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Coventry breaks 100m backstroke record

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Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:14pm EDT
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe waves after placing second in the women's 400 meters individual medley final during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Centre August 10, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray

BEIJING (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe broke the women's swimming 100 meters backstroke world record in the semi-finals at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.

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Coventry clocked 58.77 to beat the previous world record of 58.97 seconds set by Natalie Coughlin of the United States at the U.S. Olympic trials on July 1.

(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)

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