TENSE MOMENT.—Karen Muir, a 12-year-old South African schoolgirl, waiting for the official announcement of her time for the 110yds backstroke in a heat of the national swimming championships at Derby Baths, Blackpool, Lancashire. The girl burst into tears when she heard she had set a new world record of 68.7 sec, eight-tenths of a second better than the old record. With her is Mr A. Bulley, her team manager.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30831, 17 August 1965, Page 17
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69TENSE MOMENT.—Karen Muir, a 12-year-old South African schoolgirl, waiting for the official announcement of her time for the 110yds backstroke in a heat of the national swimming championships at Derby Baths, Blackpool, Lancashire. The girl burst into tears when she heard she had set a new world record of 68.7 sec, eight-tenths of a second better than the old record. With her is Mr A. Bulley, her team manager. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30831, 17 August 1965, Page 17
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