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Liu trims 1.6 seconds off record

Associated Press

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

JINAN, China -- Olympic champion Liu Zige knocked a stunning 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday. Liu was timed in 2 minutes, 1.81 seconds, domestic news agency Xinhua reported, eclipsing the previous world mark of 2:03.41 set by Australia's Jessicah Schipper at the world championships in July. Liu, who won the same event at the Beijing Olympics last year for China's only swimming gold medal of the games, won Wednesday by a ...

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