PARIS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- France's Frederick Bousquet set a new world 50m freestyle record on Sunday in the French national championships in Montpellier.

    Bousquet, 28, clocked a time of 20.94 seconds to become the first man to break the 21-second barrier.

    Bousquet, a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics in the 4x100m relay, smashed the previous record of 21.28 set by Australia's Eamon Sullivan in March 2008 in Sydney.

France's Frederick Bousquet set a new world 50m freestyle record on Sunday, setting a time of 20.94sec and becoming the first man to beak the 21-second barrier.

    On Thursday, Alain Bernard claimed the new 100m freestyle record in 46.94.