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Article: SWIM: Chinese swimmers on the rise
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- April 6, 2006
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
04-06-2006
SWIM: Chinese swimmers on the rise
By Talek Harris
SHANGHAI, April 6 AAP-AFP - Libby Lenton's finishing burst may have snatched the gold
medal for Australia this time but Chinese swimming appears to be on the rise again.
Just pipped by Lenton in the 4x200m freestyle relay on the opening night at the world
shortcourse championship in Shanghai, Yang Yu said the Chinese relay team were on a par
with their record-breaking predecessors.
"I think in terms of our strengths or our competence we're more or less the same,"
said Yang, when asked to compare the current freestyle team with the crop of 2002, whose
world mark of 7:46.30 sec still stands.
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