Ryan Lochte of the United States broke the world record to win the 200-meter backstroke final at the world swimming championships on Friday. Lochte powered his way through the Susie O\'Neill pool in a time of one minute, 54.32 seconds to slice 0.12 seconds off the previous record of 1:54.44 set by his fellow American Aaron Peirsol last year. Peirsol came second in 1:54.80 after the pair burst clear of the field to fight out the finish. Austria\'s Markus Rogan took the bronze medal in 1:56.02. (WCSN, WCSN.com) 200, backstroke, championship, fina, final, gold, lochte, medal, melbourne, meter, network, record, ryan, sports, swimming, wcsn, world