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Natalie makes her mark again

13 April 2012

American Natalie Coughlin claimed her second world record in two days at the FINA World Cup meeting in New York shaving more than a second off the previous women's short course 100 metres backstroke mark.

Coughlin swam 57.08 seconds to erase the previous mark of 58.45sec set by Mai Nakamura of Japan.

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