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Swimming-Pole Jedrzejczak sets 200m butterfly world record

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-20 12:25

MONTREAL, July 28 - Otylia Jedrzejczak of Poland set a world record of two minutes 05.61 seconds in the final of the women's 200 metres butterfly at the world championships on Thursday.

Jedrzejczak beat the previous record of 2:05.78 which she set at the 2002 European championships in Berlin.