Swim records fall
'NZPA-Reuter East Berlin g b I Five world records were tl broken as the United States just 3 . beat East Germany yesterday in h a hard-fought swimming e international. ; The Americans won by 176 r , points to 16g, having won the v j men’s events comfortably but 1 losing the women’s events. f It was the mighty German r women’-, team that took two of f the three world records to fall f ■ yesterday with Christiane s > Knacke, 15, becoming the first li
girl ever to break the one minute barrier in the 100 metres butterfly. Her time was 59.78 seconds. 35'lUOtlis of a second inside feilow East Getnan Kornella Ender's old mark. Ulrike Tauber broke the world record tn the 200 metres individual medley. The third record to (all came from the United States men's relay team in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle The team sliced nearlv four seconds off the old mark set by another American quartet in 1975.
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