Coventry defends 200 back Olympic title (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe defended her Olympic title in the 200-meter backstroke, winning in a world-record time. She led all the way Saturday morning, touching in 2 minutes, 5.24 seconds, lowering the mark of 2:06.09 set by Margaret Hoelzer at the U.S. trials last month. Hoezler took the silver in 2:06.23.

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