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Italian breaks women's 200m freestyle world record
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12-Aug-2008 - |
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini broke the world record for women's 200m freestyle in the heats here on Monday.
Pellegrini said she did not really mean to set a world record in the heats, however she felt good in the pool.
"No, no, no, no, no. I didn't want to set a record tonight. But I felt good in the water and I said alright let's go," Pellegrini said.
The 20-year-old freestyler finished the first 50 meters only at the fourth place and then managed a surprising surpass at the second leg to a record-breaking finish at 1:55.45, 0.07 seconds faster than the previous record held by French veteran Laure Manaudou.
"It's great revenge after what happened this morning (coming fifth in the Women's 400m Freestyle)," the Italian said.
Editor: Xinhuanet |
12-Aug-2008 - |
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