German Steffen sets Olympic record to win women's 50m freestyle
17/8/2008 11:06
Britta Steffen of Germany won the women's 50m freestyle gold medal at the
Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing today.
Steffen clocked in an Olympic record of 24.06 seconds to beat the previous
mark of 24.13 set up by Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands on September 22, 2000.
American Dara Torres got the silver in 24.07 and Australian Cate Campbell
finished third in 24.17.
Xinhua
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