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Italy's swimmer Federica Pellegrini beat
the women's 400m freestyle world record set by the British
swimmer Joanne Jackson set in March by 0.25 seconds
to win in 4m0.41secs at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara.
China's Olympic squad who finished top at the medals
with 51 golds in Beijing have been named Laureus World
team of the year. In all, China won 100 medals at the
Games 10 fewer than the USA, but they gathered 15 more
medals than the US, as well as 21 silver and 28 bronze
medals. Other Laureus World award winners are: Usain
Bolt, triple Olympic sprint champion - World sportsman
of the year. Yelena Isinbayeva, pole vault Olympic gold
medalist - World sportsman of the year. Rebecca Aldington,
British swimmer winner of two Olympic medals - World
Breakthrough of the year.
Nicole Cook added the British national road race title
to her Olympic and World crown in Abergavenny. Indian
shuttler Saina Nehwal has won the Indonesian
Open badminton title with a victory over the higher
ranked Chinese Lin Wang 12-21 21-18 21-9 in Jakarta.
She is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarter-finals
at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the world
junior Badminton championships.
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