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German Steffen breaks 100m freestyle world record

Thu 25 Jun, 02:59 PM


Germany's double Olympic champion Britta Steffen set a new world record in the 100 metres freestyle at a meet in Berlin Thursday.

Steffen, who won Olympic gold in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle in Beijing, won the preliminary heat of the German national championships in a time of 52.85 seconds, beating the mark of 52.88 set by Australia's Libby Trickett in March 2008.

(Reporting by Erik Kirschbaum and Marc Jones; Editing by Ed Osmond)

 

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