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CORRECTED: Italy's Pellegrini wins women's 200m

Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:35pm EDT
Federica Pellegrini of Italy celebrates setting a world record in her women's 200m freestyle swimming heat at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, August 11, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed

(Corrects Isakovic's nationality)

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Italy's Federica Pellegrini won the Olympic gold medal in the women's swimming 200m freestyle on Wednesday.

Slovenia's Sara Isakovic won the silver and China's Pang Jiaying the bronze.

(Editing by Miles Evans)

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