{"id":96036,"date":"2015-08-04T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96036\/van-der-burgh-breaks-breaststroke-record\/"},"modified":"2015-08-04T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T09:53:44","slug":"van-der-burgh-breaks-breaststroke-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/08\/04\/van-der-burgh-breaks-breaststroke-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Van der Burgh breaks breaststroke record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 27-year-old swam a time of 26.62 seconds to equal Adam Peaty&#8217;s time, however, Peaty&#8217;s time has not been ratified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WORLD RECORD!!! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/MqQYjUMZCx\">pic.twitter.com\/MqQYjUMZCx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cameron van der Burgh OIS (@Cameronvdburgh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cameronvdburgh\/status\/628474961917833216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning everyone!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/WR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WR<\/a> broken by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cameronvdburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cameronvdburgh<\/a> some min ago stopping the clock in 26.62! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/swimming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#swimming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Kazan2015?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kazan2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FINAworlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FINAworlds<\/a><\/p>&mdash; World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WorldAquatics\/status\/628457608471576577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cameronvdburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cameronvdburgh<\/a> \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/welldeserved?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#welldeserved<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/worldrecord?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#worldrecord<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kirsty du Toit (@kirstydt) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kirstydt\/status\/628498644103118848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>Compatriots <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cameron_van_der_Burgh\" target=\"_blank\">Chad le Clos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebdrousseau\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Rousseau<\/a> are through to the men\u2019s 200m butterfly semi-finals, and will be in action tomorrow. <\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">World record in prelims? no biggie in Kazan! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cameronvdburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cameronvdburgh<\/a> stuns the crowd with his 50 breast 26.62!  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FeAjvdPsM8\">pic.twitter.com\/FeAjvdPsM8<\/a> ( Mirabella76<\/p>&mdash; Swimming World (@SwimmingWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SwimmingWorld\/status\/628489419662733312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cameronvdburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cameronvdburgh<\/a>  FIRE!!! 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