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UPDATE 1-Olympics-Swimming-Australia wins women's medley relay

Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:59pm EDT

BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Australia set a world record of three minutes, 52.69 seconds to win the gold medal in the women's 4x100 metres medley relay at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.

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Backstroker Emily Seebohm, breaststroker Leisel Jones, butterflyer Jessicah Schipper and freestyler Libby Trickett teamed up to wipe 3.05 seconds off the previous record Australia set at last year's world championships in Melbourne.

The United States finished second in 3:53.30, also under the old world record, to give Natalie Coughlin her sixth medal of the Games, including one gold, and 41-year-old Dara Torres her third silver of the Games.

China finished third to collect the bronze medal in 3:56.11.

(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Greg Stutchbury

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