SWIMMING.
NEW WORLD’S RECORDS. By Telegraph.—Pres* Assn.—Copyright. Received July 5. 8.10 p.m. New York, July 4. Miss Sybil Bauer, a 17-year-old Chi* cago girl, swimming in a 75 feet pool, broke four back-stroke world’s records—viz., 50 yards in 34 3-5 seconds, 200 yards in 171 4-5 seconds, 200 metres in 186 4-5 seconds, and 220 yards in 187 4-5 seconds. Miss Riggin, a New Yorker, set a new American free style record for 300 yards in 257 3-5 seconds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1922, Page 5
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