UPDATE 1-Swimming-Hoelzer shatters 200 backstroke world record
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5 (Reuters) - Margaret Hoelzer set a new 200 metre backstroke world record at the U.S. Olympic trials on Saturday when she clocked a time of two minutes, 6.09 seconds.
Hoelzer sliced .30 seconds off the mark of 2:06.39 set by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry in February. (Writing by Steve Keating; Editing by John O'Brien) (For more stories visit our multimedia website "Road to Beijing" here; and see our blog at blogs.reuters.com/china)
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