Hungary's Daniel Gyurta celebrates his world record after the men's 200m breaststroke final during the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul December 13, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    ANKARA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Daniel Gyurta of Hungary set the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke and Italy's Federica Pellegrini improved her world record in the 200-meter women's freestyle on Sunday in Istanbul at the European short-course swimming championships.

    The results raised the number of world records set at the championships to 12.

    Gyurta finished in 2 minutes, 0.67 seconds to beat the time of 2:01.98 set by Christian Sprenger of Australia in Hobart, Australia in August.

Italy's Federica Pellegrini celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women's 200m freestyle final during the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul December 13, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    Pellegrini swam in 1:51:17, beating her own record of 1:51:85 posted in Rijeka, Croatia in December 2008.