Month: August 2008
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USA Breaks World Record In 400 Free Relay Prelims
The American team of Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Matt Grevers took down the world record from the 3:12.46 set by USA in 2006, to 3:12.23 this morning. Source: SwimInfo
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First Two World Records At Beijing 2008
Both 400 IM world records were bettered at the 2008 Olympics yesterday, when first USA’s Michael Phelps swam 4:03.84, smashing his own world record of 4:05.25 from the U.S. Olympic Trials, and Australia’s Stephanie Rice swam 4:29.45, more than half a second faster than the 4:31.12 of Katie Hoff from the U.S. Trials. Sources: SwimInfo…