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She placed third in the 200 back at the 2005 Montreal meet, and third in both the 100 and 200 back at the 2007 Melbourne event.<\/p>\n<p>She finished her career as the Asian record holder in both the 100 back (59.36) and 200 back (2:07.13).<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/search.japantimes.co.jp\/cgi-bin\/sp20081007a3.html target=_blank>Full Text of <i>Kyodo News<\/i> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, Japan, October 6. TWO-time Olympic bronze medalist Reiko Nakamura announced her retirement today, according to Kyodo News in Japan. 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