RUSSIAN SWIMMER PANKRATOV WAVES TO CROWD IN PARIS

PAR10:SPORT-SWIMMING:PARIS,9FEB97 - Russian swimmer Denis Pankratov waves to the crowd after he set a new 100m butterfly shortcourse world record at the Paris World Cup meeting, February 9. The double Olympic champion clocked a time of 51.78 bettering the 51.93 he set last Wednesday in Italy. Rear left is Davis Abrard of France, and left Eran Groudi Cohen of Israel. gw/Photo by Jean-Christophe Kahn REUTERS