SHANGHAI -- Ryan Lochte has set the first world record since high-tech body suits were banned in swimming, breaking his own mark in winning the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships.
The American finished in 1 minute, 54.00 seconds on Thursday, topping by a tenth of a second the mark he set at Rome two years ago when the suits were still allowed. They were banned at the start of 2010.
Lochte moved ahead of second-place finisher Michael Phelps after the opening butterfly leg and led after each of the backstroke and breaststroke legs before powering home in the freestyle.
Phelps finished in 1:54.16 seconds and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took bronze in 1:57.69.
Lochte and Phelps also finished one-two in the 100 freestyle.
