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Photos: German Steffen sets Olympic record to win Women's 50m Freestyle 2008-08-17 06:46:05 GMT 2008-08-17 14:46:05 (Beijing Time) BOCOG
Britta Steffen stands on the podium with her medal.
(L-R) Dara Torres, Britta Steffen and Cate Campbell
Britta Steffen of Germany won the Women's 50m Freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday. 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.
Britta Steffen smiles. (Photo credit: Ding Xu/Xinhua) |
