Jessica Hardy wins third medal at US Open
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Jessica Hardy won the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships on Saturday, narrowly edging Lara Jackson.
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Hardy wins third swimming medal at U.S. Open
SI.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Jessica Hardy won the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships on Saturday, narrowly edging Lara Jackson.
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Bousquet swims to record in 50-meter freestyle
SI.com (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) -- French swimmer Frederick Bousquet has set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier.
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Bousquet sets 50-meter freestyle record
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
French swimmer Frederick Bousquet has set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier.
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Bousquet sets 50-meter freestyle record
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/26/2009
MONTPELLIER, France -- French swimmer Frederick Bousquet has set a world record in the 50-meter freestyle, becoming the first person to break the 21-second barrier.
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Dutch swimmer Marleen Veldhuis sets world records in 50-meter freestyle and butterfly
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/20/2009
Veldhuis, who was part of the Netherlands team that won Olympic gold in the 100-meter freestyle relay last August in Beijing, first lowered Swede Therese Alshammar's butterfly record from 25.46 seconds to 25.33 at the Amsterdam Swim Cup meet on Sunday. She had just missed the 100 butterfly world mark earlier in the meet.
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Netherlands' Veldhuis sets 2 world records
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/20/2009
Marleen Veldhuis has broken the world records for the 50-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle at a swimming meet in Amsterdam.
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Netherlands' Veldhuis sets 2 world records
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/20/2009
AMSTERDAM -- Marleen Veldhuis has broken the world records for the 50-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle at a swimming meet in Amsterdam.
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Torres, 41, wins 50-meter freestyle in swim comeback
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
It was almost as if Dara Torres never left. The 41-year-old swimmer won her first competition since collecting three silver medals at the Beijing Olympics, winning the 50-meter freestyle at the Austin Grand Prix on Thursday night with a time of 24.91 seconds.
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Torres gets 2 silvers for 12 career medals
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
BEIJING - Dara Torres, the 41-year-old American star, was good enough for second this morning. Twice. In the first swimming final of the day, Britta Steffen of Germany defeated Torres by 0.01 seconds to win the women's 50-meter freestyle at the Olympics.
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SWIMMING NOTEBOOK / Torres ends 24-year career with 2 silvers
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
On the last day of a swimming career marked by unprecedented longevity, American Dara Torres swam to the silver medal in the women's 50-meter freestyle this morning at the Water Cube. At 41, Torres very nearly won the gold medal but was out-touched by German...
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American swimmer Torres, 41, gets 2 silvers, owns 12 total medals
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
41-year-old misses gold in 50 free by .01 of a second Britta Steffen of Germany defeated 41-year-old American Dara Torres by .01 of a second to win the women's 50-meter freestyle.
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Torres Edged Out by Hundredth of a Second
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal after barely losing the gold in the 50-meter freestyle to Britta Steffen of Germany.
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Torres sets another American mark to win 50 free
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Dara Torres has set another American record at the U.S. Olympic swimming free trials, winning the 50-meter freestyle.
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Torres sets another American record at swimming trials
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Dara Torres has set another American record at the U.S. Olympic swimming free trials, winning the 50-meter freestyle. The 41-year-old ...