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World Short Course Champs, Day Five Finals: Flash! Medley Relay Lives Up To Hype As the Texas/Lezak Juggernaut Breaks World Mark

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 11. OVER our shoulder we could hear the announcers on the live ESPN2 telecast hyping the final race of these championships. And they were right to do

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Short Course World Championships, Day Five Prelims: All Events

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 11. The following are notes on the preliminary events of day five of the 7th FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships, October 7-11, 2004 in Indianapolis, Indiana:

Short Course World Champs, Day 5: Sweden’s Lillhage Out-touches Benko to Take the 200 Free

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. LIKE her teammate and fellow US co-captain, Indiana's Lindsay Benko, 28, is retiring after this meet. Revered in her home state of Indiana, the short course world

Short Course World Champs, Day 5: Mankoc Outduels Rupprath, Sets Championship Mark in Men’s 100 IM

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. THERE were some very fast medley swimmers in the finals of the men’s 100 IM, a fast, exciting event: Brazil’s Thiago Pereira, South American record-holder in the

Short Course World Champs, Day 5: Hickman takes a Record 5th-Straight Crown in the 200 Fly.

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. GREAT Britain’s James Hickman has never won Olympic gold, but he’s been remarkably consistent – and consistently excellent — over the short course 200 meters fly. In

Short Course World Champs, Day 5: Marleen Veldhuis Adds to Dutch Sprint Legacy with 50 Freestyle Win

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. MARLEEN Veldhuis, The Netherlands, won the 50 freestyle tonight at 24.41, with 100 freestyle winner Libby Lenton (AUS; 24.54) and two-time defending champion and world record-holder Therese

Short Course World Champs, Day 5: Brendan Hansen Completes the Breaststroke Sweep by Winning the 50

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. THE USA’s Brendan Hansen had already won the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke events, each time leading Australia’s Brenton Rickard and Kazakhstan’s Vladislav Polyakov to the wall. But

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World Short Course Champs, Day 5: Martina Moravcova Defends 100 Butterfly Crown; Thompson’s Likely Last Medal a Bronze

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. MARTINA Moravcova defended the championship she won at the 2002 Moscow short course Worlds touching at 57.38. America’s Rachel Komisarz (57.85) and Jenny Thompson (58.13) corralled the

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World Short Course Champs, Day 5: When You’re Hot, You’re Hot; Brooke Hanson Wins 5th Individual Gold

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, October 11. BROOKE Hanson surged on a wave of momentum to her fifth individual win of the championships, and sixth gold medal when the world record medley relay is

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World Short Course Champs: Flash! Piersol Cracks World Record in 200 Backstroke

11 October 2004

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 11. AARON Peirsol (USA) won the 200 backstroke tonight in a world record time of 1:50.52. This crown goes along with his win and meet record earlier

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