. 100m individual medley: J Sievinen (Fin) 54.57. 400m individual medley: J Sievinen (Fin) 4:10.14. 100m backstroke: 1 F Schott (Fra) 55.18; 2 M Harris (GB) 55.30. 50m butterfly: M Foster (GB) 24.07.

200m butterfly: D Loader (NZ) 1:54.58 (world record). 200m breaststroke: S Vossart (Fra) 2:11.13. Women: 50m freestyle: J Blaise (Fr) 25.95. 200m freestyle: S O'Neill (Aus) 1:58.64. 1,000m freestyle: O Splichalova (Cz Rep) 10:44.79. 200m individual medley: H Hiranaka (Jap) 2:15.27. 100m breaststroke: 1 S Riley (Aus) 1:8.84; 2 K Rake (GB) 1:09.47. 50m backstroke: S Voelker (Ger) 28.71. 200m backstroke L Vigarani (It) 2:0.89. 100m butterfly: O'Neill 1:0.77.