Rice breaks another record
The world records continue to tumble at the Australian swimming trials.
Published On 25 Mar 2008
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| Stephanie Rice on her way to a new world record [GALLO/GETTY] |
Stephanie Rice broke the women’s 200-metre individual medley world record at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials, clocking 2 minutes 8.92 seconds.
It was the 19-year-old Rice’s second world record of the eight day Australian championships, she set the 400 IM mark on Saturday night.
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Her time of 2:08.92 in the 200 IM wiped 0.80 seconds off China’s Wu Yan Yan’s 11-year-old mark and was a personal best by 2.5 seconds.
“I’m swimming really, really well and have had a good preparation,” Rice said.
“I was coming into tonight not to think about the record and just about myself.
“That is a huge, huge personal best.”