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Henry breaks women's 100m freestyle world record
www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-19 00:53:42

     ATHENS, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian Jodie Henry broke the women's 100m freestyle world record in a semifinal of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday.

    Henry timed 53.52 seconds, bettering the previous world record of 53.66 set by Lisbeth Lenton of Australian in 2000. Enditem

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