Manaudou sets 200m freestyle world record

MELBOURNE, Mar 28 (Reuters) Laure Manaudou of France set a world record of one minute 55.52 seconds to win the women's 200 metres freestyle final at the world swimming championships today.

Manaudou slashed 0.95 off the previous record of 1:56.47 set by Italian Federica Pellegrini in Tuesday's semi-finals.

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