Dutch women set new world swimming record
Thursday 10 April 2008
Dutch swimmers Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Inge Dekker have set a new world record for short course swimming at the world championships in Manchester (Britain).
The four women beat the previous record with a time of 7.38.90, seven seconds faster than the previous record by China in 2002.
It is the first time that Holland has won a medal in this event.
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