Italian teenager Benedetta Pilato set a new world record for the 50m breaststroke in the semi-finals of the European Swimming Championships on Saturday. The 16-year-old clocked 29.30 seconds to better the previous best of 29.40sec set by American Lilly King in 2017. 

"I didn`t think I was capable of this now. I thought maybe I would beat the European record, but not the world record at all," said Pilato. However, in an effort to dampen expectations, she added: "No, I`m not the (Olympic champion) Adam Peaty of the women`s breaststroke."