GIRL SWIMMER
TWO WORLD RECORDS
(Received September 2, 11 a.m.)' COPENHAGEN, September i; Miss Ragnhild Hveger, a 16-year-old girl, created a world free-style record by swimming 440 yprds in smin 14sec and 500 yards in smin 57 9-10 sec.
t The previous record for 440 yards, smin 29sec, was established last year by Misa T. (Holland). Miss Wagner also held the record for 500 yards, 6min 9 4-ssec.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 55, 2 September 1937, Page 9
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68GIRL SWIMMER Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 55, 2 September 1937, Page 9
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