Records in swimming
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) LONG BEACH (California) Tim Shaw, aged 17. of the I United States, broke his own ! world record when he swam | the 400 m freestyle in 3in :53.955ec at the American I trials for the world swim- : ining championships. His old record was 3:54.69. Five minutes later, Shirley Babashoff. aged 18, of the ! United States. won the [ women’s 200 m freestyle in a j record-breaking 2:02.54. This | chopped four-tenths of a [ second off her own listed world standard of 2:02.94 However. Komelia Ender, !of East Germany, has a I pending world record of 2:02.27.
Pony clubs.—Mr ft J Talbot (Hawke’s Bay) was re-elected unopposed as president of the New Zealand Pony Clubs’ Association.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33875, 21 June 1975, Page 48
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118Records in swimming Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33875, 21 June 1975, Page 48
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