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Article: REWRITING A WRONG U.S. ERASES LAST TAINTED EAST GERMAN RECORD.(Sports)

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August 19, 2004
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Byline: Paul Oberjuerge Staff Writer

ATHENS, Greece - Four American women wiped out swimming's oldest and ugliest world record, and Michael Phelps made a splash even without swimming a final at the Olympic Aquatic Center on Wednesday.

The relay quartet of Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer and USC's Kaitlin Sandeno ripped more than two seconds off the women's 800-meter freestyle relay world record with a time of 7 minutes, 53.42 seconds.

Phelps set an Olympic record in qualifying first for today's 200 individual medley, recording a time of 1:58.52 before hurrying out of the noisy venue for what he hoped was a long and restful night - ...

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