Russian Girls Set Records
(N.Z Preet Assn.—Copyright) MOSCOW. August 18. A Russ,an women’s relay ’ team set a new world record , of 6min 25 6~ec tor the 3 « 800 ■. metres relay on the closing, day on Saturday of the Russian, nat.onal games in Moscow. Bri» sh United Press reported The previous record of Bmin 2" 4aec was held by the Ukrainian national team. Another record tell to the Russian women’s 4 x 200. metres relay team, with Imin 34 7sec It beat by four-tenths ' of a second the previous world. mark, also set by a Soviet' team. •
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30213, 19 August 1963, Page 13
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