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World records retrospective
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Updated: 2008-08-24 14:23
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry competes during the women's 100m backstroke swimming semifinal at the National Aquatics Center in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 11, 2008. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe set a new world record in the women's 100m backstroke with a time of 58.77 seconds in the semi-finals at the Beijing Olympics. The previous record of 58.97 set by Natalie Coughlin at the US trials in Omaha, Nebraska on July 1.[Agencies]
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